Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Limehouse Blues Composer(s): Philip Braham - Douglas Furber First performance by: Gertrude Lawrence & Jack Buchanan - 1921 Covered by multiple other artists
And those weird China blues Never go away Sad, mad blues For all the while they seem to say
Oh, Limehouse kid Oh, oh, Limehouse kid Goin' the way That the rest of them did Poor broken blossom And nobody's child Haunting and taunting You're just kind of wild
Oh, Limehouse blues I've the real Limehouse blues Can't seem to shake off Those real China blues Rings on your fingers And tears for your crown That is the story Of old Chinatown
Rings on your fingers And tears for your crown That is the story Of old Chinatown
How Lovely To Be A Woman Composer(s): Charles Strouse; Lee Adams Performer(s): Ann-Margret and various other artists
When you're a skinny child of fourteen Wide with braces from ear to ear You doubt that you will ever be appealing Then Hallelujah! You are fifteen And the braces disappear And your skin is smooth and clear And you have that happy grown-up female feeling How lovely to be a woman The wait was well worth while How lovely to wear mascara And smile a woman's smile How lovely to have a figure That's round instead of flat Whenever you hear boys whistle You're what they're whistling at It's wonderful to feel The way a woman feels It gives you such a glow just to know You're wearing lipstick and heels! How lovely to be a woman And have one job to do To pick out a boy and train him And then when you are through You've made him the man you want him to be! Life's lovely when you're a woman like me! How wonderful to know The things a woman knows How marvelous to wait for a date In simply beautiful clothes! How lovely to be a woman And change from boys to men To go to a fancy nightclub And stay out after ten How lovely to be so grown-up and free! Life's lovely when you're a woman like me!
Lime Street Blues Composer(s): Gary Brooker - Keith Reid Performer(s): Procol Harum
Lime street in the afternoon Everybody crazy as a coon Im running round in my underpants Trying to find some kinda romance
Quarter past three [sic] on lime street I got whipped right offa my feet Didnt realize that Id been caught Till I found myself in the county court
Mr judge, I said, wont you please be kind Have pity on me, a poor orphan child? Mr judge he says with a long mean frown orphan or not, youre going down!
Well I screamed on my knees in the witness box lord have mercy on my golden locks The judge I could see that he was snide He says, the only kind of blonde you ares a peroxide!
Oh Lime street, Lime street Lime street, thats where we meet
Limbo Rock Composer(s): Jon Sheldon - Billy Strange First release by: The Champs - 1961 Covered by multiple other artists
Every limbo boy and girl All around the limbo world Gonna do the limbo rock All around the limbo clock Jack be limbo, Jack be quick Jack go unda limbo stick All around the limbo clock Hey, let's do the limbo rock
Limbo lower now Limbo lower now How low can you go
First you spread your limbo feet Then you move to limbo beat Limbo ankolimboneee, Bend back like a limbo tree Jack be limbo, Jack be quick Jack go unda limbo stick All around the limbo clock Hey, let's do the limbo rock
la la la ...
Get yourself a limbo girl Give that chic a limbo whirl There's a limbo moon above You will fall in limbo love Jack be limbo, Jack be quick Jack go unda limbo stick All around the limbo clock Hey, let's do the limbo rock
Don't move that limbo bar You'll be a limbo star How low can you go
Bye Bye Birdie Composer(s): Charles Strouse; Lee Adams Performer(s): Ann-Margret and various other artists
[Opening] Kim: Bye Bye Birdie I'm gonna miss you so Bye Bye Birdie Why'd you have to go? No more sunshine It's followed you away I'll cry Birdie Till you're home to stay I'll miss the way you smile As tho' it's just for me And each and ev'ry night I'll write you faithfully! Bye Bye Birdie It's awful hard to bear Bye Bye Birdie Think I'll always care Guess I'll always care Guess I'll always care!
