May Kway O May Kway (aka Rose, Rose, I Love You) 
Title In Pinyin Chinese: Meigui Meigui Wo Ai Ni
Composer(s): Chen Gexin; Wilfrid Thomas; Chris Langdon
Performer(s): Petula Clark
and various other artists
((Originally performed by: Yáo Lì (Miss Hue Lee))



Rose, Rose I love you with an aching heart
What is your future? now we have to part
Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away
Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay

Make way, oh, make way for my Eastern Rose
Men crowd in dozens everywhere she goes
In her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret
"Please make way for Rose" you can hear them say

All my life I shall remember
Oriental music and you in my arms
Perfumed flowers in your tresses
Lotus-scented breezes and swaying palms

Rose, Rose I love you with your almond eyes
Fragrant and slender 'neath tropical skies
I must cross the seas again and never see you more
'way back to my home on a distant shore

(All my life I shall remember)
(Oriental music and you in my arms)
(Perfumed flowers in your tresses)
(Lotus-scented breezes and swaying palms)

Rose, Rose I leave you, my ship is in the bay
Kiss me farewell now, there's nothin' to say
East is East and West is West, our worlds are far apart
I must leave you now but I leave my heart

Rose, Rose I love you with an aching heart
What is your future?, now we have to part
Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away
Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay

(Rose, Rose I love you, I cannot stay)

Ole Man Trouble
Composer(s): Otis Redding
Performer(s): Otis Redding; Blues Explosion



Old man trouble, just leave me alone
Go find you someone else to pick on
I live my life in doubt, you see now
Ooh old man trouble
Please stay away from me
Oh my

Ooh yeah
Yeah

Oh I look like I'm down in my luck
Please send faith to help pick me up
I've lived this way so many years
Ole man trouble

Please wash away all my fears
Help me

Sometimes
Sometimes I get - I get a little worried
Ole man trouble
Please, please

Stay away from me
Ole man trouble, ole man trouble
Stay away, stay away
You're nothing but trouble
Stay away, stay away
Please, stay away

May I Whisper In Your Ear
Performer(s): Jimi Hendrix



May I whisper in your ear
From my heart so you'll clearly hear...
There are people so dear...
They're like children...
Naked in a cold world...
Beautiful children
In an old world...

May I take you away
From the evils of today
To the dreams of tomorrow
You know that heaven...
Has no sorrow.
You know that heaven...
Has no tomorrow.

Hear the sound of the magic drums...
Hearts are beating for the sun...
Sending evil on the run...
Now watch the wind...

Look over yonder...
Here comes some news...
Coming down like lightning...
Straight for me and you.
People of destruction
Your time is out of date...
People who's living crooked
Better start getting straight

I've been through some changes
A whole lot of re-arranges...
Been through some ups and downs
And whole lot of turn arounds
I been on the shelf and even killed myself...
1,000 times ago and maybe 1,000
Times more

She said she comes from ice land...
I told her I was from the west
She took me to the snow capped mountains...
And then she put me through the test...
We walked across the glacier
The horses stayed behind...
And as we laid between the
Frozen vallies we kissed
For the very first time
And now we're stuck together

It was too long ago
But it seems like...years ago...
Since I felt the warm hello of the sun
Lately things seem a little colder...
The wind, it seems to get a little bolder

Forget of my name
Remember it only as a hand shake
Introduction to my belief which is god
Ride instead the waves of my interpreture
Music, sound
Hynotic if you choose
But truth and life
Regardless of your questionable timid compromises
Which I intend to erase
Which I will erase without hint of reward
As I am only a messenger
And you a sheep in process of evolution
Almost at death with yourself
And on the staircase of birth
Soon you may almost forget the smell of your family...

Ole Buttermilk Sky
Composer(s): John Brooks; Hoagy Carmichael
Performer(s): Hoagy Carmichael;
and various other artists



(do do-do-do, do do-do do)
(do do-do-do, do)

Ole buttermilk sky (ole buttermilk sky)
I'm keepin' my eye peeled on you
What's the good word tonight?
Are you gonna be mellow tonight?

