“Gracie Fields was, in a very real sense, Britain's Chaplin: although she always had her roots, there were many parallels with Chaplin's tramp, including the invariable sacrifice of love, and frequently (as in the Circus-derived masquerade as a fairground dummy in this film) actually reworking of Chaplin gags.

“Sing As We Go is a typical and ultimately optimistic British comment on the depression, produced by Ealing studios which, in the '30s, somewhat paralleled Warner Bros. as being something of a mirror to contemporary working-class life. Its documentary footage of factory life and of seaside pleasures make Sing As We Go a useful, if somewhat unpolished (as were most early Ealing films) reflection of those years. It is also one of the definitive Gracie Fields vehicles, giving her ample opportunity for pathos, clowning and singing.”