Slow Dancer
Composer(s): George Daly; Boz Scaggs
Performer(s): Boz Scaggs; Rita Coolidge



I have never loved a lady
Never touched your silken knee
Macon baby, you drove me crazy
You were so easy to me
 
Lay me down in Georgia pine fields
Whisper to me through the trees
You're the one I always dream of
You're the only one I see
 
Slow dancer, sweet romancer
Shine your light on me
Slow dancer, holds the answer
Only you can set me free
 
Never see your face in sunlight
Moonlight sends you straight to me
You never even got my name right
You were so easy to me
 
Slow dancer, sweet romancer
Shine your light on me
Slow dancer, give me the answer
Only you can set me free

(There Was A) Tall Oak Tree
Composer(s): Dorsey Burnette
Performer(s): Dorsey Burnette; Gene McDaniels


There was a tall oak tree
That loved a babblin' brook
And the babblin' brook
Loved the mountain high
And the mountain high
Loved the sky above
The Creator looked down
And saw everything was love, love, love

Now, he took a bone
And a piece of mud
He made a man and a woman
To be flesh and blood
 
And then along came the devil
Up out of the ground 
He tempted the woman
And that spread sin all ‘round, all ‘round, all ‘round

Now, if she’d left that apple
On that apple tree
There’d be no tears or sorrow
We’d live eternally

And then along came Man
And chopped the oak tree down
And now the babblin' brook
Is solid ground
And now the mountain high
Don’t stand so high
And there’s a cloud of smoke
That covers up the clear blue sky

There was a tall oak tree
There was a tall oak tree
There was a tall oak tree

Mein Ruf Nach Dir
First performance by: Piera Martell - 1974



Sehnsucht nach der Vergangenheit
Und die Erinnerung an unser Glück
Treiben ein wildes Spiel mit mir
Und jeden Augenblick der Zeit
Ich hole ihn aus der Vergessenheit zurück

Mein Ruf nach Dir
Das wird ein Schrei der Liebe sein
Das Lied der Sehnsucht
Singt dazu der Wind

Mein Ruf nach Dir
Soll wie ein Strahl der Sonne sein
Der unsre Liebe
Neu zum Blühen bringt

Fragen, ob sich mein Leben lohnt
Wenn es so weiter geht, ganz ohne dich
Tage, die nichts als Träume sind
Mein Leben ist ein leerer Raum
Die Wirklichkeit ist nur ein Schattenbild für mich

Mein Ruf nach Dir
Das wird ein Schrei der Liebe sein
Das Lied der Sehnsucht
Singt dazu der Wind

Mein Ruf nach Dir
Soll wie ein Strahl der Sonne sein
Der unsre Liebe
Neu zum Blühen bringt

Mein Ruf nach Dir
Das wird ein Schrei der Liebe sein
Das Lied der Sehnsucht
Singt dazu der Wind

Mein Ruf nach Dir
Soll wie ein Strahl der Sonne sein
Der unsre Liebe
Neu zum Blühen bringt

Der unsre Liebe
Neu zum Blühen bringt

(There Ought To Be A) Moonlight Saving Time
Composer(s): Irving Kahal; Harry Richman
Performer(s): Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians;
and various other artists


Birdies fly with new ambition
Spring is in their song
Soon you'll find yourself a-wishin'
Days were not so long
If my thought is not defined
Listen while I speak my mind

There ought to be a moonlight saving time
So I could love that boy of mine
Until the birdies wake and chime
Good morning!

There ought to be a law in clover time
To keep that moon on overtime
To keep each lover's lane in rhyme, till dawning
You'd better hurry up, hurry up
Hurry up, get busy today
You'd better croon a tune, croon a tune
To the man up in the moon
And here is what I say

There ought to be a moonlight saving time
So I could love that boy of mine
Until the birdies wake and chime
Good morning!

In January the nights are very long
But that's all right
In happy June, comes the honeymoon time
Days are longer than the night
In love time's season, the moon's the reason
For every cuddle and kiss
When the days are longer, the nights are shorter
Something should be done about this

There ought to be a moonlight saving time
To make the morning glories climb
An hour later on the vine
Each morning!