Ole buttermilk sky (ole buttermilk sky)
Can't you see my little doggie and me
We're as happy as a christmas tree
Headin' for the one I love (the one I love)

I'm gonna pop her the question, that question
Do you Darlin', do ya do?
It'll be easy, so easy
If I can only bank on you

Ole buttermilk sky (ole buttermilk sky)
I'm tellin' you why, now you know
Keep it in mind tonight
Keep brushin' those clouds from sight

Ole buttermilk sky (ole buttermilk sky)
Don't fail me when I'm needin' you most
Hang a moon above her hitching post
Hitch me to the one I love
(buttermilk sky)

------ orchestral interlude ------

(gonna pop her the question, the question
Darlin', do you do?
It'll be easy, so easy)
If I can only bank on you

Ole buttermilk sky (ole buttermilk sky)
I'm tellin' you why, now you know
Keep it in mind tonight
Keep brushin' those clouds from sight

Ole buttermilk sky (ole buttermilk sky)
Don't fail me when I'm needin' you most
Hang a moon above her hitching post
Hitch me to the one I love
(buttermilk sky)

You can if you try
Don't tell me no lie
(will you be mellow and bright tonight?
Oh, butermilk sky!)

May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister
Performer(s): Mac Wiseman



One night it was dark and 'twas stormy
And along came a tramp in the rain
He was making his way to some station
To catch a long distance train 

May I sleep in your barn tonight mister
It is cold lying out on the ground
And the cold north wind it is blowing
And I have no place to lie down

Oh I have no tobacco or matches
And I'm sure that I'll do you no harm
I will tell you my story kind mister
For it runs through my heart like a thorn 

It was three years ago last summer
I shall never forget that sad day
When a stranger came out from the city
And said that he wanted to stay

One night as I came from my workshop
I was whistling and singing with joy
I expected a kind hearted welcome 
From my sweet loving wife and my boy

But what should I find I find but a letter
It was placed in the room on the stand
And the moment my eyes fell upon it
I picked it right up in my hand

Now this note said my wife and the stranger
They had left and had taken my son
Oh I wonder if God up in Heaven
Only knows what this stranger has done

Olé
Composer(s): Pedro del Moral;
David Ferrero; Miguel Gallardo
Performer(s): Azucar Moreno



Dame los perfumes de sus calles y sus flores
y la luz de sus mañanas, acuarela de colores
Dame sus ritmos calientes cuando suenan sus guitarras
y el repique de un gitano cuando está tocando palmas

Dame la alegría de mi Tierra Santa
y ese "angel" de mi gente cuando el corazón les canta y dicen
Olé, olé, olé, olá
Mi tierra tiene una gracia que no se pude aguantar

Dame sus sabores a fritura y manzanilla
y sus fiestas populares que son una maravilla
Dame su belleza hecha de mil razas
y el valor de sus toreros cuando salen a la plaza

Dame la alegría de mi Tierra Santa
y ese "angel" de mi gente cuando el corazón les canta y dicen
Olé, olé, olé, olá
no hay piropo más bonito que te puedan regalar
Y dicen
Olé, olé, olé, olá
Mi tierra tiene una gracia que no se pude aguantar

Lléname los ojos de su cielo azul turquesa
y la magia de su luna que te embruja y que te besa
Llévame a caballo por marismas y caminos
a ofrecerle mi cariño a la Virgen del Rocío

Dame la alegría de mi Tierra Santa
y ese "angel" de mi gente cuando el corazón les canta y dicen
Olé, olé, olé, olá
Es el grito de mi gente cuando quiere de verdad
Y dicen
Olé, olé, olé, olá
Mi tierra tiene una gracia que no se pude aguantar

Olé, olé, olé, olá
no hay piropo más bonito que te puedan regalar
Y dicen
Olé, olé, olé, olá
Mi tierra tiene una gracia que no se pude aguantar.