[Finale] Bye Bye Birdie The Army's taken you now I'll try Birdie To forget some how No more sighing Each time you moved your lips No more crying When you twist those hips Your swivel and your sway Your super trooper There's nothing left to say But Conrad you're a jet Bye Bye Birdie
Lily The Pink (Traditional) Performer(s): The Scaffold
We'll drink a drink a drink To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink The saviour of the human race For she invented medicinal compound Most efficacious in every case
Mr. Frears had sticky-out ears and it made him awful shy and so they gave him medicinal compound and now he's learning how to fly
Brother Tony Was notably bony He would never eat his meals And so they gave him medicinal compound Now they move him round on wheels
We'll drink a drink a drink To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink The saviour of the human race For she invented medicinal compound Most efficacious in every case
Old Ebeneezer Thought he was Julius Caesar And so they put him in a Home where they gave him medicinal compound and now he's Emperor of Rome
Johnny Hammer Had a terrible stammer He could hardly say a word And so they gave him medicinal compound Now he's seen (but never heard)!
We'll drink a drink a drink To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink The saviour of the human race For she invented medicinal compound Most efficacious in every case
Auntie Millie Ran willy-nilly When her legs, they did recede And so they rubbed on medicinal compound And now they call her Millipede
Jennifer Eccles had terrible freckles and the boys all called her names but she changed with medicinal compound and now he joins in all their games
We'll drink a drink a drink To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink The saviour of the human race For she invented medicinal compound Most efficacious in every case
Lily the Pink, she Turned to drink, she Filled up with paraffin inside and despite her medicinal compound Sadly Picca-Lily died
Up to Heaven Her soul ascended All the church bells they did ring She took with her medicinal compound Hark the herald angels sing.
Oooooooooooooooo Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee'lll...
We'll drink a drink a drink To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink The saviour of the human race For she invented medicinal compound Most efficacious in every case
Lily Of The Valley Composer(s): Freddie Mercury First release by: Queen - 1974
I am forever searching high and low But why does ev'ryone tell me no Neptune of the seas an answer for me please The lily of the valley doesn't know
I lie in wait with open eyes I carry on thru' stormy skies I follow ev'ry course my kingdom for a horse But each time I grow old Serpent of the Nile relieve me for a while And cast me from your spell and let me go
Messenger from seven seas has flown To tell the king of Rhye he's lost his throne Wars will never cease Is there time enough for peace? The lily of the valley doesn't know
Bye Bye Johnny Composer(s): Chuck Berry Originally performed by: Chuck Berry Covered by various other artists
She drew out all her money out of the Southern Trust And put her little boy aboard a Greyhound Bus Leaving Louisiana for the Golden West Down came the tears from her happiness Her own little son name 'o Johnny B. Goode Was gonna make some motion pictures out in Hollywood
Bye, bye, bye, bye Bye, bye, bye, bye Bye bye Johnny Good bye Johnny B. Goode
She remembered taking money out from gathering crop And buying Johnny's guitar at a broker shop As long as he would play it by the railroad side And wouldn't get in trouble he was satisfied But never thought that there would come a day like this When she would have to give her son a goodby kiss
Going Bye, bye, bye, bye Bye, bye, bye, bye Bye bye Johnny Good bye Johnny B. Goode
She finally got the letter she was dreaming of Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love As soon as he was married he would bring her back And build a mansion for 'em by the railroad track So every time they heard the locomotive roar They'd be a' standin', a' wavin' by the kitchen door
Howling Bye, bye, bye, bye Bye, bye, bye, bye Bye bye Johnny Good bye Johnny B. Goode
