Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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There chanced to be a Pedlar bold A Pedlar bold there chanced to be He put his pack all on his back And so merrily trudged over the lea
By chance he met two troublesome men Two troublesome men they chanced to be The one of them was bold Robin Hood And the other was little John so free
O Pedlar, Pedlar, what is in thy pack? Come speedily and tell to me I've several suits of the gay green silks And silken bowstrings by two or three
If you have several suits of the gay green silk And silken bowstrings two or three Then, by my body, cries little John One half of your pack shall belong to me
O nay, O nay, said the pedlar bold O nay, O nay, that can never be For there's never a man from fair Nottingham Can take one half my pack from me
Then the Pedlar he pulled off his pack And put it a little below his knee Saying, If you do move me one perch from this My pack and all shall gang with thee
Then little John he drew his sword The Pedlar by his pack did stand They fought until they both did sweat Till he cried, Pedlar, pray hold your hand
Then Robin Hood he was standing by And he did laugh most heartily Saying, I could find a man of smaller scale Could thrash the Pedlar and also thee
Go you try, master, says little John Go you try, master, most speedily For by my body, says little John I am sure this night you will know me
Then Robin Hood he drew his sword And the pedlar by his pack did stand They fought till the blood in streams did flow Till he cried, Pedlar, pray hold your hand
O Pedlar, Pedlar, what is thy name? Come speedily and tell to me Come, my name I ne'er will tell Till both your names you have told to me
The one of us is bold Robin Hood And the other is little John so free Now, says the Pedlar, it lays to my good will Whether my name I choose to tell to thee
I am Gamble Gold of the gay green woods And I travelled far beyond the sea For killing a man in my father's land And from my country was forced to flee
If you are Gamble Gold of the gay green woods And travelled far beyond the sea You are my mother's own sister's son What nearer cousins can we be?
They sheathed their swords, with friendly words So merrily they did agree They went to a tavern and there they dined And cracked bottles most merrily
Cane toads are coming, cane toads are coming Main roads are humming with the cane toad blues Cane toads are coming, cane toads are coming Main roads are humming with the cane toad blues Cane toads... When are you gonna leave me alone? Heading south Like a case of foot and mouth Cane toads... You're supposed to set us free Yeah, yeah, yeah
Cane toads are coming, cane toads are coming... Main roads are humming with the cane toad blues Cane toads are coming, cane toads are coming Main roads are humming with the cane toad blues Cane toads ba, pa, da... da, pa, da, pa, da, da, da
Cane toads You go chomp and live in the swamp Yeah Cane toads You're supposed to set us free Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Cane toads are coming Main roads are humming with the cane toad blues Cane toads are coming, cane toads are coming Main roads are humming with the cane toad blues Yeah.........
Quelquefois Si douces Quand la vie me touche Comme nous tous Alors si douces...
Quelquefois Si dures Que chaque blessure Longtemps me dure Longtemps me dure...
Femmes...Je vous aime Femmes...Je vous aime Je n'en connais pas de faciles Je n'en connais que de fragiles Et difficiles Oui...difficiles
Quelquefois Si drôles Sur un coin d'épaule Oh oui...Si drôles Regard qui frôle...
Quelquefois Si seules Parfois ell's le veulent Oui mais...Si seules Oui mais si seules...
Femmes...Je vous aime Femmes...Je vous aime Vous êt's ma mère, je vous ressemble Et tout ensemble mon enfant Mon impatience Et ma souffrance...
Femmes...Je vous aime Femmes...Je vous aime Si parfois ces mots se déchirent C'est que je n'ose pas vous dire Je vous désire Ou même pire O...Femmes...
The Boat That I Row Composer(s): Neil Diamond Performer(s): Neil Diamond and multiple other artists
I don't have a lot but with me that's fine Whatever I got, well, I know it's mine I don't go around with the local crowd I don't dig what's in so I guess I'm out
I'm sayin' these things so you know me, baby So you understand what I'm all about
The boat that I row won't cross no ocean The boat that I row won't get me there soon But I got the love and if you got the notion The boat that I row is big enough for two That's me and you
There ain't a man in life tell me what to say I choose my own side and I like it that way I don't worry about the thinkgs that I'm not There's only one thing that I want I ain't got
You know that I'm talking about you baby So you better know and come along
Candy's Going Bad
Composer(s): Barry A. Hay - George J. Kooymans
First release by: Golden Earring - 1973
Candy took the pearls, got ahead of the girls Got on top and found the secret entrance Are you satisfied? Through neon doors, 'cross killing floors She got sucked into a champagne desert Are you satisfied?