..Olé, olé, olé, olá... (BIS)
..Olé, olé, olé, olá...
..Olé, olé...

Olé, olé, olé, olá
Es el grito de mi gente cuando quiere de verdad

Olé-olé, olé-olá
Mi tierra tiene una gracia que no se pude aguantar

Olé, olé, olé, olá
no hay piropo más bonito que te puedan regalar
Y dicen
Olé-olé, olé-olá
Mi tierra tiene una gracia que no se pude aguantar

May I Have The Next Dream With You 
Composer(s): Charles Tobias; Harry Tobias; Henry Tobias
Performer(s): Malcolm Roberts;
Joanie Bartels; Sydney Devine



May I have the next dream with you, dear?
Just a dream between us two
Who’d think that someday, somewhere, in some way
I’d meet a dream like you

Close your eyes and put your arms around me
You’d be surprised what love can do
So may I have the next dream with you?
And may it last the whole night through

(Repeat)

Oldie But Goodie
Composer(s): Claude Moine; M. Gaucher
Performer(s): Eddy Mitchell



Quand t'auras tes dix-neuf ans
J'serai plus blond comme avant
Fini l'Odyssée d'l'Espace
Deux mille un impair et passe
Tu viendras me demander
Pourquoi, comment t'es née
Je te parlerai d'amour
Que le temps m'paraît court
J'fais pas dans la nostalgie
J'veux pas r'faire le monde, la vie
J'dis tout même si tu souris
J'suis p't'être oldie but goodie
Goodie goodie
Moi j'ai fait mal à ma mère
Pas d'études secondaires
Vers quinze ans j'suis parti
M'balader dans ma vie
Et de décalages horaires
De tournées en galas galères
Dancings et salles des fêtes
J'confonds tout dans ma tête
J'fais pas dans la nostalgie
J'oublie pas c'que j'ai appris
Celle que j'aime comprend c'que j'dis
J'suis p't'être oldie but goodie
Goodie goodie
J'fais pas dans la nostalgie
J'suis p't'être oldie but goodie
J'oublie pas c'que j'ai appris
J'suis p't'être oldie but goodie
Celle que j'aime comprend c'que j'dis
J'suis p't'être oldie but goodie
J'fais pas dans la nostalgie
J'suis p't'être oldie but goodie

May I Drop A Petal In Your Glass Of Wine
Composer(s): Mack Gordan; Harry Revel



May I drop a petal in your glass of wine?
It will make your life a song
When I drop a petal in your glass of wine
Lady Luck will come along 
Her face will dance in your champagne
Your heart will dance like bubbles in the rain

May I drop a petal in your glass of wine?
To bring out the blue above
For you'll find a petal in your glass of wine
Will show the way to love
You'll know the time is right
You'll know tonight's the time to say be mine
When I drop this petal in your glass of wine

Old-Fashion Love
Composer(s): Milan Williams
Performer(s): The Commodores



I'm in love with a plain old-fashion girl
She's the most beautiful person in the world

Her smile is so warm and her eyes burn so deep, ah, yeah
Softly in rhymes of love she sings to me
{Love is for love} Oh {But only if it's meant to be}
Only if it's meant to be, baby

Yeah, hea, hea, I-I-I-I

I'm in love with a plain and simple girl
She takes my heart and sends me for a whirl
I'm on the wings of love and I don't take care where I go
Because when we reach that star we both will know
{Love is for love} Ooh {And our love was meant to be}
Our love was meant to be, baby, ooh

I want some lovin' tonight
Some old-fashion love, baby
I know that you do it right
Do it, do it, do it to it, baby

I want some lovin' tonight
Some old-fashion love, baby
I know that you do, do
Do it, do it, do it right, baby

I want (Ow), gimme, gimme, gimme (Whoa)
I want (Oh, girl) some old-fashion love, baby
(I want some lovin' tonight )
Do it, do it, do it (Some old-fashion love, baby)