The Lily Of The Valley Composer(s): Charles William Fry - Will S. Hays First performance/First recording by: The Salvation Army - 1881/Johnny Cash - 1973
I have found a friend in Jesus, Hes everything to me Hes the fairest of ten thousand to my soul The Lily of the Valley, in Him alone I see All I need to cleanse and make me fully whole In sorrow Hes my comfort, in trouble Hes my stay He tells me every care on Him to roll
Hes the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star Hes the fairest of ten thousand to my soul
He all my grief has taken, and all my sorrows borne In temptation Hes my strong and mighty tower I have all for Him forsaken, and all my idols torn From my heart and now He keeps me by His power Though all the world forsake me, and Satan tempt me sore Through Jesus I shall safely reach the goal
Hes the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star Hes the fairest of ten thousand to my soul
He will never, never leave me, nor yet forsake me here While I live by faith and do His blessèd will A wall of fire about me, Ive nothing now to fear From His manna He my hungry soul shall fill Then sweeping up to glory to see His blessèd face Where the rivers of delight shall ever roll
Hes the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star Hes the fairest of ten thousand to my soul
Bye, Baby Composer(s): Eleanor Smith; Terry Kluytmans
Bye, baby, night has come And the sun is going home All the flowers have shut their eyes Breezes whisper sweet lullabies Oh! Bye, little baby, bye oh Bye, little baby, bye oh
Bye, baby, birds now sleep As, one by one, the stars start to peep See them twinkle in the sky As the clouds go drifting by Oh! Bye, little baby, bye oh Bye, little baby, bye oh
Bye, baby, Mama's here Rocking her little baby so dear Angels guard you while you sleep Hush now, baby, do not peep Oh! Bye, little baby, bye oh Bye, little baby, bye oh
Quand Tony est entré dans le snack-bar Il devait être au moins minuit moins l'quart Lili la serveuse Semblait très nerveuse Un dernier client sucrait son café
À la télé y avait un match de boxe Pendant qu'on entendait dans le juke box Gronder le piano De Fats Domino De quoi vous mettr' des fourmis dans les pieds
Comme tous les soirs Après l'snack bar...
Lili voulait aller danser Lili voulait aller danser Lili voulait aller danser Aller danser le rock'n roll Lili voulait aller danser Lili voulait aller danser Lili voulait aller danser Mais Tony trouvait ça moins drôle Lui qui n'aimait pas du tout le rock'n roll
Il a dit: "Lili fais-moi un hot-dog" Elle a fermé son numéro de Vogue Elle a obéi Et puis elle a dit "Sais-tu qu'j't'attends depuis plus d'une heure?" Dans son hot-dog il a mis du ketchup Mais quand Lili eut refait son make-up Elle a dit: "Salut Tu n'me r'verras plus" Il lui a mis son couteau sur le cur
Et puis il l'a Prise dans ses bras...
"Lili j'voudrais bien t'épouser Si tu voulais ne plus jamais Ne plus jamais aller danser Aller danser le rock'n roll"
Elle n'a pas su se désister Elle n'a pas su lui résister Elle a dit oui sans hésiter En pleurnichant sur son épaule
Car ell'l'aimait encor' plus que l'rock'n roll Il lui a promis d'l'aimer tout' sa vie D'ailleurs on peut lire encore aujourd'hui Au-d'sus de leur lit "Tony loves Lili" Dans un cur en bois gravé au couteau
Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh
Lili voulait aller danser Lili voulait aller danser Lili voulait aller danser Aller danser le rock'n roll Lili voulait aller danser Lili voulait aller danser Lili voulait aller danser Mais Tony trouvait ça moins drôle Lui qui n'aimait pas du tout le rock'n roll
Bye Bye, Brasil Composer(s): Chico Buarque; Roberto Menescal Performer(s): Chico Buarque and various other artists
Oi, coraçao Não dá pra falar muito não Espera passar o avião Assim que o inverno passar Eu acho que vou te buscar Aqui tá fazendo calor Deu pane no ventilador Já tem fliperama em Macau Tomei a costeira em Belém do Pará Puseram uma usina no mar Talvez fique ruim pra pescar Meu amor
No Tocantins O chefe dos parintintins Vidrou na minha calça Lee Eu vi uns patins pra você Eu vi um Brasil na tevê Capaz de cair um toró Estou me sentindo tão só Oh, tenha dó de mim Pintou uma chance legal Um lane lá na caital Nem tem que ter ginasial Meu amor
