He Had Refinement
Composer(s): Arthur Schwartz; Dorothy Fields
Performer(s): Shirley Booth
and multiple other artists



If I ever seen a Prince, my Harry was him
Always smelled from peppermints, his person was trim
His voice was passionate, soulful his face was
He never took no liberties, he knew what his place was

He'd say, "Pardon my glove", politely when he shook my hand
And he'd pass me the evenin' paper after his soup got fanned
He only used four-letter words I didn't understand
He had refinement

He would never sit down to the table, but what his shirt was on
Or come out of the bathroom drippin' like a dyin' swan
Or call a visitor a slob until the slob had gone
He had refinement.

One time he said
"May I suggest you call a lady's chest a chest
instead of her points of interest"
Dainty....ain't he?

He was shy and awful modest, 'cause he was so high bred
When the wind blew up my bloomers, did his face get red
He undressed with all the lights off....until we was wed
He had refinement.

He would walk next to the gutter, so I shouldn't get hit
With a pillow he'd kill mosquitoes, so I shouldn't get bit
Only certain kind exertions for me he'd permit
He had refinement

In the water at Coney Island was our first embrace
When my water wings flew off and hit 'im in the face
He introduced himself before he put 'em back in place
He had refinement.

At Luna Park all night we sat
Our food got cold, our beer got flat
I saw what he was driving at
I should've forbid it....but I did it

He had such respect and feelin's all our married life
Just the thought that he might hurt me cut 'im like a knife
And so he never told me that he had another wife
He had refinement

Refinement!
A gentleman to his fingernails was he!

Si El Amor Alguna Vez
Performer(s): Luis Eduardo Aute



Si el amor alguna vez
fuera algo más
que dos espejos frente a frente
o el miedo al tiempo que no vuelve
que se escapa, victorioso
sin pedir perdón
no sería
el ave que voló
Si el amor alguna vez
fuera algo más
que encuentro de almas solitarias
en el rechazo de ser nada
que no es nada sino toda
la desolación
no sería
la más pesada de las cadenas
el pozo seco de la tristeza
ni la herida
que nunca cicatriza
Si el amor alguna vez
fuera algo más
que la necesidad urgente
de que los cuerpos se alimenten
con los cuerpos perpetuando
su contradicción
no sería
sustento del dolor
Si el amor alguna vez
fuera algo más
que dos verdugos inconscientes
jugando al juego de la muerte
con la vida que se entrega
a la inmolación
no sería
la más pesada de las cadenas
el pozo seco de la tristeza
ni la herida
que nunca cicatriza

Si Les Femmes
Composer(s): Pierre Rapsat
Performer(s): Pierre Rapsat



Aux côtés d'Eve
Je m'imagine
Perdu dans mes rêves
Si les femmes
Changeaient le monde...
De nouvelles valeurs
Avant que nos mômes
Ne subissent nos erreurs
Si les femmes changeaient le monde...

Qu'elles viennent et nous délivrent
Un peu d'chaleur humaine
De la douceur de vivre
Qu'elles viennent et nous délivrent
De nos moments de haine
De toutes nos dérives

Ecoutez l'histoire
De celles qui donnent
La vie et l'espoir
Si les femmes changeaient le monde...
Elles ont du courage
Moins égoïstes et souvent plus sages
Si les femmes, changeaient le monde...

Qu'elles viennent et nous délivrent
Un peu d'chaleur humaine
De la douceur de vivre
Qu'elles viennent et nous délivrent
De nos moments de haine
De toutes nos dérives

La violence, c'est tellement banal
Et l'argent donne tout les droits
L'indifférence nous laisse les mains sales
Qui de nous a voulu cela
C'est pas vous
C'est pas moi
C'est pas moi

Révolution douce
C'est l'idéal féminin que j'épouse
Si les femmes, changeaient le monde...
Aux côtés d'Eve
Partir en cavale
Poursuivi par ce rêve

Si les femmes, changeaient le monde...
Si les femmes, changeaient le monde... 

