Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose Composer(s): Neal Merritt Little Jimmy Dickens and various other artists
One fine day as I was a-walkin' down the street Spied a beggar man with rags upon his feet Took a penny from my pocket In his tin cup I did drop it I heard him say as I made my retreat
"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose" "May an elephant caress you with his toes" "May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose" "May the bird of paradise fly up your nose"
The laundry man is really on his toes Found a hundred-dollar bill among my clothes When he called me I came a-runnin' Gave him back his dime for phonin' I heard him sayin' as I turned to go
"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose" "May an elephant caress you with his toes" "May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose" "May the bird of paradise fly up your nose"
I was way behind one day to catch the train Taxi driver said "We'll make it just the same" The speed cop made it with us And as he wrote out the ticket I stood by politely a-waitin' for my change
"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose" "May an elephant caress you with his toes" "May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose" "May the bird of paradise fly up your nose"
Olê Olá Composer(s): Chico Buarque Performer(s): Chico Buarque; and various other artists
Não chore ainda não Que eu tenho um violão E nós vamos cantar Felicidade aqui Pode passar e ouvir E se ela for de samba Há de querer ficar
Seu padre toca o sino Que é pra todo mundo saber Que a noite é criança Que o samba é menino Que a dor é tão velha Que pode morrer Olê olê olê olá Tem samba de sobra Quem sabe sambar Que entre na roda Que mostre o gingado Mas muito cuidado Não vale chorar
Não chore ainda não Que eu tenho uma razão Pra você não chorar Amiga me perdoa Se eu insisto à toa Mas a vida é boa Para quem cantar
Meu pinho, toca forte, Que é pra todo mundo acordar Não fale da vida Nem fale da morte Tem dó da menina Não deixa chorar Olê olê olê olá Tem samba de sobra Quem sabe sambar Que entre na roda Que mostre o gingado Mas muito cuidado Não vale chorar
Não chore ainda não Que eu tenho a impressão Que o samba vem aí E um samba tão imenso Que eu ás vezes penso Que o próprio tempo Vai parar pra ouvir
Luar, espere um pouco Que é pro meu samba poder chegar Eu sei que o violão Está fraco, está rouco Mas a minha voz Não cansou de chamar Olê olê olê olá Tem samba de sobra Ninguém quer sambar Não há mais quem cante Nem há lugar mais lugar O sol chegou antes Do samba chegar Quem passa nem liga Já vai trabalhar E você, minha amiga Já pode chorar
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
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
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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)
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(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!)
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.
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 Whod think that someday, somewhere, in some way Id meet a dream like you
Close your eyes and put your arms around me Youd be surprised what love can do So may I have the next dream with you? And may it last the whole night through
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 Heres what Im 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
May I Composer(s): Gordon Lightfoot Performer(s): Gordon Lightfoot
Finders, keepers, losers, weepers Ring around the rosy and Ill catch you if I can And if you dont say may I, then youll 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 dont say may I, then Ill pass the cake around And I wont give you any, but you wont make a sound You dont 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 dont say may I, then Ill march you out the door Where youll be contemplating the numbers one to four I hope youre keeping score
'Cause if you dont say may I, then Ill get you with the hose And spoil your sunday clothes will it please you if I tease you While youre at the spindry, Ill pass the pie around But you wont make a sound You dont eat blackbird anyhow
Theres four and twenty reasons why it cant 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
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
