Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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It's The Pretty Things You Say Composer(s): Alfred Bryan; Ted Snyder
You ask the reason why I love but you Little girl of mine And would you believe me if I told you true Little girl divine! There's a thousand reasons why I love you so But I can't tell why But you've asked the question and you want to know So I'll try, try, try
All the stars shine brighter, little girl of mine If you're only nigh And your eyes shine brighter than the stars that shine Can you tell me why? Tell me why I'm happy when your voice I hear? Why your eyes are blue? Then I'll tell the reason why I love you dear Only you, you, you!
It's the pretty things you say, dear And the pretty things you do It's the pretty smiles you smile, dear And your pretty eyes of blue it's the pretty look you give me When I ask you to be true It's the very pretty girl you are That's why I am so fond of you
Its The Bluest Kind Of Blues (My Baby Sings) Composer(s): Django Rheinhart; Williams Performer(s): Denny Dennis
Its the bluest kind of blues, my baby sings Its the newest kind of blues, my baby sings Its the kind that makes you sigh Its the kind that makes you cry Doing something to my poor heart Like a soft lullaby
Its the bluest kind of blues, my baby sings Its the truest kind of blues, my baby brings Always on my mind, awake or a-sleeping Its the bluest kind of blues, my baby sings
Always on my mind, awake or a-sleeping Its the bluest kind of blues my baby sings
Silver And Gold Composer(s): Carl Perkins; Stan Perkins; Gregg Perkins Performer(s): Dolly Parton
Well, I met an old man walkin' down the street His clothes were torn and tattered With sandals on his feet And I stopped to help him And lend him a hand He said, I love you so much But you must understand
Silver and gold might buy you a home But things of this world They won't last you long And time has a way of turning us old And time can't be bought back with silver and gold
And he said to me, let's rest for awhile For I have some good news to share with you, child He said, you can't change this old world The people need to know That a dear savior died here A long, long time ago
Silver and gold might buy you a home But things of this world They won't last you long And time has a way of turning us old And time can't be bought back with silver and gold
His eyes shown like diamonds And his smile was heaven sent His hair was long and flowing And his back was slightly bent And I knew he knew it For that day I changed As I watched him walk on I forgot to get his name
He said, silver and gold can't buy you a home When this life has ended And your time is gone But you can live in a world where You'll never grow old And things can't be bought there with silver and gold
And time can't be bought back with silver and gold
Driving Home For Christmas ((Dutch Version: Onderweg Naar Kerstmis (Wim De Craene) - 1989))
Composer(s): Chris Rea
First release by: Chris Rea - 1988
I'm driving home for Christmas Oh, I can't wait to see those faces I'm driving home for Christmas, yea Well I'm moving down that line And it's been so long But I will be there I sing this song To pass the time away Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas It's gonna take some time But I'll get there Top to toe in tailbacks Oh, I got red lights on the run But soon there'll be a freeway Get my feet on holy ground
So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me I am driving home for Christmas Driving home for Christmas With a thousand memories
I take look at the driver next to me He's just the same Just the same
Top to toe in tailbacks Oh, I got red lights on the run I'm driving home for Christmas, yea Get my feet on holy ground So I sing for you Though you can't hear me When I get trough And feel you near me Driving in my car Driving home for Christmas Driving home for Christmas With a thousand memories
Silver & Gold Composer(s): Neil Young Performer(s): Neil Young
Working hard every day, never notice how the time slips away People come, seasons go, we got something that'll never grow old I don't care if the sun don't shine and the rain comes pouring down on me and mine cause our kind of love never seems to get old, it's better than silver and gold
I used to have a treasure chest, got so heavy that I had to rest I let it slip away from me, didn't need it anyway so I let it slip away I don't care if the sun don't shine and the rain comes pouring down on me and mine cause our kind of love never seems to get old, it's better than silver and gold
I don't care if the sun don't shine and the rain comes pouring down on me and mine cause our kind of love never seems to get old, it's better than silver and gold
Douce Nuit, Sainte Nuit
((Adapted from: Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht! (German Version) (Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber) - 1818))
Composer(s): Joseph Mohr - Franz Gruber - Père Barjon
Performer(s): Jack Lantier
and multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages:
Astro Del Ciel (Andrea Bocelli)
Cicha Noc (Katarzyna Groniec & Michael Bajor)
Glade Jul (Danish Version)
Glade Jul (Norwegian Version)
Noche De Paz (Spanish Version)
Oíche Chiúin (Enya)
Po La'i E (Hawaiian Version)
Silent Night, Hallowed Night (Elsie Baker)
Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht! (Dutch Version)
Stilla Natt (Carola)
Stille Nag (South-African)
Douce nuit, sainte nuit! Dans les cieux! L'astre luit Le mystère annoncé s'accomplit Cet enfant sur la paille endormi C'est l'amour infini! C'est l'amour infini!