Wonderful Christmastime
Composer(s): Paul McCartney
First release by: Paul McCartney - 1979
Covered by multiple other artists



The mood is right
The spirits up
We're here tonight
And that's enough

Simply having a wonderful Christmas time
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time

The party's on
The feeling's here
That only comes
This time of year

Simply having a wonderful Christmas time
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time

The choir of children sing their song
Ding dong, ding dong
Ding dong, ding Ohhhh
Ohhhhhhh

Simply having a wonderful Christmas time
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time

The word is out
About the town
To lift a glass
Ahhh don't look down

Simply having a wonderful Christmas time
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time

The choir of children sing their song
They practiced all year long
Ding dong, ding dong
Ding dong, ding dong
Ding dong, ding dong

The party's on
The spirits up
We're here tonight
And that's enough

Simply having a wonderful Christmas time
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time

The mood is right
The spirits up
We're here tonight
And that's enough

Simply having a wonderful Christmas time
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time

Ohhhhhhhhh
Christmas time 

I Don't Think About Her No More (aka Poison Red Berries)
Composer(s): Mickey Newbury
Performer(s): Don Williams
and multiple other artists



I don’t think much about her no more
Seldom if ever does she cross my mind
Yesterday's gone, it’s better forgotten
Like the poison red berries to die, on the vine

This morning at dawn Lord I pulled into town
Had some coffee and talked with some old friends of mine
Laughing at the good times they remembered
Then I remembered a time

Lord I can still see the bright lights back in Dallas
As yesterday moves like a dream through my mind
I didn’t suppose that I’d ever forget her
And you know it took such a long time

But I don’t think much about her no more
Seldom if ever does she cross my mind
Yesterday's gone, Lord it’s better forgotten
Like the poison red berries that cling, to the mind 

With Bells On
Composer(s): Dolly Parton
Performer(s): Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers; Michelle Visage



I'll be home with bells on
I'll be home with bells on
Trim the trees and wrap the presents
turn the Christmas music on
This Christmas I'll be home with bells on

I've traveled around this country crossed the waters deep and wide
Made lots of friends and memories brought joy to others lives
It's Christmas time again another year has come and gone
And I can't keep from wonderin' how the old folks are at home

I'll be home with bells on
I'll be home with bells on
Trim the tree and wrap the presents turn the Christmas music on
This Christmas I'll be home with bells on

When the snow is on the meadow and the sleigh bells jingle bright
And the kids are singing jingle bells around the Christmas lights
As daddy stokes the fire and mama puts the turkey on
There ain't nothing going to slow me down this Christmas I'll be home

I'll be home with bells on
I'll be home with bells on
Trim the tree and wrap the presents turn the Christmas music on
This Christmas I'll be home with bells on 

Si Le Bon Dieu L'avait Voulu
Composer(s): Paul Fort; Georges Brassens
Performer(s): Georges Brassens



Si le Bon Dieu l'avait voulu - lanturette, lanturlu - 
j'aurais connu la Cléopâtre, et je t'aurais pas connue 
J'aurais connu la Cléopâtre, et je ne t'aurais pas connue 
Sans ton amour que j'idolâtre, las!
que fussé-je devenu?

Si le Bon Dieu l'avait voulu 
j'aurais connu la Messaline, Agnès, Odette et Mélusine, et je ne t'aurais pas connue 
J'aurais connu la Pompadour, Noémi, Sarah, Rebecca 
la Fille du Royal Tambour, et la Mogador et Clara

Mais le Bon Dieu n'a pas voulu que je connaisse leurs amours 
je t'ai connue, tu m'as connu - gloire à Dieu au plus haut des nues! - Las!
que fussé-je devenu sans toi la nuit, sans toi le jour? 
Je t'ai connue, tu m'as connu - gloire à Dieu au plus haut des nues!