You sort of need a moon to bill and coo
An old back porch, a birch canoe
A parlor lamp in June won't do
I'm warning, I've heard the farmer say
I'll make hay while the sun is shining above
But when the day is done, night begun
You can ask the farmer's son
It's time to make love

There ought to be a moonlight saving time
So I could love that boy of mine
Until the birdies wake and chime
Good morning!

That's all!

Slow And Easy
Composer(s): Harry Williams; Norman Spencer



Oh! honey dear my honey dear, I hear those doggone "blues" 
and honey dear, Oh! listen here, I feel those doggone shoes
Though they're new and killing me too, hear that "blue" and what can you do? 
Oh! boy, Oh! joy; let's toddle it through: but take it

Oh! honey dear, my honey dear, I fear I'll have to stop 
and honey dear, Oh! listen here, I feel my feet will "pop" 
When they choose to put on the blues, two new shoes mean terrible news
Oh! boy, no joy; I've got to refuse: so walk it

Slow and easy, if you want to get along with me
I said slow and easy, be easy as a man can be
I'm a lady, pure and sweet, but "shimmee" up a little while I rest my feet
Go slow and easy, if you want to get along with me
Just take it

Slow and easy, if you want to get along with me
I said slow and easy, be easy as a man can be
Sit me down here in the shade, I'd like a little beer (I mean a lemonade) 
Go slow and easy, if you want to get along with me
So walk it

(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me
Composer(s): Gordon Lightfoot
Performer(s): Peter, Paul, & Mary;
Waylon Jennings; Elvis Presley


That's what you get for lovin' me
That's what you get for lovin' me
Everything we had is gone, you can see
That's what you get for lovin' me

Now don't you shed a tear for me
I ain't the love you thought I'd be
I've had a hundred just like you
But don't be blue, I'll have a thousand before I'm through

That's what you get for lovin' me
That's what you get for lovin' me
Everything we had is gone, you can see
That's what you get for lovin' me

Now there you go, you're cryin' again
You should have known how things would end
But then some day when your poor heart is on the mend
I just might pass this way again

That's what you get for lovin' me
That's what you get for lovin' me
Everything we had is gone, you can see
That's what you get for lovin' me

That's what you get for lovin' me
That's what you get for lovin' me
Everything we had is gone, you can see
That's what you get for lovin' me
That's what you get for lovin' me
That's what you get ...... Fade

Die Sommermelodie
First performance by: Cindy & Bert - 1974



Ich hab' dir heut' geschrieben, es ist vorbei
Doch du bist da, und das find' ich schön
Ich soll dich nicht mehr lieben
Du bist nicht frei und ich muß geh'n, ich muß geh'n

Ich hab' dir angesehen, was du verschweigst
Denn auch dein Herz, das hat sich verirrt
Und keiner weiß, was nun wird

Die Sommermelodie, die ist nur Träumerei
Wir beide sind verliebt
Und das darf doch nicht sein für uns zwei
Die Sommermelodie, die sagt du bist nicht frei
Und diese Zeit der Rosen geht einmal vorbei

Wir sehen oft uns wieder, und unser Traum
Der ist so schön, doch leider nicht wahr
Und dieses Lied der Liebe
Klingt durch den Raum, wir sind ein Paar, mmm...

Die Sommermelodie, die ist nur Träumerei
Wir beide sind verliebt
Und das darf doch nicht sein für uns zwei
Die Sommermelodie, die sagt du bist nicht frei
Und diese Zeit der Rosen geht einmal vorbei

(Die Sommermelodie) Die Sommermelodie
(Die ist nur Träumerei) Die ist nur Träumerei
Und diese Zeit der Rosen geht einmal vorbei

(That's How I Learnt To Love) Good Old Country Music
Composer(s): Joe Babcock
Performer(s): Porter Wagoner


I remember Daddy playing the Wildwood Flower
When we'd gather round the parlour of our home
Uncle Wesley played the fiddle
and John R played the banjo
We'd pick and sing sometimes all night long
Mama played the upright piano
And I guess it must've been a thing to hear
All the neighbors gathered round they loved that country sound
And it was surely music to our ears

