Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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The Bee Song Composer(s): Kenneth Blain Performer(s): Arthur Askey
Oh what a glorious thing to be A healthy grown up busy busy bee Whiling away The passing hours Pinching all the pollen From the cauliflow'rs I'd like to be a busy little bee Being just as busy as a bee can be Flying round the garden Brightest ever seen Taking back the honey To the dear old queen
Bz bz bz bz, honey bee, honey bee Bz if you like but don't sting me Bz bz bz bz, honey bee, honey bee Bz if you like but don't sting me
Oh what a glorious thing to be A healthy grown up busy busy bee Toying with the tulips Tasting ev'ry type Building up the honeycomb That looks like tripe. I'd like to be a busy little bee Being just as busy as a bee can be Flying all around In the wild hedgerows Stinging all the cows Upon the parson's nose
Bz bz bz bz, honey bee, honey bee Bz if you like but don't sting me Bz bz bz bz, honey bee, honey bee Bz if you like but don't sting me
Oh what a glorious thing to be A healthy grown up busy busy bee Visiting the picnics Quite a little tease Raising little lumps Upon the maidens' knees I'd like to be a busy little bee Being just as busy as a bee can be Flirting with the butterfly Strong upon the wing Whoopee! O death Where is thy sting?
Bz bz bz bz, honey bee, honey bee Bz if you like but don't sting me Bz bz bz bz, honey bee, honey bee Bz if you like but don't sting me
Oh what a glorious thing to be A healthy grown up busy busy bee To be a good bee One must contrive For bees in a beehive Must behive But maybe I wouldn't be a bee Bees are all right when alive, you see But when bees die You really should see 'em Pinned on a card In a dirty museum
Bz bz bz bz, honey bee, honey bee Bz if you like but don't sting me Bz bz bz bz, honey bee, honey bee Bz if you like but don't sting me
Can You Hear What I'm Saying
Composer(s): Jean-Michel Byron - David Paich - Mike Porcaro
Performer(s): Toto
The world is precious, a gift to you and me I suggest we treat her right, with love and dignity
Everybody's looking for some peace of mind If you seek the truth then you will surely find Everybody wants to have global peace Whilst the press of a button can shake the world to its knees
Can you hear what I'm saying, can you hear what I'm saying
Those who say might is right, I beg to disagree I say we all unite and redirect our destiny
Everybody's looking for a quick solution Our longs are choking from breating in air polution I say put down your guns and stop the revolution And say this time we make a restitution
Can you hear what I'm saying, can you hear what I'm saying
Can you hear what I'm saying, can you hear what I'm saying Can you hear what I'm saying, can you hear what I'm saying
Can you hear me now, I am calling right out for you (Can you hear me calling out to you, can you hear me calling out to you)
There's so much starvation, so much say untruth So much prejudice, there's so much liquidation - oh how long, how long
The Bed's Too Big Without You ((Spanish Version: La Cama Es Muy Grande Sin Ti (Plastilina Mosh) - 1998)) Composer(s): Sting First release by: The Police - 1979 Covered by multiple other artists
Bed's too big without you Cold wind blows right through my open door I can't sleep with your memory Dreaming dreams of what used to be When she left I was cold inside That look on my face was just pride No regrets, no love, no tears Living on my own was the least of my fears
Bed's too big without you The bed's too big without you The bed's too big without you
Since that day when you'd gone Just had to carry on I get through the day, but late at night Made love to my pillow, but it didn't feel right
Every day just the same Old rules for the same old game All I gained was heartache All I made was one mistake Now the bed's too big without you The bed's too big without you The bed's too big without you
Can You Hear The Music
Composer(s): Mick Jagger - Keith Richards
Performer(s): The Rolling Stones
Can you hear the music, can you hear the music? Can you feel the magic hangin' in the air? Can you feel the magic? Oh, yeah
Love is a mystery I can't demystify, oh, no Sometimes I wonder why we're here But I don't care, I don't care
Can you hear the music, can you hear the music? Can you feel the magic dancin' in the air? Can you feel the magic? Oh, yeah
Love is a mystery I can't demystify, oh, no Sometimes I I'm dancin' on air But I get scared, I get scared
When I hear the drummer, get me in the groove When I hear the guitar, makes me wanna move Can you feel the magic, floatin' in the air? Can you feel the magic? Oh, yeah
Sometimes you're feelin' you've been pushed around And your rainbow just ain't here Don't you fear, don't you fear
When you hear the music trouble disappear When you hear the music ringin' in your ears Can you feel the magic floatin' in the air? Can you hear the magic? Oh, yeah, yeah
When you hear the music ringin' in my ear Can you hear the music? Oh, yeah Can you hear the drummer? Gets you in the groove Can you hear the guitar? Make you wanna move? Yeah
Can you hear the music? Oh, yeah Can you hear the music ringin' in my ear? Can you hear the music, can you hear the music?