Saint enfant, doux agneau! Qu'il est grand! Qu'il est beau! Entendez résonner les pipeaux Des bergers conduisant leurs troupeaux Vers son humble berceau! Vers son humble berceau!
C'est vers nous qu'il accourt En un don sans retour! De ce monde ignorant de l'amour Où commence aujourd'hui son séjour Qu'il soit Roi pour toujours! Qu'il soit Roi pour toujours!
Quel accueil pour un Roi! Point d'abri, point de toit! Dans sa crèche il grelotte de froid O pécheur, sans attendre la croix Jésus souffre pour toi! Jésus souffre pour toi!
Paix à tous! Gloire au ciel! Gloire au sein maternel Qui pour nous, en ce jour de Noël Enfanta le Sauveur éternel Qu'attendait Israël! Qu'attendait Israël!
It's Swell Of You Composer(s): Mack Gordon; Harry Revel Performer(s): Ben Bernie's Orch. and multiple other artists
Swell of you, treating me so kindly Swell of you, I was heading blindly Then your smile showed me the way To love
It's swell of you Just to let me share the spell of you Funny what a pleasant word will do To bring out the blue up above
When I have you as an inspiration I'm sure to get by And in appreciation I promise that I'll love you dear Until the day I die
It's swell of you While I live my lips will tell of you Just how grand you are, And that you'll be the one for me You'll never know exactly what you've done for me But it's all so awfully, mighty swell It's swell of you
Dormi, dormi, dormi, o bel babin
Re divin, Re divin
Fa la nanna, o fantolino
Re divin, Re divin
Fa la nana, o fantolino
Fa la la la, Fa la la la la, Fa la la la
Fa la, Fa la, Fa la, Fa la
Perche piangi, o mio tresor?
Dolce amor, dolce amor!
Fa la nanna, o caro figlio
Tanto bel, tanto bel
Fa la nanna, o caro figlio
Fa la la la, Fa la la la la, Fa la la la
Fa la, Fa la, Fa la, Fa la
Dormi, dormi, dormi, o bel babin
Re divin, Re divin
Fa la nanna, o fantolino
Re divin, Re divin
Fa la nana, o fantolino
Fa la la la, Fa la la la la, Fa la la la
Fa la, Fa la, Fa la, Fa la
Perche piangi, o mio tresor?
Dolce amor, dolce amor!
Fa la nanna, o caro figlio
Tanto bel, tanto bel
Fa la nanna, o caro figlio
Fa la la la, Fa la la la la, Fa la la la
Fa la, Fa la, Fa la, Fa la
It's Summer Composer(s): Barrett Strong; Norman Whitfield Performer(s): The Temptations and multiple other artists
Outside my window, a robin builds a nest At last winter's gone away to rest Once again, the leaves have returned to the trees I can just feel, that soft summer breeze There's magic in the air Winter's disappeared, it' s summer
Children will be playing, in the park... Days will be longer, 'til dark Nights will be long The star-filled skies... A perfect setting, For a girl and a guy There's magic in the air Green grass everywhere, it's summer
Lovers, will walk the beach hand in hand... While others, build castles in the sand
Now that summer's here There'll be millions of things to do Vacation here or at a farm Whatever pleases you
Summer, is the happiest season of them all... So everybody, get together and have yourself a ball There's magic in the air Green grass everywhere, it's summer
Don't Wish Me Merry Christmas Performer(s): Lynn Anderson
Children are singing just outside my door Snowflakes are falling it's Christmas once more Everyone's happy but I feel so blue It's just not like Christmas since I don't have you So don't wish me merry Christmas this year For how could that ever be Tell me how could Christmas be merry and bright If you're not here with me
We used to add presents and hang mistletoe Then sit by the fireside and turn the light low But things are so different since you went away And now to me Christmas is just another day So don't wish me merry Christmas...