Si Chiamava Gesù
Composer(s): Fabrizio de André 
Performer(s): Fabrizio de André



Venuto da molto lontano
a convertire bestie e gente
non si può dire non sia servito a niente
perché prese la terra per mano
vestito di sabbia e di bianco
alcuni lo dissero santo
per altri ebbe meno virtù
si faceva chiamare Gesù

Non intendo cantare la gloria
né invocare la grazia e il perdono
di chi penso non fu altri che un uomo
come Dio passato alla storia
ma inumano è pur sempre l'amore
di chi rantola senza rancore
perdonando con l'ultima voce
chi lo uccide fra le braccia di una croce

E per quelli che l'ebbero odiato
nel getzemani pianse l'addio
come per chi l'adorò come Dio
che gli disse sia sempre lodato
per chi gli portò in dono alla fine
una lacrima o una treccia di spine
accettando ad estremo saluto
la preghiera l'insulto e lo sputo

E morì come tutti si muore
come tutti cambiando colore
non si può dire non sia servito a molto
perché il male dalla terra non fu tolto
Ebbe forse un po' troppe virtù
ebbe un nome ed un volto: Gesù
Di Maria dicono fosse il figlio
sulla croce sbiancò come un giglio

I Miss A Lot Of Trains
Composer(s): Tom T. Hall
Performer(s): Tom T. Hall; Dick Curless



When the train pulls in the station you'll be waiting by the track
Your havin' trouble sleepin' nights you want me to come back
But that old train will roll on by, you'll know I never came
While I sleep good and miss a lot of trains

I sleep good and I miss a lot of trains
That one way track to no man's love I'll never ride again
I used to lie awake at night callin' out your name
Now I sleep good and miss a lot of trains

Your standin' in the station I can see you in my mind
You think that I'll forgive again but your so wrong this time
Your sleepless eyes and selfish heart are waitin' there in vain
While I sleep good and miss a lot of trains

I sleep good and I miss a lot of trains
That one way track to no man's love I'll never ride again
I used to lie awake at night callin' out your name
Now I sleep good and miss a lot of trains

Winter Wonderland
Composer(s): Richard B. Smith; Felix Bernard
First release by: Richard Himber & His Orch. - 1934
Covered by multiple other artists

Titles In Other Languages:
1978 - Et Vinterhvidt Vidunderland
2000 - Au Royaume Du Bonhomme Hiver



Sleigh bells ring, are you listening
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight
Walkin' in a winter wonderland
Gone away is the bluebird
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song as we go along
Walkin' in a winter wonderland
In the meadow we can build a snowman
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say are you married
We'll so no man,
But you can do the job when you're in town
Later on we'll conspire
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid
The plans that we made
Walkin' in a winter wonderland

Si La France
Composer(s): Guy Béart
Performer(s): Dalida



Si la France se mariait avec elle-même
Si un jour elle se disait enfin je t'aime
Elle inventerait la ronde qui épouserait le monde
Si la France s'embrassait un jour qui sait

Pour la rose et le lilas en harmonie
La main gauche et la main droite enfin unies
Le bleuet près du muguet ce bouquet est jeune et gai
Qui marie toutes les couleurs en quelques fleurs

Il faudra bien apprendre à vivre ensemble
Dans le besoin et les baisers
Avec tes voisins, tes cousins, tes gendres
Tes enfants de cœurs opposés

Toi l'éternelle maman célibataire
Qui voudrait dormir avec toute la terre
Que de serments éternels avec des lunes de miel
Pour finir en coup de tête après la fête

Pauvre Jeanne, la lorraine et Henri quatre
Vercingétorix par qui t'es-tu fait battre
Où sont cachés les amis c'est la saint Barthélémy
Et la France en plein été décapitée

Femme qui tourne contre toi tes armes
Au cœur des combats de quartier
Il ne te reste parfois que les larmes
Pour retrouver ton amitié

Si la France se mariait avec elle-même
Si un jour elle se disait enfin je t'aime
Elle inventerait la ronde qui épouserait le monde
Si la France s'embrassait un jour qui sait

Will Santy Come To Shanty Town?
Composer(s): Eddy Arnold; Steve Nelson; Ed Nelson Jr.
Performer(s): Eddy Arnold



Will Santy come to Shanty Town to a poor littly boy like me?
Will he bring me some toys like the other girls and boys?
Will Santy come to Shanty Town if he sees our Christmas tree?
Mommy said he would if I promised to be good.

For we don't have a fireplace or a chimney on our shack
Like the other lucky children have who live across the track
Now, if I say my pray'rs each day, when Christmas rolls around
Will Santy come to Shanty Town?