I want (Ow), gimme, gimme, gimme (Whoa)
I want (Oh, girl) some old-fashion love, baby
I want (Oh, say it), gimme, gimme, gimme (Whoa)
I want (Oh, girl) some old-fashion love, baby

Oh, yeah
Ah., yeah
Oh, yeah
Ah, yeah

Do it, do it, do it

I want (Ow), gimme, gimme, gimme (Whoa)
I want (Oh, girl) some old-fashion love, baby

May I Call You Sweetheart?
Composer(s): Muriel Watson; Jack Denby; Lewis Ilda
Performer(s): Steve Conway



May I call you sweetheart
What a lovely name
All my life my love for you
Will always be the same
Let me walk beside you
Through the years to be
May I call you sweetheart
You will always be sweetheart to me

I never knew, till I met you
I could be happy this way
Darling you know I love you so
Here’s what I’m longing to say

Let me walk beside you
Through the years to be
May I call you sweetheart
You will always be sweetheart to me
You will always be sweetheart to me

May I Baby
Composer(s): Isaac Hayes; David Porter
Originally performed by: Sam & Dave



May I, baby, hmmmm walk you home? 
May I, baby, because I don't want you to be all alone, no 
Now listen here, with each step my heart beats 3 times 
Because there's so much trouble in my little mind 

May I, baby, come and tell you what it's all about? 
May I, baby, I hope you're itchin' to find out 
Listen, I'm just a little boy, live behind a grocery store 
I've been watchin' you come and go now 
May I, baby? 
Can I, honey, tell you how I feel? 

I love the ground you walk on, yes I do 
Oh I beg you and nobody else 
You brighten up; look here, listen to what I'm saying 
"Why, she's been through the same thing herself" 

May I, baby, give my little heart to you? 
May I, baby, you can do anything you want to do 
Tell me baby, may I, baby? 
May I, baby? ...

Old 30
Composer(s): Bill Fries; Chip Davis
Performer(s): C.W. McCall



She was mud and sand and concrete 
Mixed with water made of tears 
From the rivers runnin' down the great divide 
She was three thousand miles 
Of rockin' rollin' highway 
A million memories long and two lanes wide 

Far across the wide Missouri 
To the old Wyoming line 
From the Jersey shore to San Francisco Bay 
She was know to all the truckers 
As the mighty Lincoln Highway 
But to me she's still Old Thirty all the way 

Now the interstate goes sreamin' 
Through the backyard of her life 
But it just don't send those shivers down my spine 
So before I take that exit 
To the highway in the sky 
I'm gonna take Old Thirty one more time 

She was radiators boilin' 
In the burnin' summer sun 
And a blizzard blowin' wild across the plains 
She was tumbleweeds a rollin' 
In the gentle winds of Fall 
And the lights of old Grand Island in the rain 

She was mud and sand and concrete 
Mixed with water made of tears 
From the rivers runnin' down the great divide 
She was three thousand miles 
Of rockin' rollin' highway 
A million memories long and two lanes wide 

Now the interstate goes sreamin' 
Through the backyard of her life 
But it just don't send those shivers down my spine 
So before I take that exit 
To the highway in the sky 
I'm gonna take Old Thirty one more time 

One more time...

May I
Composer(s): Gordon Lightfoot
Performer(s): Gordon Lightfoot



Finders, keepers, losers, weepers
Ring around the rosy and I’ll catch you if I can
And if you don’t say may I, then you’ll have to start again
But first you must indulge me and count from one to ten
Let the game begin
I adore you when you touch me
Pin the tail upon the donkey, you will surely win
And if you don’t say may I, then I’ll pass the cake around
And I won’t give you any, but you won’t make a sound
You don’t eat soap, anyhow

Red light, green light, blue light, yellow light
You can take three giant steps or a baby step will do
But if you don’t say may I, then I’ll march you out the door
Where you’ll be contemplating the numbers one to four
I hope you’re keeping score