It's Such A Small World Composer(s): Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell; Rosanne Cash; Diane Horner
Fancy meeting you here Tonight it's such a small world New York ain't my town I don't come around but once in a while This is such a surprise to see you Girl your looking so good it's been a long time Since you've crossed my mind it's such a small world Just one night on the town I came looking around for something to do Just a change of my plans on leaving And I stay around and I run into you Which just comes to prove it's such a small world It's such a small world I've lived alone for awhile It's such small world This feels like I've fallen out of the sky
You and me will always be Just looking for something that's already happened Years go by but you and I don't have to look beyond today Maby just for tonight We can turn out the light Lay your heart out on the line Let go off your mind You know just what to say You know just what to do You still look like the day when I first met you I'll be gone once again come morning Like I've always done But to see you tonight Makes everything alright it's such a small world Right here you stand as if it was planned It's such a small world
Don't Save It All For Christmas Day Composer(s): Peter Zizzo - Ric Wake - Celine Dion Performer(s): Celine Dion and multiple other artists
Don't get so busy that you miss Giving just a little kiss To the ones you love Don't even wait a little while To give them just a little smile A little is enough How many people are crying People are dying How many people are asking for love
So Don't Save It All For Christmas Day Find a way To give a little love everyday Don't Save It All For Christmas Day Find your way 'Cause holidays have come and gone But love lives on If you give on Love...
How could you wait another minute A hug is warmer when you're in it And Baby that's a fact And saying "I love you's" always better Seasons, reasons, they don't matter So don't hold back How many people in this world So needful in this world How many people are praying for love
So Don't Save It All For Christmas Day Find a way To give a little love everyday Don't Save It All For Christmas Day Find your way 'Cause holidays have come and gone But love lives on If you give on Love...
Let all the children know Everywhere that they go Their whole life long Let them know love Don't Save It All For Christmas Day Find your way To give a little love everyday
Don't Save It All For Christmas Day Find a way Everyone, everywhere Don't Save It All For Christmas Day Find your way 'Cause holidays have come and gone But love lives on If you give on Love... Love...
It's Such A Pretty World Today Composer(s): Dale Noe Performer(s): Eddy Arnold and multiple other artists
It's such a pretty world today look at the sunshine And every day's the same since I met you It's such a pretty world today knowing that you're mine And happinsess is being close to you And though the rain may fall our skies will all be blue If I look close enough the sun will come shining through It's such a pretty world today look at the sunshine Today and every day since I met you
And though the rain may fall... Today and every day since I met you
Don't Need A Reindeer Composer(s): Justin Hayward Performer(s): The Moody Blues
Do you remember long ago? And how we loved when we were children Let's be like children This Christmas time
And if you say that you'll be mine Then all the stars will shine around us Love will surround us This Christmas time (Ahhhh, ahhhh)
I don't need a reindeer I don't need the snow Tell me you love me And I'm ready to go Out of the darkness, into the light This is the Christmas where we make it all right Make it all right
I hear you talking in my dreams Of nights of love and days of wonder I still remember each Christmas time
So if you see me on the street No need ask me what would please me It's your love, believe me This Christmas time (Ahhhh, ahhhh)
I don't need a reindeer I don't need the snow Tell me you love me And I'm ready to go
Out of the darkness, into the light This is the Christmas where we make it all right Yeah, don't need the snow Yeah, I'm ready to go This is the season of beauty and light Love, love, we can make it all right Make it all right
I don't need a reindeer Don't need the snow Tell me you love me And I'm ready to go Out of the darkness into the light This is the Christmas where we make it all right
Yeah, people will sing Sing of the new life and the joy it will bring This is the season of beauty and light Love, love we can make it all right Yeah... Love, love we can make it all right
'Cause all the world over, the people will sing Yeah, the joy it can bring
It's Still Rock & Roll To Me Composer(s): Billy Joel Performer(s): Billy Joel and multiple other artists
