Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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The Ballad Of Jed Clampett Composer(s): Paul Henning Performer(s): Jerry Scroggins with Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and multiple other artists
Come 'n listen to my story 'bout a man name Jed Poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed An' then one day he was shootin' at some food An' up through the ground come a-bubblin' crude
Oil that is! Black Gold! Texas Tea!
Well, the first thing you know, ol' Jed's a millionaire Kin folk said, "Jed move away from there" Said "California is the place y'oughta to be" So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly
Hills that is! Swimmin' pools! Movie stars!
Ol' Jed bought a mansion, Lawdy, it was swank Next door neighbour was pres'dent of the bank Folks objected, but the banker found no fault 'Cause ol' Jed's millions was a layin' in the vault
Cash that is! Capital gains! Depletion money!
Well, now it's time to say good bye to Jed and all his kin An' they would like t'thank you folks fer kindly droppin' in You're all invited back again to this locality To have a heapin' helpin' of their hospitality
Hillbilly that is! Set a spell! Take your shoes off!
Caminhos Cruzados
Composer(s): Antônio Carlos Jobim - Newton Mendonça
First release by: Silvia Telles - 1958
Covered by multiple other artists
Cuando um coracao que esta cansado de sofrer
Encontra um coracao tambem cansado de sofrer
E tempo de se pensar
Que o amor pode de repente chegar
Cuando existe alguem que tem saudade de alguem
E esse outro alguem nao entender
Deixe esse novo amor chegar
Mesmo que depois seja imprescindivel chorar
Que tolo fui eu que em vao tentei raciocinar
Nas coisas do amor que ningem pode explicar
Ven nois dois, vamos tentar
So um novo amor
Pode a saudade apagar
Farewell Party Composer(s): Lawton Williams Performer(s): Waylon Jennings; and various other artists
When the last breath of life is gone from my body And my lips are as cold as the sea When my friends gather 'round for my farewell party Won't you pretend you love me
There'll be flowers from those who cry when I go And leave you in this old world alone I know you'll have fun at my farewell party I know you'll be glad when I'm gone
Don't be mad at me for wanting to keep you 'Til my life on this old world is through You'll be free at the end of my farewell party But I'll go away loving you
There'll be flowers from those who cry when I go And leave you in this old world alone I know you'll have fun at my farewell party I know you'll be glad when I'm gone Oh, I know you'll be glad when I'm gone
Ballad Of Ira Hayes Composer(s): Peter La Farge First release by: Peter La Farge - 1965 Covered by multiple other artists
Gather 'round you people and a story I will tell About a brave young Indian you should remember well From the tribe of Pima Indians, a proud and a peaceful band They farmed the Phoenix Valley in Arizona land Down their ditches for a thousand years the sparkling water rushed Till their white man stole their water rights and the running water hushed Now Ira's folks were hungry and their farms wene crops of weeds But when war came he volunteers and forgot, the white man's greed Call him, Drunken Ira Hayes, he won't answer anymore Not the whiskey-drinking Indian or the marine who went to war Yes, call him, Drunken Ira Hayes, he won't answer anymore Not the whiskey-drinking Indian or the marine who went to war
They started up Iwo Jima Hill, 250 men But only 27 lived to walk back down that hill again And when the fight was over and the old glory raised One of the men who held it high was the Indian Ira Hayes Call him, Drunken Ira Hayes, he won't answer anymore Not the whiskey-drinking Indian or the marine who went to war Call him, Drunken Ira Hayes, he won't answer anymore Not the whiskey-drinking Indian or the marine who went to war
Now Ira returned a hero, celebrated throughout the land He was wined and speeched and honored, everybody shook his hand But he was just a Pima Indian, no money crops, no chance And at home nobody cared what Ira had done and the wind did the Indian's dance Call him, Drunken Ira Hayes, he won't answer anymore Not the whiskey-drinking Indian or the marine who went to war Call him, Drunken Ira Hayes, he won't answer anymore Not the whiskey-drinking Indian or the marine who went to war
And Ira started drinking hard, jail was often his home They let him raise the flag there and lower it like you'd throw a dog a bone He died drunk early one morning, alone in the land he had fought to save Two inches of water in a lonely ditch was the grave for Ira Hayes Call him, Drunken Ira Hayes, he won't answer anymore Not the whiskey-drinking Indian or the marine who went to war Yes, call him, Drunken Ira Hayes, he won't answer anymore Not the whiskey-drinking Indian or the marine who went to war
Yes, call him, Drunken Ira Hayes, but his land is still as dry And his ghost is lying thirsty in the ditch where Ira died Call him, Drunken Ira Hayes, he won't answer anymore Not the whiskey-drinking Indian or the marine who went to war Yes, call him, Drunken Ira Hayes, he won't answer anymore Not the whiskey-drinking Indian or the marine who went to war
Caminemos Composer(s): H. Martins Performer(s): Raphael
No, ya no debo pensar que te ame Es preferible olvidar que sufri No, no concibo que todo acabo Que este sueño de amor termino Que la vida nos separo sin querer Caminemos Tal vez nos veremos despues
Esta es la ruta que estaba marcada Y sigo insistiendo en tu amor Que se perdio en la nada Y vivo caminando sin saber donde llegar Tal vez caminando la vida nos vuelva a juntar Y vivo caminando sin saber donde llegar Tal vez caminando la vida nos vuelva a juntar
The Ballad Of Humpty Dumpty And Cinderella Composer(s): Rex Fowler Performer(s): Aztec Two-Step
She said her name was Cinderella From under her umbrella with the blues He said his name was Mr. Dumpty But she could call him Humpty if she choosed Then queried "Wasn't it a pity That dear old New York City Was more and more resembling a zoo?"
