Smoke gets in your eyes – and lungs

July 30, 2026 @ 7:32 amColumns, Opinion, Walkerton Herald-Times

The song, “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” was written by composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harback for the 1933 musical comedy Roberta, and has been performed and recorded numerous times, by many famous musicians and singers. The 1958 version by The Platters is the one most people think about when they hear the title…

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Pauline Kerr is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with the Walkerton Herald-Times. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.