Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Chicken Fat Composer(s): Meredith Wilson Performer(s): Robert Preston
Touch down Every morning Ten times! Not just Now and then Give that chicken fat Back to the chicken And don't be chicken again No, don't be chicken again
Push up Every morning Ten times Push up Starting low Once more on the rise Nuts to the flabby guys! Go, you chicken fat, go away! Go, you chicken fat, go!
Left! Left! Left! Left! Left a good pound and a quarter Was it right, right that it should be left? Yes, I left! Left! Left! Left! Left a good pound and a quarter It was right (left), right (left) that it should be left!
Now, touch your toes with me Ready!
Touch down (up) Every morning (down) Ten times! (Three!) Not just (up) (Four!) Now and then (up) (Five!) Give that (up) chicken fat (Six!) Back to the (up) chicken and (Seven!) Don't be (up) chicken (Eight!) again (up) No, (Nine!) don't be (up) chicken again (Ten...halt!)
Hit the dirt! Hit! Push ups next Nice and steady Not too fast Ready!
Push up (down) Every morning (up) Ten times! Push up, Starting low (Down! That's five) Once more (down) on the rise (Six!) Nuts to the (down) flabby guys (Seven!) Go, you (down) chicken fat (Everybody sing!) go away Go, you chicken fat, go!
Ready Teddy French Title: Belle
Composer(s): Robert Blackwell; John S. Marascalco Performer(s): Little Richard; and various other artists
Ready, set, go, man, go I've got a gal that I love so I'm ready Ready ready Teddy, I'm read-yyy! Ready ready Teddy, I'm ready Ready ready Teddy, I'm ready ready ready to rock 'n' roll
Goin' down to the corner Pick up my sweetie pie She's my rock 'n' roll baby She's the apple of my eye, I'm ready Ready ready Teddy, I'm read-yyy! Ready ready Teddy, I'm ready Ready ready Teddy, I'm ready ready ready to rock 'n' roll
All the flat top cats and the dungaree dolls Are headed for the gym to the sock hop ball The joint's really jumpin', the cats are goin' wild The music really sends me, I dig that crazy style I'm ready Ready ready Teddy, read-yyy! Ready ready Teddy, I'm ready Ready ready Teddy, I'm ready ready ready to rock 'n' roll
Goin' down to the corner Pick up my sweetie pie She's my rock 'n' roll baby She's the apple of my eye I'm ready Ready ready Teddy, I'm read-yyy! Ready ready Teddy, I'm ready Ready ready Teddy, I'm ready ready ready to rock 'n' roll
All the flat top cats and all the dungaree dolls Are headed for the gym to the sock hop ball The joint is really jumpin', the cats are goin' wild The music really sends me, I dig that crazy style I'm ready Ready ready Teddy, I'm read-yyy! Ready ready Teddy, I'm ready Ready ready Teddy, I'm ready ready ready to rock 'n' roll
Gonna kick off my shoes, roll up my faded jeans Grab my rock 'n' roll baby, pour on the steam I shuffle to the left, I shuffle to the right Gonna rock 'n' roll till the early early night I'm ready Ready ready Teddy, I'm read-yyy! Ready ready Teddy, I'm ready Ready ready Teddy, I'm ready ready ready to rock 'n' roll
The Man That Is Me Composer(s): Jim Croce - Ingrid Croce Performer(s): Jim & Ingrid Croce
I'm a dreamer by nature And I've always been tryin' To dream myself out of this world that I'm in In my dreams I escape all the troubles around And it hasn't cost a penny For the pleasures I've found
What is the part That I'll play today Beggar, a bus'ness man, king for a day? I've played many parts And I'm the first to agree That I'm still lookin' round for the man that is me
I'm a dreamer by nature And I've always been Looking for something not there My financial position Don't bother my dreams 'Cause in fairy tale money I'm my own millionaire
What is the part That I'll play today Beggar, a bus'ness man, king for a day? I've played many parts And I'm the first to agree That I'm still lookin' round for the man that is me