Humpty talked of birds and berries The Staten Island Ferry and the moon Cinderella showed her blisters As she told him of her sisters and her broom And how she sweated with the sweeping While they were always out and reeking of perfume
Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe? Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe?
And as the sky was clearing He asked her most endearing to the ball She said she didn't have a skirt In a voice that was quite curt but he could call But she never gave her number She just left him there to wonder by the wall
Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe? Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe?
We all know Cinderella's story Of her fortune and her glory very well And of Mr. Dumpty's fall From his perch upon the wall no need to tell But after close inspection I can't help but pose the question "Did Humpty Dumpty jump, or did he fell?"
Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe? Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe?
The Ballad Of Humpty Dumpty And Cinderella Composer(s): Rex Fowler Performer(s): Aztec Two-Step
She said her name was Cinderella From under her umbrella with the blues He said his name was Mr. Dumpty But she could call him Humpty if she choosed Then queried "Wasn't it a pity That dear old New York City Was more and more resembling a zoo?"
Humpty talked of birds and berries The Staten Island Ferry and the moon Cinderella showed her blisters As she told him of her sisters and her broom And how she sweated with the sweeping While they were always out and reeking of perfume
Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe? Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe?
And as the sky was clearing He asked her most endearing to the ball She said she didn't have a skirt In a voice that was quite curt but he could call But she never gave her number She just left him there to wonder by the wall
Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe? Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe?
We all know Cinderella's story Of her fortune and her glory very well And of Mr. Dumpty's fall From his perch upon the wall no need to tell But after close inspection I can't help but pose the question "Did Humpty Dumpty jump, or did he fell?"
Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe? Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe?
Caminante, Si Vas Por Mi Tierra Composer(s): Horacio Guarany Performer(s): Horacio Guarany
Caminante si vas por mi tierra Cuentale de mis largas nostalgias Que me paso, mirando a lo lejos Esperando el dia que llegue una carta Caminante si vas por mi tierra cuéntale que mis noches son largas que me paso, escribiéndole versos que ya nadie lee, solito hasta el alba
Estribillo:
Cuéntale caminante, que es triste sentirse tan lejos de aquel festival donde un día cantaba mi pueblo las viejas canciones que hoy me hacen llorar Caminante si vas por mi tierra pregunta en los fogones mi nombre y si ves que alguien baja la vista con toda tu fuerza cántale esta zamba Caminante si vas por mi tierra pregunta por mis viejos amigos has de hallarlos juntito a un asado tras de una guitarra, en el templo del vino
Faraway Star Composer(s): Richard Carmel; David Martin Performer(s): The Chordettes
Starlight, starbright first star I see tonight
Faraway, faraway, faraway star how did you ever get up where you are I can get dizzy just looking above, you are as far as my faraway love
Faraway love, faraway love, who can be happy with faraway love Wish that I may wish that I might have me the wish that I'm wishing tonight
Faraway, faraway, faraway star how did you ever get up where you are I can get dizzy just looking above you are as far as my faraway love
Why must he seem distant from me even when we are as close as can be Powerful star, wonderfully wide let me be seen by his faraway eye When I am near, when I am near, couldn't he be more aware that I'm here We're holding hands inches apart, show me the way to his faraway heart
Faraway,faraway, faraway star how did you ever get up where you are I can get dizzy just looking above you are as far as my faraway love
Faraway, faraway, faraway star how did you ever get up where you are
The Ballad Of Gator McKlusky Composer(s): Jerry Reed Performer(s): Jerry Reed
He was raised in the swamp In the back of a slough He grew up eatin' rattlesnake meat And drinkin' homemade brew Now folks here about call him Gator And everybody knows him well Meanest man ever to hit the swamp Folks swear he come straight outta hell
Well Gator McKlusky sittin' on a stump Hammer pulled back on a twelve gauge pump Watchin' that swamp lookin' out for the law While he make the best corn liquor you ever saw
(Rock gut whiskey...)