Daddy said: I'll break your bones If you come home dressed in Peacock clothes Mother said: quit the show She didn't want the neighbours to know Candy had to quit the show
Well, Candy didn't care, when she started her affair With the studs and the mares of the night Are you satisfied? Teddy knows the rule, of the underground school He's got Candy wrapped 'round his finger Are you satisfied?
Daddy said: I'll break your bones If you don't get your tricks off the phone Mother said: quit the show She didn't want the neighbours to know
Candy's going bad - got a room to let Candy's going bad - got a pimp named Ted Candy's going bad - Long Green's where it's at Candy's going bad - she got stars in her head
Candy took the pearls, got ahead of the girls Got on top and found the secret entrance Are you satisfied?
Daddy said: I'll break your bones If you come home dressed in Peacock clothes Mother said: quit the show I don't want the neighbours to know
Candy's going bad - got a room to let Candy's going bad - got a pimp named Ted Candy's going bad - Long Green's where it's at Candy's going bad - she got stars in her head
Candy's going bad - got a room to let Candy's going bad - she got stars in her head
Femme Objet Composer(s): Bernard Lavilliers Performer(s): Bernard Lavilliers
Quand je te vois passer, ma belle indépendante Au son de la musique qui se joue des bas-fonds Suspendant ta démarche voluptueuse et lente Pour promener l'ennui de ton regard profond Je t'attends comme un fauve, ma tigresse d'alcôve Dans le jeu de miroirs de tes sous-entendus Je n'ai que la mémoire d'un triangle entrevu
Attention! La passion Se nourrit d'obsessions N'oublie pas l'obsession N'admet que l'apparence Ton imagination Carbure à des pulsions Dont jamais la raison Ne connaît l'existence
Je sais qu'il est des yeux des plus mélancoliques Qui ne recèlent point de secrets sulfureux Des écrins sans diamants, des rythmes sans musique Plus vides et plus profonds que l'absence de feu Je t'attends comme un fauve, ma tigresse d'alcôve Dans le jeu de miroirs d'un triangle entrevu Je n'ai que la mémoire de tes sous-entendus
Attention ! La passion Se nourrit d'obsessions N'oublie pas l'obsession N'admet que l'apparence Ton imagination Carbure à des pulsions Dont jamais la raison Ne connaît l'existence
Quand je te vois danser, magnifique indolente Les hanches insolentes et la crinière mouillée Je me dis qu'il suffit que tu sois l'apparence Pour faire monter en moi quelques grandes marées Qu'importe ton absence et ton indifférence Tu n'es qu'un simulacre et j'adore ta beauté
The Boa Constrictor Ate My Wife Last Night Simon Stokes & The Black Whip Thrill Band
This week at the pet store I bought a snake I brought him home with me and I called him Jake Last night I woke up from an awful dream The last thing that I heard was my wife scream
Wow the Boa Constrictor ate my wife last night The Boa Constrictor ate my wife last night Ate my wife and ate her sister I love that Boa Constrictor Well the Boa Constrictor ate my wife last night
He slithered from the house out to the street And then he spied a cop upon his beat And I have just one question Did Jake get indigestion Oh the Boa Constrictor ate the heat last night
Wow the Boa Constrictor ate the heat last night The Boa Constrictor ate the heat last night And I have just one question Did Jake get indigestion Oh the Boa Constrictor ate the heat last night Take it away Thrill Band
Oh Jake returned to me late tonight And once again I woke up in a fright Cuz he's looking strange at me And I can tell that he's hungry Oh the Boa Constrictor ate my wife last night
Wow the Boa Constrictor ate my wife last night The Boa Constrictor ate my wife last night Ate my wife and ate her sister I love that Boa Constrictor Oh the Boa Constrictor ate my wife last night
The Boa Constrictor ate my wife last night The Boa Constrictor ate my wife last night Ate my wife and ate her sister I love that Boa Constrictor Oh the Boa Constrictor ate my wife last night Alright
Femme Sous Influence Composer(s): J.M. Moreau; R. Musumarra Performer(s): Sylvie Vartan
D'un mot d'un regard Tu me renverses et changes l'histoire Tu planes sur ma vie Immobile Comme un aigle sur le Nil Un jour de chaleur Tu as planté ta force et ton cur Sur ma terre d'argile Trop fragile Comme un drapeau sur une île
{Refrain:} Les yeux fermés je t'aime à l'avance Quand tu es loin j't'écoute à distance Je suis toujours et sans défaillance Une femme sous influence Et je te suis dans tes rêves immenses Même dans le noir je te fais confiance Je suis au fil de ton existence Une femme sous influence
Sous le signe de toi Je suis née un matin dans tes bras Et j'ai vu le jour Pour toujours sous influence d'amour Ascendance heureuse Pour toi je nage en eaux dangereuses Même quand tu as tort Je t'aime encore Comme un volcan dans mon corps {au Refrain}
Tu traces les couleurs Les lignes de mon bonheur Entre tes mains Court mon destin Sans fin {au Refrain}