I'm a rich man in dreams But in real life I've hid From the fact that I've got me a wife and a kid If I lose what I've got Then they lose it too Tell me what in this world's a poor dreamer to do
What is the part That I'll play today Beggar, a bus'ness man, king for a day? I've played many parts And I'm the first to agree That I'm still lookin' round for the man that is me
Chicken
Composer(s): Jerry Leiber - Walter Rollins - Mike Stoller
Performer(s): The Cheers
They drove the hottest hot rods That were ever raced in years You could hear `em burnin' rubber As they shifted through the gears They must have lost their senses In their trail of smoke and flame `Cos you had to be a maniac To play that crazy game
"Chicken", "Chicken" The winner of the game would holler "chicken"
The laughter of the couples Could be heard above the roar As they headed t'ward each other With their pedals to the floor The one that held it showed That he was not afraid to die And the one that turned aside Would hear the winning couple cry
"Chicken", "Chicken" The winner of the game would holler "chicken"
(Chicken)
They knew they'd all be losers If they ever had a tie But the closer they could make a scene The louder they would cry The kicks were always greatest When they had the closest shaves And the voices coming back Were like an echo from the grave
"Chicken", "Chicken" The winner of the game would holler "chicken"
And then one night it happened `Cos the devil had his way He was clickin' off the seconds That were left for them to play There might have been a winner But they had no way to tell For the couples all were dead And there was no one left to yell
"Chicken", "Chicken" The winner of the game would holler "chicken"
Painted sands and makeshift hands Take us round and round Horizon clear, you'll soon be near And walking on the ground I've been round the corner Sinking all the doubts in sight If you sail across the border We can float into the night
Oh, I'm ready for you I'm ready for you I'm ready for you I'm ready for you
Cloudy Sky, the wind is high And trying to break the spell But I'll be here when you appear I'll see the night as well A feeling's not a feeling If you can't believe it's true I'd sooner be believing 'Til the ship comes sailing through
Oh, I'm ready for you I'm ready for you I'm ready for you I'm ready for you
I've been round the corner Sinking all the doubts in sight If you sail across the border We can float into the night
Oh, I'm ready for you Oh, I'm ready for you Oh, I'm ready for you Oh, I'm ready for you
The Man That Got Away Composer(s): Ira Gershwin - Harold Arlen First performance by: Judy Garland - 1954 Covered by multiple other artists
The night is bitter The stars have lost their glitter The winds grow colder And suddenly you're older And all because of The man that got away
No more his eager call The writing's on the wall The dreams you dreamed have all Gone astray The man that won you Has run off and undone you That great beginning Has seen it's final inning Don't know what happened It's all a crazy game
No more that all-time thrill For you've been through the mill And never a new love will Be the same
Good riddance, good-bye Every trick of his you're on to But fools will be fools and where's he gone to?
The road gets rougher It's lonelier and tougher With hope you burn up Tomorrow he may turn up There's just no letup The livelong night and day
Ever since this world began There is nothing sadder than A one-man woman Looking for the man that got away...
The road gets rougher It's lonelier and tougher With hope you burn up Tomorrow he may turn up There's just no letup The livelong night and day
Ever since this world began There is nothing sadder than A one-man woman Looking for the man The man that got away...
Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing)
Composer(s): Minnie McCoy
Performer(s): Memphis Minnie; Kansas Joe McCoy
I'm gon' tell everybody, what that Chickasaw has done done for me I'm gon' tell everybody, what that Chickasaw has done done for me She done stole my man away, and blow that doggone smoke on me She's a low down dirty dog
I ain't no woman, like to ride that Chickasaw Ain't no woman, like to ride that Chickasaw Because everywhere she stop, she's stealing some woman's good man, oh She's a low down dirty dog
I told the depot this mornin', I don't think he treats me right Told the depot this mornin', I don't think he treats me right He done sold my man a ticket, and I know that Chickasaw leavin' town tonight He's a low down dirty dog
I walk down a railroad track, that Chickasaw even wouldn't let me ride the blind I walk down a railroad track, that Chickasaw wouldn't even let me ride the blind And she stop picking up men, all up and down the line She's a low down dirty dog
Mmm-mmm, Chickasaw don't pay no woman no mind Mmm-mmm, that Chickasaw don't pay no woman no mind And she stop pickin' up men, all up and down the line
The Man On The Flying Trapeze Composer(s): George Leybourne Performer(s): Walter O'Keefe and multiple other artists
Once I was happy, but now I'm forlorn Like an old coat that is tattered and torn Left on this world to fret and to mourn Betrayed by a maid in her teens
The girl that I loved she was handsome I tried all I knew her to please But I could not please her one quarter so well As the man upon the trapeze
He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ease That daring young man on the flying trapeze His movements were graceful, all girls he could please And my love he purloined away
This young man by name was Signor Bona Slang Tall, big and handsome, as well made as Chang Where'er he appeared the hall loudly rang With ovation from all people there
He'd smile from the bar on the people below And one night he smiled on my love She wink'd back at him and she shouted "Bravo" As he hung by his nose up above
Her father and mother were both on my side And very hard tried to make her my bride Her father he sighed, and her mother she cried To see her throw herself away
'Twas all no avail, she went there every night And would throw him bouquets on the stage Which caused him to meet her; how he ran me down To tell you would take a whole page
One night I as usual went to her dear home Found there her father and mother alone I asked for my love, and soon they made known To my horror that she'd run away
She'd packed up her box and eloped in the night With him, with the greatest of ease From two stories high he had lowered her down To the ground on his flying trapeze
Some months after this I went to the Hall Was greatly surprised to see on the wall A bill in red letters, which did my heart gall That she was appearing with him
He'd taught her gymnastics and dressed her in tights To help him live at his ease And made her assume a masculine name And now she goes on the trapeze
She'd fly through the air with the greatest of ease You'd think her the man young man on the flying trapeze Her movements were graceful, all girls she could please And that was the end of my love
Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)
Composer(s): Richard Delvy - Janis Gwin
Performer(s): Daddy Dewdrop
Last night I had a crazy dream About a chick in a black bikini Oh she looked so good she couldn't be real So she must be a magic genie But then she disappeared around a corner All I saw were three doors and the top of her bikini I made it through the first door there was a party going on I asked about the chick but what they said was this
Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don't ya jes' love it Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don't ya jes' love it Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don't ya jes' love it Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom-boom-boom
I found the bottom half Behind the second door Which took me to Africa I presume This really far out cat was screaming half crazy "Bomp boom a loo bom a long bam boo" I said hey man cut that jive And tell me where the chick went But he looked at me as pleased as could be And said a lotta words but I wonder what he meant
Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don't ya jes' love it Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don't ya jes' love it Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don't ya jes' love it Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom-boom-boom
Ah don't ya jes' love it Ooh don't ya jes' love it Don't ya love it don't ya love it Oh yeah don't ya love jes' it Don't ya jes' love it now
I opened the third door and there she was And She whispered so sexy oh ooh I tried to do the same and impress her with my style But why this chick would never know
Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don't ya jes' love it Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don't ya jes' love it Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don't ya jes' love it Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom-boom-boom
Don't ya know it
Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don't ya jes' love it Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don't ya jes' love it Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don't ya jes' love it Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom-boom-boom
Ready For The 80's Composer(s): Henri Belolo; Phil Hurtt; Beauris Whitehead Performer(s): Village People
The world "talkin" ´bout the world belongs to you It belongs to yo The world I know I know I know Belongs to me It belongs to me I´m ready for the eighty´s glad to be alive I´m waiting for those magic numbers to arrive I´ve got myself together got myself in gear I´m gonna be the first out there, to greet those Fabulous year
I´m ready for the eighty´s, I´m ready for the eighty´s Ready for the time of my life Are you ready Are you ready `Cause I´m ready for you, honey `Cause I´m ready for you I´m ready for the eighty´s, I´m ready for the eighty´s Ready for the time of my life
Are you ready for me Are you ready for me `Cause I´m ready for you, baby `Cause I´m ready for you Take my dream and hitch it to a star In the eighty´s we will travel far We will realize just who we are We can move as one
Baby, I´m ready, ... And baby I´ll be waiting for you
Listen to me baby The world Talkin´ ´bout this world Belongs to you It belongs to you The world I know I know I know It belongs to me It belongs to me I´m ready for the eighty´s things look positiv I´m ready and I´ve got a lot of love to give There´s hope in ev´ry heart and love on ev´ry face The eighty´s promise ev´rything is just gonna be great
Baby, I´m ready, ...