While he's makin' that mash he watches and he looks Old Gator he knows that swamp like a book Somethin' out there movin' Gator whaddaya see Ain't nothin' but the snakes and the gators and me
Everything's okey-dokey in the Okefenokee That sheriff ain't snoopin' around So cook that moonshine down 'Til it's good and clear Everything's okey-dokey in the Okefenokee That sheriff he'd soon mess around with the devil Than to get his self long messin' around in here
One day he was cookin' some mash he was almost done When they spotted the law and they had to run So he headed for the swamp and they followed him in But the law might as well been a-chasin' the wind
(Look out for that snake, sheriff...)
Well they chased on back through the muck and the slime To the back of that swamp where the sun don't shine But the law won't never catch Gator my friend 'Cause he knows that swamp like the back of his hand
Watch out boys old smokey's in the Okefenokee The sheriff's out there snoopin' around So shut that business down And let's disappear Look out boys old smokey's in the Okefenokee But that sheriff he's really gonna catch the devil If he keeps on snoopin' around in here
(Gator's in the swamp, sheriff...) (Go get him...) (If you can...)
(Careful, sheriff...) (Don't let that gator bite you on your gonads...)
The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest Composer(s): Bob Dylan First release by: Bob Dylan - 1967
Well, Frankie Lee and Judas Priest They were the best of friends So when Frankie Lee needed money one day Judas quickly pulled out a roll of tens And placed them on a footstool Just above the plotted plain Sayin', "Take your pick, Frankie Boy My loss will be your gain"
Well Frankie Lee, he sat right down And put his fingers to his chin But with the cold eyes of Judas on him His head began to spin "Would ya please not stare at me that like that," he said "It's just my foolish pride But sometimes a man must be alone And this is no place to hide"
Well, Judas he just winked and said "All right, I'll leave you here But you'd better hurry up and choose Which of those bills you want Before they all disappear" "I'm gonna start my pickin' right now Just tell me where you'll be"
Judas pointed down the road And said, "Eternity!" "Eternity?" said Frankie Lee With a voice as cold as ice "That's right," said Judas Priest, "Eternity Though you might call it 'paradise'"
"I don't call it anything" Said Frankie Lee with a smile "All right," said Judas Priest "I'll see you after a while"
Well, Frankie Lee, he sat back down Feelin' low and mean When just then a passing stranger Burst upon the scene Saying, "Are you Frankie Lee, the gambler Whose father is deceased? Well, if you are There's a fellow callin' you down the road And they say his name is Priest"
"Oh, yes, he is my friend" Said Frankie Lee in fright "I do recall him very well In fact, he just left my sight" "Yes, that's the one," said the stranger As quiet as a mouse "Well, my message is, he's down the road Stranded in a house"
Well, Frankie Lee, he panicked He dropped ev'rything and ran Until he came up to the spot Where Judas Priest did stand "What kind of house is this," he said "Where I have come to roam?" "It's not a house," said Judas Priest "It's not a house... it's a home"
Well, Frankie Lee, he trembled He soon lost all control Over ev'rything which he had made While the mission bells did toll He just stood there staring At that big house as bright as any sun With four and twenty windows And a woman's face in ev'ry one
Well, up the stairs ran Frankie Lee With a soulful, bounding leap And, foaming at the mouth He began to make his midnight creep For sixteen nights and days he raved But on the seventeenth he burst Into the arms of Judas Priest Which is where he died of thirst
No one tried to say a thing When they took him out in jest Except, of course, the little neighbor boy Who carried him to rest And he just walked along, alone With his guilt so well concealed And muttered underneath his breath "Nothing is revealed"
Well, the moral of this story The moral of this song Is simply that one should never be Where one does not belong So when you see your neighbor carryin' somethin' Help him with his load And don't go mistaking Paradise For that home across the road
The Ballad Of El Goodo Composer(s): Chris Bell - Alex Chilton First release by: Big Star - 1972 Covered by multiple other artists
Years ago, my heart was set to live, oh And I've been trying hard against unbelievable odds It gets so hard in times like now to hold on But guns they wait to be stuck by, at my side is God
And there ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round Ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round
There's people around who tell you that they know And places where they send you, and it's easy to go They'll zip you up and dress you down and stand you in a row But you know you don't have to, you can just say "no"
I've been built up and trusted, broke down and busted But they'll get theirs and we will get ours if you can Just-a hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Years ago my heart was set to live, oh But I've been trying hard against strong odds It gets so hard at times like now to hold on Well, I'll fall if I don't fight, and at my side is God
Far Away In Honolulu (They've Got The Tango Craze)
Far Away In Honolulu (They've Got The Tango Craze) Composer(s): Burt Leighton; Frank Leighton
Far away in Honolulu Where the natives do the tango Most every evening You can see them dance
(See them dance, see them dance) To the funny music playing You can see them all a swaying If you should go there They would put you in a trance
Should you ever take a notion That you want to cross the ocean Just take a steamboat to Hawaii land (To Hawaii, to Hawaii) Travel into Honolulu Where'll you see the Hula Hula Just watch those maidens And hear the Ukelele Band
In Honolulu where they used to dance the Hula In native costumes and pretty lays With the Ukeleles playing They start a swinging and a swaying Far away in Honolulu They've got the tango craze