And that's how I learnt to love good old country music
There's somethin' about it close to my soul
I'm so glad everyone is lovin' good old country music
It's the music of the country and this country is my home

(Guitar Break)

Many nights I went to bed without sleepin'
Just a listenin' to our beatup radio
I held the groundwire tight
Just to get a strain or two of a far-off song from Del Rio
Oh it faded in and out through the stand
But it made me dream of seeing Tennessee
And the greatest thrill of all was to see those hallowed halls
The Mother Church, the Grand Ole Opry

And that's how I learnt to love good old country music
There's somethin' about it close to my soul
I'm so glad everyone is lovin' good old country music
It's the music of the country and this country is my home

(Banjo Break)

And that's how I learnt to love good old country music
There's somethin' about it close to my soul
I'm so glad everyone is lovin' good old country music
It's the music of the country and this country is my home

Sloth
Composer(s): Dave Swarbrick; Richard Thompson
First release by: Fairport Convention - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists



Just a roll, just a roll
Just a roll on your drum
Just a roll, just a roll
And the war has begun

Now the right thing's the wrong thing
No more excuses to come
Just one step at a time
And the war has begun

Just a roll, just a roll
Just a roll on your drum
Just a roll, just a roll
And the war has begun

She's run away, she's run away
And she ran so bitterly
Now call to your colours, friend
Don't you call to me

Just a roll, just a roll
Just a roll on your drum
Just a roll, just a roll
And the war has begun

Don't you cry, don't you cry
Don't you cry upon the sea
Don't you cry, don't you cry
For your lady and me

Just a roll, just a roll
Just a roll on your drum
Just a roll, just a roll
And the war has begun

Just a roll, just a roll
Just a roll on your drum
Just a roll, just a roll
And the war has begun

(T.L.C.) Tender Love And Care
Composer(s): Lehman; Lebowsky; Clark
Performer(s): Jimmie Rodgers


Tender love and care 
Makes a life worth living 
Tender love and care 
That's what I'll be giving 

Every day, every night with you 
When you're wrong, when you're right, when you're blue 
I'll give tender love and care to you 
I'll give tender love and care (tender love and care) 

Tender love and care (tender love and care) 
I will give you always (I will give you always) 
Tender love and care (tender love and care) 
Both in big and small ways (both in big and small ways) 

When you need me you'll find me there 
At your side anytime anywhere 
Giving tender love and care to you 
Giving tender love and care (tender love and care) 

Gentle sweet and kind (gentle sweet and kind) 
I will always treat you (I will always treat you) 
Gentle sweet and kind (gentle sweet and kind) 
Every time I need you (every time I need you) 

I will cheer you if you are low 
I will chase all your cares and woe 
Giving tender love and care to you (tender love and care) 
Giving tender love and care (oooooh-ooooooh) 
Tender love and care (oooooh-ooooooh)

Tender love and care (oooooh-ooooooh) 
Tender love and care (oooooh-ooooooh) 
Tender love and care (oooooh-ooooooh)

Cross Your Heart
Composer(s): Ted O'Neill
First performance by: Tina Reynolds - 1974



La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Cross your heart say I love you
Cross Your Heart and Hope to die
For a very simple reason and here's the reason why
For so many hearts are broken by one little lie
Cross your heart and hope to die

Sticks and stones wouldn't break my bones tho' it happened again and again
but I came smiling through don't ask me how
Playing at games and calling me names never worried me then 
but it's a different game we're playing now

Cross your heart say I love you
Cross Your Heart and Hope to die
For a very simple reason and here's the reason why
For so many hearts are broken by one little lie
Cross your heart and hope to die

It wasn't easy to get up believe me to get up again and again
each time they knocked me down it hurt alot
Life's got to show now, there's no where to go now
This is the end of the line, because I'm giving this one all I've got

Cross your heart say I love you
Cross Your Heart and Hope to die
For a very simple reason and here's the reason why
For so many hearts are broken by one little lie
Cross your heart and hope to die
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la

Please Don't Tease
Composer(s): Peter Chester; Bruce Welch
Performer(s): Cliff Richard