'Cause if you don’t say may I, then I’ll get you with the hose
And spoil your sunday clothes will it please you if I tease you
While you’re at the spindry, I’ll pass the pie around
But you won’t make a sound
You don’t eat blackbird anyhow

There’s four and twenty reasons why it can’t be wrong
How long have you been gone
Finders, keepers, losers, weepers
Peter, peter, pumpkin eater
Wear your sneakers around sound sleepers

Old Tennessee
Composer(s): Dan Fogelberg
Performer(s): Dan Fogelberg; Fools Gold



End of October 
The sleepy brown woods seem to 
Nod down their heads to the Winter 
Yellows and grays 
Paint the sad skies today 
And I wonder when 
You're coming home 

Woke up one morning 
The wind through the window 
Reminded me Winter 
Was just 'round the bend
Somehow I just didn't 
See it was coming 
It took me by surprise again

And I hear you're in San Francisco 
Living with your sister who's a mother to be
And her husband's way down in Georgia 
And I'm still in old Tennessee ... 
Wishing you'd come home to me

Life here is easy 
I'm sure you recall 
How it's so warm and breezy 
In the Summer and the Fall
But Winter's upon me 
And I've got no heat here 
And I miss your fire so sweet, Dear 
I miss your fire so sweet 

And I hear you're in San Francisco 
Living with your sister who's a mother to be
And her husband's way down in Georgia 
And I'm still in old Tennessee ... 
Wishing you'd come home to me

End of October 
The sleepy brown woods seem to 
Nod down their heads to the Winter
Yellows and gray 
Paint the sad skies today 
And I wonder when 
You're coming home 
I wonder when you're coming home

May Each Day 
Composer(s): Mort Green; George Wyle
Performer(s): Andy Williams;
José Carreras; John MacNally; Mantovani



May each day in the week be a good day 
May the Lord always watch over you 
And may all of your hopes turn to wishes 
And may all of your wishes come true 

May each day in the month be a good day 
May you make friends with each one you meet 
And may all of your daydreams be memories 
And may all of your memories be sweet 

The weeks turn to months and the months into years 
There'll be sadness and joy, there'll be laughter and tears 
But one thing I pray to heaven above 
May each of your days be a day full of love 

May each day in the year be a good day 
May each dawn find you happy and gay 
And may all of your days be as lovely 
As the one you shared with me today 

May each day of your life be a good day 
And good night

Old Swansea Town Once More
(Traditional)



Oh the Lord, made the bees
An' the bees did make the honey
But the Divil sent the woman foe to rob us of our money
An around Cape Horn we'll go!
An when me money's all spent ol' gal
We'll round Cape Horn for more ol' gal ol'gal!

You're the one I do adore
An all I'm living in hope to see
Is ol' Swansea Town once more!

Now we're outward bound around Cape Horn
to 'Frisco an' around
I'll send you letters when we get there
An' you'll know I'm homeward bound ol' gal ol' gal!

Now when we're homeward bound, my dear
I'll bring you silks galore
I'll bring you jewels an' rings an' things
An ye won't wear the weeds no more, ol' gal ol' gal.

Chorus:
You're the one I do adore
An' all I've livin' in hopes to see
Is ol' Swansea Town once more, old gal, old gal!
You're the one I do adore
So take me ropes an' make me fast
In ol' Swansea Town once more

Now when we're leaving 'Frisco Town
Outside of the Golden Gate
I'll write my last letter to you, me dear
Then ye won't have so long to wait, old gal, old gal!

Chorus:
You're the one I do adore
An' all I've livin' in hopes to see
Is ol' Swansea Town once more, old gal, old gal!
You're the one I do adore
So take me ropes an' make me fast
In ol' Swansea Town once more

An' when we're leavin' the old Fallerones
bound for my o' Swansea
I know ye'll pull gal, on the string
For to haul me in from sea, old gal, old gal!