Everything is gonna work out fine I have faith in this old world of mine We´ll be loving in the bright sunshine Baby you and me Baby, I'm ready, ...
And baby I´ll share them all with you Baby I´m ready Things look so positiv Baby I´m ready There´s lot of love to give,to give Everything, everything is gonna work out fine baby I have faith in you, in this world, in this world of mine We´ll be loving yeah In the bright sunshine baby Just you and me girl Everything is gonna be glad
Baby, I´m ready for the eighty´s,...
I´m ready to begin anew And I want to share it all with you Give the universe a different view we´ll communicate Baby I´m ready for the eighty´s, ... And baby I´ll be happy with you ´Cause baby baby baby Our dreams will come true I´m ready I´m ready I´m ready Baby I´m ready, I´m ready, I´m ready, ...
The Man In The Moon Is A Lady Composer(s): Jerry Herman Performer(s): Bea Arthur
Mame: Oh, Vera, I can't wait to hear that Overture Tell me about the show!
Vera: Well, well, it's this terribly modern operetta about a lady astronomer who make a universe shaking discovery
Oooooh Aaaaaaaaah...
Vera: I have a little secret I'd like to impart That I hope doesn't give you too much of a start Tho' it's shocking, it's completely true I know it isn't gossip, or rumor, of course For I've had it from quite a reliable source And I'd like to pass it on to you
The man in the moon is a lady A lady in lipstick and curls The cow that jumped ovah cried "Jumpin' Jehovah I think it's just one of the girls" She winks at the stars from her bed of green cheese That isn't a night-gown It's a Saturn chemise Oh, her friends are the stars and the planets She sends the Big Dipper a kiss So don't ever offend her Remember her gender The man in the moon is a miss
Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick, Chicken (Lay A Little Egg For Me)
Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick, Chicken (Lay A Little Egg For Me)
Composer(s): Fred Holt - Thomas McGhee - Irving King
Performer(s): Ted Weems
and multiple other artists
Now good old farmer Haystack is the cleverest of men
He cuts a rasher off a pig, and then shouts to a hen
Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken, lay a little egg for me
Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken, I want one for my tea
Oh, I haven't had an egg since Easter/breakfast, and now it's half past three
So, chick, chick, chick, chicken, lay a little egg for me
Now Rip Van Winkle woke up after twenty years or more
He found a bird's nest in his beard and shouted out, "Oh, Lor'!"
Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken, lay a little egg for me
Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken, I want one for my tea
Oh, I haven't had an egg since Easter (breakfast), and now it's half past three
So, chick, chick, chick, chicken, lay a little egg for me
Reach Out Of The Darkness Composer(s): Jim Post Performer(s): Friend & Lover; Dai Bass; Strawberry Zots
I think it's so groovy now That people are finally getting together I thinks it's so wonderful and how That people are finally getting together Reach out in the darkness Reach out in the darkness Reach out in the darkness And you may find a friend
I knew a man that I did not care for And then one day this man gave me a call We sat and talked about things on our mind And now this man he is a friend of mine Don't be afraid of love Don't be afraid, don't be afraid to love Everybody needs a little love Everybody needs somebody That they can be thinking of
The Man In The Little White Suit Composer(s): Dallas Frazier Performer(s): Charlie Walker
Smokin' cigarettes by the carton Drinkin' coffee by the pound Slowly pullin' my hair out by the roots Actin' funny, lookin' in a mirror Makin' faces like a clown Just sittin' here waitin' for The man in the little white suit
Everybody told me you would drive me crazy And they said you'd have me barkin' like a hound But a fool in love ain't got the sense to listen Now my barkin' is the gossip of the town
Smokin' cigarettes by the carton Drinkin' coffee by the pound Slowly pullin' my hair out by the roots Actin' funny, lookin' in a mirror Making faces like a clown Just sittin' here waitin' for The man in the little white suit
Just a crazy fool would believe the things you told me I hate to say the fool is you know who I'd sooner be the victim of a hangin' Then be the fool I am because of you
Smokin' cigarettes by the carton Drinkin' coffee by the pound Slowly pullin' my hair out by the roots Actin' funny, lookin' in a mirror Making faces like a clown Just sittin' here waitin' for The man in the little white suit
Yeah, I'm sittin' here waitin' for the man in the little white suit
Chicago Blues
Composer(s): James P. Johnson
Performer(s): Lonnie Johnson
and multiple other artists
Chicago's alright to visit, but please don't hang around
You'll find the smooth chicks and high slicks and boy, all those mellow fellows
But when your bankroll is gone, you're just another chump, that's dropped in town!
My first night in Chicago, my friends really treated me fine
Then overnight, they all changed like daylight saving time
And ev'rything I wanted, I had to lay my money down on the line
I said, "Baby, you're so lovely, your eyes shine like the stars above
you wear number three shoes, yes, and wear number five gloves"
She said, "It's money I need, baby, I don't need love!"
I said, "I could make you love me darlin', baby, I just bet I could
you can learn to love me baby, I know you could"
She says, "Lay your money down, babe, and make your bettin' good!"
I said, "Let's go to New York, baby I'll buy you anything you lack
I will give you plenty money, gonna buy you a nineteen forty-two Cadillac!"
She says, "I'm sorry, this fine round body will be here when you get back!"
Reach Out For Me Composer(s): Burt Bacharach; Hal David Performer(s): Dionne Warwick; and various other artists
When you go through a day And the things that people say They make you feel so small They make you feel that Your heart will just never stop aching And when you just can't accept the abuse you are taking Darlin' reach out for me
Don't you worry I'll see you through You just have to reach out for me I'll be there and I'll confort you Oh yes I will Comfort you and love you How I'm gonna love you
When good friends prove untrue And the things they do to you They make you feel so bad They make you feel that You haven't a reason for living So when you feel you Could throw in the towel and just given in Darlin' reach out for me
The Man In A Raincoat Performer(s): Marion Marlowe
Late in the evening, out on the square A man in a raincoat, standing there We met by the lamp where the newsboy cried He stole my heart with his laughing eyes Mmmmm
He took me dancing, dancing 'til dawn No happier couple had ever been born I felt lke a queen and he was my king He borrowed some money to buy me a ring Mmmmm
But I'm still alone. Now the cards are all down He's taken my money and skipped out of town Now when I pass the place where we met I'm wondering if I could forgive and forget Mmmmm
Chicago
Composer(s): Robert Fripp - Shauna Hall - Joanna Walton
Performer(s): Robert Fripp
I smile like Chicago She laughs like the breeze I try so hard to charm her With minor mysteries I collide with her softness With whispers and pleas Echoes of the movements Delicate obscenties
It's a one quarter rain dance Half of it's prayer It's a simplest romance Rattles high in the air She's the gentlest pretender I'm a clown on a spree Still it's sweet to remember The way it might be