What's the matter with the clothes I'm wearing? "Can't you tell that your tie's too wide?" Maybe I should buy some old tab collars? "Welcome back to the age of jive Where have you been hidin' out lately, honey? You can't dress trashy till you spend a lot of money" Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me
What's the matter with the car I'm driving? "Can't you tell that it's out of style?" Should I get a set of white wall tires? "Are you gonna cruise a miracle mile? Nowadays you can't be too sentimental You best bet's a true baby blue Continental" Hot funk, cool punk, even if it's old junk It's still rock and roll to me
Oh, it doesn't matter what they say in the papers 'Cause it's always been the same old scene There's a new band in town But you can't get the sound from a story in a magazine... Aimed at your average teen
How about a pair of pink sidewinders And a bright orange pair of pants? "You could really be a Beau Brummel baby If you just give it half a chance Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers" Next phase, new wave , dance craze, anyways It's still rock and roll to me
What's the matter with the crowd I'm seeing? "Don't you know that their out of touch?" Should I try to be a straight 'A' student? "If you are then you think too much Don't you know about the new fashion honey? All you need are looks and a whole lotta money" It's the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways It's still rock and roll to me Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me
Donde Esta Santa Claus
Composer(s): Al Greiner - Rod Parker - George Sheck
Performer(s): Augie Rios
and multiple other artists
Mamacita, donde esta Santa Claus? Donde esta Santa Claus? And the toys that he will leave Mamacita, oh, where is Santa Claus? I look for him because it's a Christmas Eve
I know that I should be sleeping But maybe he's not far away Out of the window I'm peeping Hoping to see him in his sleigh
I hope he won't forget to clack his castinet And to his reindeer, say "Oh Pancho, Oh! Vixen, Oh! Pedro, Oh! Blitzen" Ole! Ole! Ole! cha cha cha
Mamacita, donde esta Santa Claus? Oh! Where is Santa Claus? It's Christmas Eve
Mamacita, donde esta Santa Claus? I look for him because it's Christmas Eve
I know that I should be sleeping But maybe he's not far away Out of the window I'm peeping Hoping to see him in sleigh
I hope he won't forget to crack his castinet And to his reindeer, say "Oh Pancho, Oh! Vixen, Oh! Pedro, Oh! Blitzen" Ole! Ole! Ole! cha cha cha
Mamacita, donde esta Santa Claus? Oh! Where is Santa Claus? It's Christmas Eve
It's Christmas Eve It's Christmas Eve It's Christmas Eve Alright, Mamacita I'll go to sleep now It's Christmas Eve......
It's Somebody Else's Moon Above, Not Mine (aka Not Mine) Composer(s): Victor Schertzinger; Johnny Mercer Performer(s): Dorothy Lamour, Betty Hutton and multiple other artists
It's somebody else's moon above, not mine It's somebody else's night for love, not mine A heart to someone else is a thing that melts To me it's just a comic Valentine Let somebody else's tear be shed, not mine Let somebody else's nose get red, not mine I like playing solitaire But until I can draw a pair It's somebody else's moon up there, not mine
Dominick The Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey)
Dominick The Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey)
Composer(s): Ray Allen - Wanda Merrell - Sam Saltzberg
Performer(s): Lou Monte
and multiple other artists
Hey! Chingedy ching (hee-haw, hee-haw) It's Dominick the donkey Chingedy ching, (hee-haw, hee-haw) The Italian Christmas donkey (la la la-la la-la la la la la) (la la la-la la-la la-ee-oh-da)
Santa's got a little friend His name is Dominick The cutest little donkey You never see him kick When Santa visits his paisons With Dominick he'll be Because the reindeer cannot Climb the hills of Italy
Hey! Chingedy ching (hee-haw, hee-haw) It's Dominick the donkey Chingedy ching (hee-haw, hee-haw) The Italian Christmas donkey (la la la-la la-la la la la la) (la la la-la la-la la-ee-oh-da)
Jingle bells around his feet And presents on the sled Hey! Look at the mayor's derby On top of Dominick's head A pair of shoes for Louie And a dress for Josephine The labels on the inside says They're made in Brooklyn
Hey! Chingedy ching (hee-haw, hee-haw) It's Dominick the donkey Chingedy ching (hee-haw, hee-haw) The Italian Christmas donkey (la la la-la la-la la la la la) (la la la-la la-la la-ee-oh-da)
Children sing, and clap their hands And Dominick starts to dance They talk Italian to him And he even understands
Cumpare sing Cumpare su And dance 'sta tarantel When jusamagora comes to town And brings du ciuccianello
Hey! Chingedy ching (hee-haw, hee-haw) It's Dominick the donkey Chingedy ching (hee-haw, hee-haw) The Italian Christmas donkey (la la la-la la-la la la la la) (la la la-la la-la la-ee-oh-da)