Chorus:
You're the one I do adore
An' all I've livin' in hopes to see
Is ol' Swansea Town once more, old gal, old gal!
You're the one I do adore
So take me ropes an' make me fast
In ol' Swansea Town once more

An then when we're rounded old Cape Horn
Climbin' the hill for home
Passed teh Western Islands into the Bay
We'll have no further for to roam, old gal, old gal!

Chorus:
You're the one I do adore
An' all I've livin' in hopes to see
Is ol' Swansea Town once more, old gal, old gal!
You're the one I do adore
So take me ropes an' make me fast
In ol' Swansea Town once more

An' then when we up the Channel do sail
I'll pray that you'll be there
To wait, me dear, on Swansea pier
My lovely presents for to share, old gal, old gal!

Chorus:
You're the one I do adore
An' all I've livin' in hopes to see
Is ol' Swansea Town once more, old gal, old gal!
You're the one I do adore
So take me ropes an' make me fast
In ol' Swansea Town once more

When Swansea Town we're off once more
We'll see the lights so clear
I know that's Megan down on the pier
In her dimity apron dear, old gal, old gal!

Chorus:
You're the one I do adore
An' all I've livin' in hopes to see
Is ol' Swansea Town once more, old gal, old gal!
You're the one I do adore
So take me ropes an' make me fast
In ol' Swansea Town once more

Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Composer(s): John Lennon / Paul McCartney)
Originally performed by: The Beatles
Covered by various other artists



Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical
science in her home
late nights all alone with a test tube oh oh oh oh
Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine
calls her on the phone
can I take you out to the pictures Joan
but as she's getting ready to go
a knock comes on her door

chorus

Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head
bang bang maxwells silver hammer made sure that she was dead

Back at school again, Maxwell plays the fool again
teacher gets annoyed
wishing to avoid an unpleasant scene
she tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
so he waits behind
writing 50 times I must not be so oh oh oh
but when she turns her back on the boy
he creeps up from behind

chorus

PC 31, said we caught a dirty one
Maxwell stands alone
painting testimonial pictures oh oh oh oh
Rose and Valerie, sreaming from the gallery
say he must go free {Maxwell must go free}
the judge does not agree and he tells them so oh oh oh
but as the words are leaving his lips
a noise comes from behind

chorus {with he, substituted for her}

Old Shep
Composer(s): Red Foley; Willis Arthur
Performer(s): Red Foley;
and various other artists



When I was a lad and Old Shep was a pup
O'er hills and meadows we'd stray
Just a boy and his dog, we were both full of fun
We grew up together that way

I remember the time at the old swimmin' hole
When I would've drowned beyond doubt
Shep was right there, to the rescue he came
He jumped in and helped pulled me out

So the years fed along and at last he grew old
His eyesight was fast growin' dim
Then one day the doctor looked at me and said
"I can't do no more for him, Jim"

With a hand that was trembling I picked up my gun
I aimed it at Shep's faithful head
I just couldn't do it, I wanted to run
And I wished that they'd shoot me instead

I went to his side and I sat on the ground
He laid his head on my knee
I stroked the best pal that a man ever found
I cried so I scarcely could see

Old Sheppie he knew he was going to go
For he reached out and licked at my hand
He looked up at me, just as much as to say
"We're parting, but you understand"

Now Old Shep is gone where the good doggies go
And no more with Old Shep will I roam
But if dogs have a heaven, there's one thing I know
Old Shep has a wonderful home

Maxine
Composer(s): Donald Fagen
Performer(s): Donald Fagen;
Mark Murphy; Anthony Wilson



Some say that you're reckless
They say we're much too young
Tell us to stop before we've begun
We've got to hold out till graduation
Try to hang on Maxine

While the world is sleeping
We meet at Lincolon Mall
Talk about life the meaning of it all
Try to make sense of the suburban sprawl 
Try to hang on Maxine

Mexico City is like another world 
Nice this year they say
You'll my senorita
In jeans and pearls
But first let's get off this high way
(off this high way)

We'll move back to Manhattan
And fill the place with friends
Drive to the coast and drive right back again
One day we'll wake up make love but till then
Try to hang on Maxine