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Cole Porter's song of farewell and parting caught the imagination of wartime sweethearts and remains powerful and relevant today. Writer Anna Blundy talks about the significance of this song in her life and her writing. Singer Robert Offord describes the effect of singing it at a memorial concert for Aids victims. Biographer William McBrien tells of the poignancy of this song in Cole Porter's own life. And psychologist Dr Colin Murray Parkes describes the emotions surrounding the act of saying "Goodbye". Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks. Producer: Rosie Boulton First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in August 2001.