Will Santy come to Shanty Town to a poor little boy like me?
Will he bring me some toys like the other girls and boys?
Will Santy come to Shanty Town if he sees our Christmas tree?
Mommy said he would if I promised to be good

He didn't stop last Christmas Eve, doesn't he know we live here?
Will my mommy have to paint my toys the way she did las year?
Now, if I say my pay'rs each day, when Christmas rolls around
Will Santy come to Shanty Town? 

Idle On Parade
Composer(s): Len Praverman
Performer(s): Anthony Newley; Blue Cats



This is a camp that is a-mighty tough
Were the marchin' men are made
But I am a guy who doesn't dig that stuff
And I'm idle on parade

There is a man, a Sergeant-Major Lush
And he has got to be obeyed (Yeah!)
And in a voice just like a little thrush
He says I'm idle on parade

Now, when they gave me a rifle, well they went too far
I'm much better off when I got a guitar
I told the C.O. that I wanna be sent
He sent me to a place where I could repent

When I was a-free, I was a crazy pup
Rock-a-boogie was my trade
Now Captain Burton-Bassett says I'm all shook up
And I'm idle on parade

When they gave me a rifle, well they went too far
I'm much better off when I got a guitar
I told the C.O. that I wanna be sent
He sent me to a place where I could repent

When I was a-free, I was a crazy pup
Rock-a-boogie was my trade
Now Captain Burton-Bassett says I'm all shook up
And I'm idle on para-a-a-a-a-ade
(Idle on paraa-a-a-ade)

Why Am I Such A Misfit?
Composer(s): Johnny Marks



Why am I such a misfit? 
I am not just a nitwit
You can't fire me, I quit
since I don't fit in
Why am I such a misfit? 
I am not just a nitwit
Just because my nose glows
why don't I fit in? 

Si J'étais Un Garçon
Composer(s): Jean Claudric; P. Cour
Performer(s): France Gall



Si j'étais garçon
Au lieu d'être fille
Je pourrais danser
Et puis rentrer tard à la maison

On ne me dirait pas
"D'où viens-tu ma fille
Et avec qui"
Et patati
Si j'étais garçon

Pour les hommes
C'est commode
Aux filles ils font hey hey hey hey
Nous pour plaire
Il faut faire
Des manières plus compliquées

Si j'étais garçon
Au lieu d'être fille
J'aurais pour moi
J'aurais déjà
Ce que je n'ai pas

Si j'étais garçon
J'en ferais voir aux filles
Qui font pleurer
Qui font marcher
Ces pauvres garçons

Je n'écouterais pas
La chanson des filles
Je leur dirais
"Je la connais
Ça ne marche pas"

Ils s'embêtent
Oui c'est bête
Quand une fille dit
"Non non non non"

Ils se mettent
Dans la tête
Ils admettent
Que ça veut dire non

Moi je vous le dis
Qui connaît les filles
Quand elles disent non
Plus elles disent non
Plus ça veut dire oui

Ho oui
Plus ça veut dire oui
Ho oui oui oui
Plus ça veut dire oui
Ho oui
Plus ça veut dire oui
Ho oui
Plus ça veut dire oui

Who’s Gonna Be Your Santa Claus This Year
Composer(s): Byron Baker
Performer(s): Ernest Tubb



We’ve spent so many Christmas’s together
And our love filled them all with cheer
But now I’m spending Christmas without you
So Who's Gonna Be Your Santa Claus This Year?

Who’s gonna put those gifts beneath your Christmas Tree?
Who’s gonna pay the bills for your Christmas shopping spree?
And on this Christmas Eve, who’s gonna hug you close and near?
Who's Gonna Be Your Santa Claus This Year?

Ah Leon

We use to sit beside the fire together
And wait for the dawn of Christmas to appear
But on this Christmas Eve I have to wonder
Who's Gonna Be Your Santa Claus This Year?

Who’s gonna put those gifts beneath your Christmas Tree?
Who’s gonna pay the bills for your Christmas shopping spree?
And on this Christmas Eve, who’s gonna hug you close and near?
Honey, Who's Gonna Be Your Santa Claus This Year? 

It's Been So Long
Performer(s): Benny Goodman



'Cause it's been so long since I held you tight
When we said goodnight
It's been so long, honey, can't you see
What you've done to me?