Father To Son Composer(s): Brian May Performer(s): Queen
A word in your ear From father to son Hear the word that I say I fought with you Fought on your side Long before you were born Joyful the sound The word goes around From father to son to son
And the voice is so clear Time after time it keeps Calling you, calling you on Don't destroy what you see Your country to be Just keep building on the ground That's been won Kings will be crowned The word goes around From father to son to son
Won't you hear us sing Our family song Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba Now we hand it on But I've heard it all before Take this letter that I give you Take it, sonny, hold it high You won't understand a word that's in it But you'll write it all again before you die
A word in your ear From father to son Funny you don't hear A single word that I say But my letter to you Will stay by your side Thru' the years Till the loneliness is gone
Sing if you will But the air you breathe I live to give you Father to son, father to son Father to son, father to son Joyful the sound Word goes around Father to son to son Kings will be crowned Earth goes around Father to son to son
Joyful the sound Word goes around Father to son to son Kings will be crowned Earth goes around Father to son to son
The Beautiful Day Composer(s): Leslie Bricusse Performer(s): Tiny Tim
On the beautiful day that I dream about In a place I would like to be Is a beautiful place where the sun comes out And it shines in the sky for me On this beautiful winter's morning If my wish could come true somehow Then the beautiful day that I dream about Would be here and now On this beautiful winter's morning If my wish could come true somehow Then the beautiful day that I dream about Would be here and now
Father O'Blivion Composer(s): Frank Zappa Performer(s): Frank Zappa; Bohuslan Big Band; Dweezil Zappa
(Get up on your feet and do the Funky Alfonzo)
Father Vyvian O'Blivion Resplendent in his frock Was whipping up the batter For the pancakes of his flock He was looking rather bleary He forgot to watch the clock
But the night before Behind the door A leprechaun had stroked it
But the night before Behind the door A leprechaun had slowly storked it He slowly stroked it
But the night before Behind the door A leprechaun had stroked his spot He stroked his spot
It set him off in such a frenzy He sang "Lock Around the Crock!"
And he topped it off with a ... And he topped it off with a ... And he topped it off with a ...
oo ooo ooo oo ooo ooo oo ooo ooo
As he stumbled on his ... He was delighted as it stiffened And ripped right through his sock
"Oh St. Alfonzo would be proud of me" He shouted down the block
Domine vobiscum Et cum spiritu tuo Don't you eat my sleazy pancakes Just for Saintly Alphonzo
They're so light and fluffy white We'll raise a fortune by tonight They're so light and fluffy white We'll raise a fortune by tonight They're so light and fluffy brown They're the finest in the town They're so light and fluffy brown They're the finest in the town
Good morning your highness oo oo ooo Good gosh, you're sumptuous oo oo ooo
Good morning your highness oo oo ooo Good gosh, you're sumptuous oo oo ooo
The Beat Goes On Composer(s): Sonny Bono First release by: Sonny & Cher - 1967 Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages: 1967 - Il Beat... Cos'è? (La Ragazza 77) 1970 - Den Snurrar Runt (Sylvia Vrethammar)
The beat goes on, the beat goes on Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain La da, da, da di, la da, da, da, da Mm, Charlton was once the rage, uh-huh History has turned a page, uh-huh The miniskirt's the current thing, uh-huh Teenybopper is our new-born king
The grocery store does super mart, uh-huh Little girls still break their hearts, uh-huh And men still keep on marching off to war Let the Green Bay keep their baseball score And the beat goes on, the beat goes on
Grandma's sitting-chair's a reminisce Boys keep chasing girls to get a kiss The cars keep a-going faster all the time Bums still cry, hey buddy, have you got a dime And the beat goes on, the beat goes on And the beat goes on, the beat goes on
Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain La da, da, da, di, la, da, da, da, da
And the beat goes on, and the beat goes on And the beat goes on, and the beat goes on
Can You Find It In Your Heart
Composer(s): Robert Allen - Al Stillman
Performer(s): Tony Bennett
I want your eyes to see my eyes I want your lips to touch my lips I want your love to be my love forever more Can you find it in your heart to forgive me
I was thoughtless heaven knows I acted badly But the love I once gave to you so gladly Can you find it in your heart
Can't we make another start, please forgive me I'm repenting and your arms alone can save me So if carelessly I lost the love you gave me Can you find it in your heart