No Tabariz O som é que nem os Bee Gees Dancei com uma dona infeliz Que tem um tufão nos quadris Tem um japonês trás de mim Eu vou dar um pulo em Manaus Aqui tá quarenta e dois graus O sol nunca mais vai se pôr Eu tenho saudades da nossa canção Saudades de roça e sertão Bom mesmo é ter um caminhão Meu amor
Baby, bye bye Abraços na mãe e no pai Eu acho que vou desligar As fichas já vão terminar Eu vou me mandar de trenó Pra Rua do Sol, Maceió Peguei uma doença em Ilhéus Mas já tô quase bom Em março vou pro Ceará Com a benção do meu orixá Eu acho bauxita por lá Meu amor
Bye bye, Brasil A última ficha caiu Eu penso em vocês night and day Explica que tá tudo okay Eu só ando dentro da lei Eu quero voltar, podes crer Eu vi um Brasil na tevê Peguei uma doença em Belém Agora já tá tudo bem, Mas a ligação tá no fim Tem um japonês trás de mim Aquela aquarela mudou Na estrada peguei uma cor Capaz de cair um toró Estou me sentindo um jiló Eu tenho tesão é no mar Assim que o inverno passar Bateu uma saudade de ti Tô a fim de encarar um siri Com a benção do Nosso Senhor O sol nunca mais vai se pôr
Lili Marlene ((English & French Versions: Lili Marlene (by Anne Shelton); Lily Marlene (by Suzy Solidor)) Composer(s): Hans Leip - Norbert Schultze Performer(s): Lale Anderson and multiple other artists
Vor der Kaserne Vor dem grossen Tor Stand eine Laterne Und steht sie noch davor So woll'n wir uns da wieder seh'n Wie einst Lili Marlene, wie einst Lili Marlene
Unsere beide Schatten Sah'n wie einer aus Das wir so lieb uns hatten Das sah man gleich daraus Und alle Leute soll'n es seh'n Wie einst Lili Marlene, wie einst Lili Marlene
Schon rief der Posten Sie blasen Zapfenstreich Das kann drei Tage kosten Kam'rad, ich komm sogleich Da sagten wir auf Wiedersehn Wie gerne wollt ich mit dir geh'n Mit dir Lili Marlene, wie einst Lili Marlene
Deine Schritte kennt sie Deinen zieren Gang Alle Abend brennt sie Doch mich vergaus sie lang Und sollte mir ein Leids gescheh'n Wer wird bei der Laterne stehen Mit dir Lili Marlene, wie einst Lili Marlene
Aus demm stillen Raume Aus der erde Grund Hebt mich wie im Traume Dein verliebte Mund Wenn sich die spaten Nebel drehn Werd' ich bei der Laterne steh'n Wie einst Lili Marlene Wie einst Lili Marlene
Bye Bye Prêcheur Composer(s): R. Bernet; G. Magenta Performer(s): Eddy Mitchell
Malgré ton habit noir et ton col blanc Et ta façon de vouloir consoler les gens Voilà que tu viens pour guérir mon cur En essayant de m'arracher à tous mes malheurs
Tu viens trop tard Alors bye bye prêcheur Tu viens trop tard Alors bye bye prêcheur Et ta parole Ne peut plus y faire Mes idées folles M'ont perdues sur la terre
Je ne suis plus l'enfant que tu as connu Toi tu vis dans ta chapelle et moi dans la rue Toutes les prières que tu m'apprenais N'ont pas su retenir la fille, la fille, la fille que j'aimais
Tu viens trop tard Alors bye bye prêcheur Tu viens trop tard Alors bye bye prêcheur Et ta parole Ne peut plus y faire Mes idées folles M'ont perdues sur la terre Tu viens trop tard Alors bye bye prêcheur Tu viens trop tard Alors bye bye prêcheur
Lili Marlene ((French & German Versions: Lily Marlene (by Suzy Solidor); Lili Marlene (by Lale Anderson)) Composer(s): Hans Leip - Norbert Schultze - Tommy Connors Performer(s): Anne Shelton and multiple other artists
Underneath the lantern by the barrack gate Darling I remember the way you used to wait 'Twas there that you whispered tenderly That you loved me, you'd always be My Lili of the lamplight My own Lili Marlene
Time would come for roll call, time for us to part Darling I'd caress you and press you to my heart And there 'neath that far off lantern light, I'd hold you tight, we'd kiss "good-night" My Lili of the lamplight My own Lili Marlene
Orders came for sailing somewhere over there All confined to barracks was more than I could bear I knew you were waiting in the street I heard your feet, but could not meet My Lili of the lamplight My own Lili Marlene
Resting in a billet just behind the line Even tho'we're parted your lips are close to mine You wait where that lantern softly gleams Your sweet face seems to haunt my dreams My Lili of the lamplight My own Lili Marlene
When we are marching in the mud and cold And when my pack seems more than I can hold My love for you renews my might I'm warm again, my pack is light It's you Lili Marlene It's you Lili Marlene ...
