The American who wrote "The White Cliffs of Dover" saw the chalky landmarks for the first time Sunday, 48 years after he wrote World War II-era hit.
As he viewed the cliffs from the grounds of Dover Castle, Walter Kent said: "It's how I imagined they would be all those years ago."Kent, 72, said it had been his lifelong wish to visit the English Channel port he immortalized in the line "There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover."
He presented an original manuscript of the song to Dover District Council, which plans to display it in a new tourist center scheduled to open in 1991.