Day and night I want your eyes to see my eyes I want your lips to touch my lips I want your love to be my love forever more And never never more to part
Must you tell me that it's over, think it over Though I once betrayed your love, forgive the treason And my darling if your mind can't find the reason Can you find it in your heart
Must you tell me that it's over, think it over Though I once betrayed your love, forgive the treason And my darling if your mind can't find the reason Can you find it in your heart
Father And Son Composer(s): Cat Stevens Performer(s): Cat Stevens
Father It's not time to make a change Just relax, take it easy You're still young, that's your fault There's so much you have to know Find a girl, settle down If you want you can marry Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy To be calm when you've found something going on But take your time, think a lot Why, think of everything you've got For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not
Son How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again It's always been the same, same old story From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away I know I have to go
Father It's not time to make a change Just sit down, take it slowly You're still young, that's your fault There's so much you have to go through Find a girl, settle down if you want you can marry Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy
Son All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them you know not me Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away I know I have to go
Loud roars the dreadful thunder The rain a deluge show'rs The clouds are rent asunder By lightning's vivid pow'rs The night was drear and dark Our poor devoted bark Till next day, there she lay In the Bay of Biscay, O!
Now dash'd upon the billow Her op'ning timbers creak Each fears a wat'ry pillow None stop the dreadful leak To cling to slipp'ry shrouds Each breathless seaman crowds As she lay, till next day In the Bay of Biscay, O!
At length the wished for tomorrow Breaks thro' the hazy sky Absorb'd in silent sorrow Each heaves a bitter sigh The dismal wreck to view Strikes horror to the crew As she lay, on that day In the Bay of Biscay, O!
Her yielding timbers sever Her pitchy seams are rent When heav'n, all bounteous ever Its boundless mercy sent A sail in sight appears We hail her with three cheer! Now we sail, with the gale From the Bay of Biscay, O!
Can You Feel What I'm Saying
Composer(s): Minnie Riperton - Richard Rudolph - Leon Ware
Performer(s): Minnie Riperton
First we learn how to care Magical dreams, midnight summer air Wouldnt it be nice to find that some... warm... to share What I care Maybe someone to love for a lifetime
Oooh, I have love supreme Mystical movements making me flow free Slippin in between the stars we find that shine all the time Now theyre yours Now theyre mine Now theres someone to love for a life time
Ohh, can you feel what Im saying Touching you... touching... touching me Can you feel what Im saying Touching you... touching... touching me
When I was a child I was free runnin wild And my mother said Look what your father's done You will not obey Won't do nothin' I say Then she shook her head I was my father's son
Father and son We were a lot like each other Father and son You know the blood is thicker than water
Night after night My parents would tight Till my mother said Hush up you'll wake the kid And then came the day when he just went away And I sat and I cried And wondered why he did
Father and son We couldn't be together Father and son You know the blood is thicker than water
----- years later But as I go wanderin' on I still believe he'll come along And we could talk as if nothin' were wrong Of things that we done Only to talk to him father to son
The Battle Of New Orleans ((aka The Battle Of Kookamonga (Homer & Jethro)) ((Adapted from: The 8th Of January (Traditional)) Composer(s): Jimmie Driftwood First release by: Jimmie Driftwood - 1958/1959 and multiple other artists
In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip We took a little bacon and we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans
We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin' There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We looked down the river and we seed the British come And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring We stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin' There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise If we didn't fire our muskets till we looked 'em in the eyes We held our fire till we seed their faces well Then we opened up our squirrel guns and gave 'em... Well... we...