Lily Marlene ((English & German Versions: Lili Marlene (by Anne Shelton); Lili Marlene (by Lale Anderson)) Composer(s): Hans Leip - Norbert Schultze Performer(s): Suzy Solidor and multiple other artists
Devant la caserne Quand le jour s'enfuit La vieille lanterne Soudain s'allume et luit C'est dans ce coin la que le soir On s'attendait remplis d'espoir Tous deux Lily Marlene Tous deux Lily Marlene
Et dans la nuit sombre Nos corps enlaces Ne faisaient qu'une ombre Lorsque je t'embrassais Nous echangions ingenument Joue contre joue bien des serments Tous deux Lily Marlene Tous deux Lily Marlene
Le temps passe vite Lorsque l'on est deux Helas! on se quitte Voici le couvre-feu Te souviens-tu de nos regrets Lorsqu'il fallait nous separer? Dis moi Lily Marlene? Dis moi Lily Marlene?
La vieille lanterne S'allume toujours Devant la caserne Lorsque finit le jour Mais toutme parait etranger Aurais-je donc beaucoup change? Dis-moi Lily Marlene Dis-moi Lily Marlene
Cette tendre histoire De nos chers vingt ans Chante en ma memoire Malgre les jours les ans Il me semble entendre ton pas Et je te serre entre mes bras Lily ... Lily Marlene Lily ... Lily Marlene
Bye Bye Louis Composer(s): R. Dassin; Joe Dassin; Claude Lemesle Performer(s): Joe Dassin
Louis a fait le mur Le mur de Fresnes dans la bure De l'aumonier, il était sûr De son breviaire et de sa tonsure Et il s'est dit "J'y suis, j'y suis, enfin j'y suis!" C'est dans l'église qu'on l'a cueilli
Puis il s'est fait la malle Blotti dans un sac de toile Déguisé en linge sale Tous ses amis entouraient déjà La blanchisserie "J'y suis, j'y suis" - qu'il leur a dit Mais les poulets y étaient aussi!
Oh bye bye Louis, bye bye bye Oh bye bye Louis C'est la vie, c'est la vie, Louis!
Et sur le mur de sa prison Il grave un petit bâton Ça fait soixante-douze évasions Une fois de plus il a failli Voir sa femme et les petits Qui s'impatientent à la maison La promenade en rang par trois Les boulets, la soupe aux pois Louis n'a pas le goût à ça Bye bye Louis, Louis bye bye
Dans la prison qui dort Peuplée de rêves de coffre-fort L'alarme sonne et chacun sort Pour voir Louis qui s'évade encore Et qui s'écrie "J'y suis, j'y suis, cette fois j'y suis!" Puis on le ramène dans son lit
Oh bye bye Louis, bye bye bye Oh bye bye Louis C'est la vie, c'est la vie, Louis!
Les copains disent: "Ne t'en fais pas Ça s'ra pour une autre fois" Mais Louis est sombre au violon A la pensée que ses amis Font des casses dans le Midi Pendant qu'à l'ombre il se morfond A ne rien faire de ses dix doigts Il perd la main pour ce travail Il avait tant le goût à ça Bye bye Louis, Louis bye bye
De l'Alcatraz à Fresnes De Tsin-Tsin à Saint-Hélène Tourne encore la rengaine Qui redit les prouesses vaines De Louis: "J'y suis, j'y suis" Pauvre Louis!