You tell me that you love me baby, then you say you don't 
You tell me that you'll come on over, then you say you won't 
You love me like a hurricane, then you start to freeze 
I'll give it to you straight right now, please don't tease 

You come right out and tell me, you're out with someone new 
You play it oh so doggon cool, I don't know what to do 
You never seem to answer me, you just don't here my pleas 
I'll give it to you one more time, please don't tease 

Oh please don't tease me, you know it hurts so much 
Come on and squeeze me, you know I need your tender touch 

But you tell me that you love me baby, then you say you don't 
You tell me that you'll come on over, then you say you won't 
You love me like a hurricane, then you start to freeze 
I'll give it to you straight right now, please don't tease

Sloppy Drunk
Composer(s): Jimmy Rogers
Performer(s): B.B. King



I would rather be sloppy drunk, than anything I know
I would rather be sloppy drunk, than anything I know
Give me another half a pint boy, then you will see me go

Now I love that moonshine whiskey now, tell the world I do
Yes I love that moonshine whiskey now, tell the world I do
Now this is the reason why that I drink, I'm just trying to get along with you

I said oh, oh, bring me another half a pint
I said mmmmh, bring me another half a pint
Well I believe I'll get drunk boy, and then we gonna rock this joint

Well I love that moonshine whiskey now, tell the world I do
Yes I love that moonshine whiskey now, tell the world I do
Now this is the reason why that I drink, I'm just trying to get along with you

I said oh, oh, bring me another half a pint
I said mmmmh, bring me another half a pint
Well I believe I'll get drunk boy, and then we gonna rock this joint

I See A Star
Composer(s): Gerrit Den Braber; Hans van Hemert
First performance by: Mouth & MacNeal - 1974



The days and nights went by but no one told me

They can be fun too if you only see
There's such a lot of beauty you can live for
You only need someone to open up your eyes

And you will see things never seen before

I see a star

A brand-new star

It's right there twinklin'
In your eyes

I see a face

A happy face

It's like the mirror of my mind

I see a star . . .
I see a face . . .

You opened up my eyes for all the beauty
The beauty we're inhaling every day
It's been there all my life so it's my duty
I won't loose sight of it
the fire that you lit

Will keep on burning till the end of time

I see a star . . .
I see a face . . .
I see a star . . .

Happiness now is being shared by two
I just started my life anew

I see a star . . .
I see a face . . .

Please Don't Play Red River Valley
Composer(s): Johnny Cash
Performer(s): Johnny Cash



Well I see you got yourself a brand new harmonica
Mail ordered from the Steagal's catalogue
Boy I hope you can learn to play it like Lonnie Glossom
And while you added you to oughta learn a verse or two
Of Red River Valley Oh My Darling Clementine or Salty Dog
Oh but please don't play Red River Valley
And how about Polly Wolly doodle all day and see
You know the only song I ever learned to play on my 2 dollar and 98 cent harmonica
That I got from Wayne Raney in Clint Texas
C-l-i-n-t Clint Texas was Red River Valley
Then she said farewell to my french harp and me

Well I see you're doin' pretty good on your new harmonica
But don't you think you oughta learn about one more tune you know
See you hold it like you's gonna eat a handful of popcorn
And sometime you suck in and sometimes you blow
But friend now please don't play Red River Valley
And how about Polly Wolly doodle all day
Like I said the only song I ever learnd
On my 2 dollar and 98 cent harmonica that I got from Clint Texas
From Wayne Raney in Clint Texas was Red River Valley
Oh then she said farewell to my french harp and me

Sloop John B ((aka Wreck Of The John B. (The Weavers) - 1950))
((Adapted from: The John B. Sails (Traditional))
(Dutch Version: Hallo Ajouw - 1989)
Composer(s): Traditional - Carl Sandburg - Lee Hays
Performer(s): The Kingston Trio - 1958
and multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1966 - Mister John B. (Sylvie Vartan)
1989 - Hallo Ajouw (Normaal)



We come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, yeah, yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home

The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the Captain's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah, yeah
Well I feel so broke up I want to go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home
(Hoist up the John B's sail)
Hoist up the John B
I feel so broke up I want to go home
Let me go home

The poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home
This is the worst trip I've ever been on

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home

Please Don't Leave Me
Composer(s): Phil Lynott; John Sykes
Performer(s): John Sykes



In the summer we'd be crazy
We'd fool around all the time
Oh now I loved that girl
When she was mine
But now she's left me
For another guy
And it realy brought me down
For without that girl
I was lost and found

Oh darling please don't hurt me this way
Oh darling please don't leave me
Oh darling don't leave me
Oh darling please don't leave me

Now I get messed up
And I fool aroung
But there's no fun anymore
They say times must change
But I'm not so sure
Lost loves of summer
As we go out separate way
Remember memories you owe
Won't bring back those special days

(Chorus)

Please Don't Leave Me 
Composer(s): Fats Domino
Performer(s): Fats Domino



woooo, woooo, woooo, woooo 
wooo, wooo 
woohoo, woohoo, woohoo, woohoo, woohoo 
woohoo, woohoo 

Please don't leave me, baby, please don't go 
Please don't leave me, baby, please don't go 
Well if you go away and leave me, gee you gonna hurt me so 
Yes I love you baby 
Gonna tell all the world I do 
Yes I love you baby 
Gonna tell all the world I do 
Well if go away leave me don't know what I'm gonna do 

woooo, woooo, woooo, woooo 
wooo, wooo 
woohoo, woohoo, woohoo, woohoo 
woohoo, woohoo

Hallo Ajouw
((Adapted from: The John B. Sails (Traditional))
Composer(s): Traditional - Carl Sandburg - Lee Hays - Jan Manschot
Performer(s): Normaal - 1989

Versions In Other Languages:
1950 - Wreck Of The John B. (The Weavers)
1966 - Mister John B. (Sylvie Vartan)
1958 - Sloop John B (The Kingston Trio)



Wat waren wi-j nog jong, toen wi-j der an begonnen
Wi-j kwamen, wi-j zagen en wi-j overwonnen
Der is een tied van kommen, moar ook een toed van goan
Wi-j zegt hallo - en ik zeg ajouw

Joaren in 't rond, wi-j gingen van mond tut mond
Heftig hoken, 't bier vloag in 't rond
Gewoon gin gezeur, wi-j slept ow der deur
De kop der veur, wi-j donderen deur

Altied met z'n vieren, wie konnen de wereld an
Wat zo'k zeien, wi-j trokken ons eigen plan
't Wier de hoogste tied veur 't hardste lied
Al die verhalen die deren ons niet

Ik zeg nou ajouw - wi-j zegt nog steeds hallo
Ik stop der met - en wi-j goat deur met de show
Der is een tied van kommen - moar ok een tied van goan
Wi-j zegt hallo - en ik zeg ajouw

Wi-j stonnen veur kabaal, 't dak dat mos der af
Hoken in de zaal, iedereen wier maf
I-j mot niet blieven stoan, altied wieter goan
Ik zeg ajouw, moar zal wel blieven sloan

Ik zeg nou ajouw - wi-j zegt nog steeds hallo
Ik stop der met - en wi-j goat deur met de show
Der is een tied van kommen - moar ok een tied van goan
Wi-j zegt hallo - en ik zeg ajouw

Please Don't Go
Composer(s): Harry Wayne Casey; Richard Finch
Performer(s): K.C. & The Sunshine Band



I love you
Yeah
Babe, I love you so
I want you to know
That I'm going to miss your love
The minute you walk out that door
(Chorus)
So please don't go
Don't go
Don't go away
Please don't go
Don't go
I'm begging you to stay
If you leave
At least in my lifetime
I've had one dream come true
I was blessed to be loved
By someone as wonderful as you
(Chorus)
Hey, hey, hey
Yeah
Babe, I love you so
I, I want yo to know
That I'm going to miss your love
The minute you walk out that door
So please don't go
Don't go
Don't go away
Hey, hey, hey
I need your love
I'm down on my knees
Beggin' please, please, please
Don't go
Don't you hear me baby

Please don't go

Don't leave me now
Oh, no, no, no, no
Please don't go
I want you to know
That I, I, I, love you so
Don't leave me baby
Please don't go