The Blues Is All I Ever Had Composer(s): Bobby Troup Performer(s): Julie London
Some folks always seem to find the good things Other folks get mixed up with the bad Don't ask me what I know about the good things The blues is all I ever had
To some, the earth's a world of friendly faces For those lucky few, I'm awful glad My world's been a string of second places The blues is all I ever had
When I first met him, I thought that maybe He could change this lonely life I led When he smiled and said, "I love you, baby" Silly girl, I b'lieved each word he said
Guess it's time for me to say "good bye" now Didn't mean to leave you feelin' sad Since he's gone, what is there left to try now? The blues is all I ever had
Candy Says
Composer(s): Lou Reed
First release by: The Velvet Underground - 1969
Covered by multiple other artists
Candy says I've come to hate my body and all that it requires in this world Candy says I'd like to know completely what others so discretely talk about
Candy says I hate the quiet places that cause the smallest taste of what will be Candy says I hate the big decisions that cause endless revisions in my mind
I'm gonna watch the blue birds fly over my shoulder I'm gonna watch them pass me by Maybe when I'm older What do you think I'd see If I could walk away from me
Femme Fatale Composer(s): Lou Reed Performer(s): The Velvet Underground; and various other artists
Here she comes, you better watch your step Shes going to break your heart in two, its true Its not hard to realize Just look into her false colored eyes She builds you up to just put you down, what a clown
cause everybody knows (shes a femme fatale) The things she does to please (shes a femme fatale) Shes just a little tease (shes a femme fatale) See the way she walks Hear the way she talks
Youre written in her book Youre number 37, have a look Shes going to smile to make you frown, what a clown Little boy, shes from the street Before you start, youre already beat Shes gonna play you for a fool, yes its true
cause everybody knows (shes a femme fatale) The things she does to please (shes a femme fatale) Shes just a little tease (shes a femme fatale) See the way she walks Hear the way she talks
The Blues Don't Bother Me Performer(s): The Blues Brothers Band
If you're wonderin' What's all the noise I'm in the backroom With the girls and boys Were' discussing the blues And they don't seem to see The blues is all I play The blues don't bother me
When I was a little boy Sittin' on my papa's knee I couldn't a been no older than two or three He said I am a blues man You're gonna take after me After me The blues is my companion The blues don't bother me They don't bother me No they don't
When I go to bed at night I'll throw on a record or two If I didn't have these blues I wouldn't know what to do I need them to soothe me To ease my misery The blues is my companion They don't bother me They don't bother me The blues don't bother me They don't bother me keeps me company I got the blues Relieves my misery Keeps me company The blues don't bother me I got the blues
Candy Man
Composer(s): Jerry Garcia - Robert Hunter
Performer(s): Grateful Dead
Come all you pretty women with your hair hanging down Open up your windows 'cause the Candyman's in town Come on boys and gamble Roll those laughing bones Seven come eleven boys I'll take your money home
Look out Look out The Candyman Here he come and he's gone again Pretty lady ain't got no friend till the Candyman come round again
I come in from Memphis where I learned to talk the jive When I get back to Memphis be one less man alive Good Mornin Mr. Benson I see you're doin well If I had me a shotgun I'd blow you straight to Hell
Look out Look out The Candyman Here he come and he's gone again Pretty lady ain't got no friend till the Candyman come round again
Come on boys and wager if you have got the mind If you got a dollar boys lay it on the line Hand me my old guitar Pass the whiskey round Want you to tell everybody you meet the Candyman's in town
Look out Look out The Candyman Here he come and he's gone again Pretty lady ain't got no friend till the Candyman come round again
Femme F.M. Composer(s): Claude Moine; M. Gaucher Performer(s): Eddy Mitchell
Je bois jusqu'à l'aube les moindres mots D'un oiseau de nuit "Star Radio" Qui m'emmène goûter sur ses ondes F.M. Son "sirop" micro Solitaire, j'attends en solo Un sommeil noyé dans peu d'eau Au réveil, sa voix n'est plus qu'un écho J'éteins la radio J'aime une femme F.M., déesse stéréo J'aime une femme F.M., disc-jockey de nuit Star radio, star radio Parfois, j'suis en planque, j'la surveille Je l'attends, elle sort du studio Elle ignore que je suis là, je l'observe Vivre dans mon rétro Elle court vers un homme, ça m'énerve Je démarre, car pour moi c'est trop Un voyeur, c'est tout c'que j'suis bon à faire J'allume la radio J'aime une femme F.M., déesse stéréo J'aime une femme F.M., disc-jockey de nuit Star radio, star radio J'aime une femme F.M., déesse stéréo J'aime une femme F.M., disc-jockey de nuit Star radio, star radio