... fired our guns and the British kept a'comin' There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Yeah they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round We filled his head with cannonballs 'n' powdered his behind And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind
We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin' There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Yeah they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Hut, hut, three, four Sound off, three, four Hut, hut, three, four Sound off, three, four Hut, hut, three, four
Can You Feel The Love Tonight?
Composer(s): Elton John - Tim Rice
First release by: Joseph Williams & Sally Dworsky - 1994
Covered by multiple other artists
There's a calm surrender to the rush of day When the heat of a rolling wind can be turned away An enchanted moment, and it sees me through It's enough for this restless warrior just to be with you And can you feel the love tonight It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer That we got this far And can you feel the love tonight How it's laid to rest It's enough to make kings and vagabonds Believe the very best There's a time for everyone if they only learn That the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn There's a rhyme and reason to the wild outdoors When the heart of this star-crossed voyager beats in time with yours
Father And Daughter Composer(s): Paul Simon Performer(s): Paul Simon; Bobby Osborne
If you leap awake In the mirror of a bad dream And for a fraction of a second You can't remember where you are Just open your window And follow your memory upstream To the meadow in the mountain Where we counted every falling star
I believe the light that shines on you Will shine on you forever And though I can't guarantee There's nothing scary hiding under your bed Im gonna stand guard Like a postcard of a Golden Retriever And never leave till I leave you With a sweet dream in your head
I'm gonna watch you shine Gonna watch you grow Gonna paint a sign So you'll always know As long as one and one is two There could never be a father Who loved his daughter more than I love you
Trust your intuition It's just like going fishing You cast your line And hope you'll get a bite But you don't need to waste your time Worrying about the market place Try to help the human race Struggling to survive its harshest night
I'm gonna watch you shine Gonna watch you grow Gonna paint a sign So you'll always know As long as one and one is two There could never be a father Who loved his daughter more than I love you
I'm gonna watch you shine Gonna watch you grow Gonna paint a sign So you'll always know As long as one and one is two There could never be a father Who loved his daughter more than I love you
Christmasville U.S.A. Composer(s): Abrams - Medley Performer(s): Jimmy Charles
It's a hap-hap-happy time to be in my town It's a hap-hap-happy time to be in your town It's a snow-filled, mistletoe-filled holiday That's Christmasville U.S.A.
There are jing-jing-jingle bells that ring on my street There are jing-jing-jingle bells that ring on your street Their's a joy-filled, toy-filled Santa on his way That's Christmasville U.S.A.
It's a place where girls and boys are in their glory And it tells each year that old familiar story
Of a very merry Yuletide here in my town And a very merry Yuletide there in your town So, by golly-gee, be good, be glad, be gay That's Christmasville That's Christmasville That's Christmasville U.S.A.
Can You Do It
Composer(s): Vic Malcolm
Performer(s): Geordie
Can you do it, can you do it Do it like you did last night Can you do it, can you do it Do it like you did last night Oh oh, sure felt awright Oh oh, sure felt awright
Can you hold me, can you hold me Hold me like you did last night An' can you love me, can you love me Love me cuz it sure felt right Oh oh, sure felt awright Oh oh, sure felt nice
So cum on, cum on, cum on, cum on, keep grooving Cum on, cum on, cum on, cum on, keep grooving
Can you do it, can you do it Do it like you did last night Can you squeeze me, can you tease me Oh yeah, sure felt nice Oh oh, sure felt awright Oh oh, sure felt awright
So cum on, cum on, cum on, cum on, keep grooving Cum on, cum on, cum on, cum on, keep grooving
Can you do it, can you do it Do it like you did last night Can you love me, can you love me Love me, it sure felt awright Oh oh, sure felt awright Oh oh, sure felt awright