I've been in a kind of daze
For days and days and days
Feelin' blue, missin' you
In, oh, so many ways

'Cause it was so nice when we had that date
Every night at eight, it was so nice
Then we said goodbye, what a fool was I
Let me get back in your arms where I belong

'Cause it's was, oh, so long

Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas?
Composer(s): Deanie Parker
Performer(s): The Staple Singers
and multiple other artists



Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas
(People all over the world forgot about merry)
Too busy fighting wars
Trying to make it to Mars
Searching for light and can't seem to find the right star
(Searching for light and can't seem to find the right star)

Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas
(People all over the world forgot about merry)
Too busy buying toys
Learning 'bout Santa's joy
Making believe He was just another baby boy
(Making believe He was just another baby boy)

Let's Put The Merry Back In Christmas (We Wish You A Merry Christmas)
Come on everyone (Let's have a Happy New Year)
Let's Put The Merry Back In Christmas (We Wish You A Merry Christmas)
Come on and join the fun
Let's Have a Happy (Have a Happy) Let's Have a Happy New Year

Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas
(People all over the world forgot about merry)
Too busy having fun
Drinking with everyone
Showing no respect for Mary's baby son
(Showing no respect for Mary's baby son)

Let's Put The Merry Back In Christmas (We Wish You A Merry Christmas)
Come on everyone (Let's have a Happy New Year)
Let's Put The Merry Back In Christmas (We Wish You A Merry Christmas)
Come on and join the fun
Let's Have a Happy (Have a Happy) Let's Have a Happy (Have a Happy)

Let's Put The Merry Back In Christmas (We Wish You A Merry Christmas)
Come on everyone (Let's have a Happy New Year)
Let's Put The Merry Back In Christmas (We Wish You A Merry Christmas)
Come on and join the fun
Let's Have a Happy (Have a Happy) Let's Have a Happy (Have a Happy)
Let's Have a Happy (Have a Happy)
Let's Have a Happy New Year!! 

Si J'étais Un Charpentier
(Adapted from: If I Were A Carpenter - 1962/1967)
Composer(s): Tim Hardin
Performer(s): Johnny Hallyday - 1966

Titles In Other Languages:
1967 - Se Io Fossi Un Falegname
1967 - Hvis Jeg Var Arbejdsløs



Si j'étais un charpentier
Si tu t'appelais Marie
Voudrais-tu alors m'épouser
Et porter notre enfant

Ma maison ne serait pas
Le palais d'un grand roi
Je l'aurais construite pour toi
Seul avec mes mains

Prends l'amour que je te donne
Tu dois être forte
Quand notre fils sera un homme
Il aura beaucoup à faire

Si j'étais un charpentier
Si tu t'appelais Marie
Mes mains seraient sèches et dures
Et les tiennes si fragiles

Les hommes et leur colère
Viendraient la nuit pour tuer
Nous fuirions dans le désert
Cacher le nouveau-né

Si j'étais un charpentier
Si tu t'appelais Marie
Voudrais-tu alors m'épouser
Et tout recommencer

Who Says There Ain't No Santa
Composer(s): Larry Boone; Kix Brooks; Paul Nelson
Performer(s): Brooks & Dunn;
The Wacky Redneck Hillbillies



Got a wife and two kids, all gathered around
A twenty-pound turkey, snow on the ground
Who says there ain't no Santa Claus

Eric wants a glove, he tears into a box
His eyes are wide with wonder, I sit back and watch
Who says there ain't no Santa Claus

I haven't heard a single reindeer running on my roof
I just look into my children's eyes and there I see my proof
And could it be that jolly old man riding in his sleigh
Is really just the kid in us on every Christmas Day
Who says there's no Santa Claus

Molly gets a doll, Momma's camera clicks
Guess we all get the puppy, he's getting in his licks
Who says there ain't no Santa Claus

I'm trying to read a card in crooked red and blue
Only part that really matters is "Daddy, we love you"
Who says there ain't no Santa Claus

I haven't heard a single reindeer running on my roof
I just look into my children's eyes and there I see my proof
And could it be that jolly old man riding in his sleigh
Is really just the kid in us on every Christmas Day
Who says there's no Santa Claus

Hey, I've heard there ain't no Santa Claus
But I know there's got to be a Santa Claus