Oh where, tell me where is your highland laddie gone? Oh where, tell me where is your highland laddie gone? He's gone with streaming banners where noble deeds are done And it's oh! in my heart I wish him safe at home Oh where, tell me where did your highland laddie dwell? Oh where, tell me where did your highland laddie dwell? He dwelt in bonnie Scotland where bloom the sweet bluebells And it's oh! in my heart I rue my laddie well
Oh what, tell me what if your highland lad be slain? Oh what, tell me what if your highland lad be slain? Oh no, true love will be his guide and bring him safe again For it's oh! my heart would break if my highland lad were slain
Candy Man
Composer(s): Fred Neil - Ronald & Ruby
First recording/First release by: Roy Orbison & Bob Morre's Orch. and Chorus - 1961
Covered by multiple other artists
Come on baby, let me take you by the hand come on sugar, let me take you by the hand go for me, let me be, all your own candy, your candy, candy man
come on baby, I love your honey loving ways baby sweet thing, I love your honey loving, your honey loving ways come to me, let me be all your own candy, your candy, candy man
Come on woman, gonna treat you right give you candy kisses every single night
candy man, candy man, candy man, candy man
go for me, let me be all your own candy, your candy, candy man
Femme Est La Nuit Composer(s): Vito Pallavicini; Toto Cutugno Performer(s): Dalida
Ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah
les lumières qui s'éteignent ici s'allument dans la nuit Je crois entendre déjà Ccomme un cur qui bât
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Sitôt que la fête est finie au rythme de la nuit Dans chaque bruit, chaque pas je redeviens Moi
Ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah
La nuit est femme la nuit cest une femme la nuit Avec ses larmes et ses joies la vie est faite de ça C'est une femme la nuit qui aime autant qu elle oublie Et qui s'y perd chaque fois je lui ressemble je crois
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Le plus petit de ses soupirs a quelque chose à dire Amour que l'on n'attend pas Ou bien qui s'en va
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Avec ces quatres notes la on se retrouvera Pour chanter tous à la fois Comme un cur qui bât
Ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah
La nuit est femme la nuit c'est une femme la nuit Avec ses larmes et ses joies la vie est faite de ça C'est une femme la nuit qui aime autant qu'elle oublie Et qui s y perd chaque fois je lui ressemble je crois
The Blue Velvet Band Composer(s): Hank Snow Performer(s): Hank Snow
If you listen a story I'll tell you Of a girl who once lived in this land A girl who was once my sweetheart She was know as The Blue Velvet Band
On her cheeks was the first flush of nature Her beauty, it seemed to expand Her hair hung down in long tresses Tied back with a blue velvet band
I can still see those tears as we parted Of my heart broken Blue Velvet Band As I left I told her I'd never Come back to my old home again
Five years on the wide open spaces Was all that my poor heart could stand every night as I lay on my pillow I would dream of my Blue Velvet Band
Then one night as I lay down dreaming Of home and poor mother and dad Like a flash by my bedside was standing The form of my Blue Velvet Band
I started next day for my darling Just to go back and make her my bride But as I reached the old country depot They told my my sweet heart has died
They laid her to rest in the churchyard Midst the sweet summer flowers of the land On her finger the ring I had bought her On her head was a blue velvet band
Candy Man
Composer(s): Donovan
Performer(s): Donovan
Candy man, he's been and gone My Candy man, he's been and gone My Candy man, he's been and gone Now I love everything in this Godalmighty world God knows I do
Peppermint stick got a little brass band I got a peppermint stick I got a little brass band I got a peppermint stick I got a little brass band And I'm goin' down to the gate to score the Candy man stand
Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer 'Cause I love everything in this Godalmighty world God knows I do
Candy man, he's been and gone My Candy man and his name was John My Candy man he's Morocco bound Now I'd give everything in this Godalmighty world To bring my Candy man home
Black skin man give me some bad brew Oh black skin man give me some bad brew Oh black skin man give me some bad brew Now I'd give everything in this Godalmighty world To bring me my Candy man home
Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer Run fetch a pitcher get the baby some beer 'Cause I love everything in this Godalmighty world God knows I do
Candy man, I love the man, Yeah the Candy man, he gets me high My Candy man, yeah I love the man And I'd give everything in this Godalmighty world To bring my Candy man home
