Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Curragh Of Kildare (Traditional) Performer(s): Christy Moore and multiple other artists
The winter it is past and the summer's come at last The birds they are singing in the trees Their little hearts are glad, but mine is very sad For my true love is far away from me And straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear
The rose upon the briar by the water running clear Brings joy to the linnet and the deer Their little hearts are blessed, but mine know no rest For my true love is far away from me And straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear
A livery I will wear and I'll comb back my hair And in velvet so green I will appear And straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear And straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear
I'll wear a cap of black with some frills around my neck Golden rings on my fingers I will wear Oh yes, this I'll undertake for my own true lover's sake For he lives in the Curragh of Kildare And straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear
Oh, you who are in love and cannot it remove I pity the pain you do endure For experience lets me know that your hearts are full of woe Yes, a woe that no other can cure And straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear
Careless Hands
Composer(s): Bob Hilliard - Carl Sigman
First release by: Mel Tormé - 1949
Covered by multiple other artists
I let my heart fall into careless hands Careless hands broke my heart in two You held my dreams like worthless grains of sand Careless hands don't care when dreams slip through I brought you joy And girl I loved you so But all that sunshine didn't make the roses grow If you don't change Someday you'll know the sorrow of careless hands That can't hold onto love
I let my heart fall into careless hands Careless hands broke my heart in two You held my dreams like worthless grains of sand Careless hands don't care when dreams slip through I brought you joy And dear I loved you so But all that sunshine didn't make the roses grow If you don't change Someday you'll know the sorrow of careless hands That can't hold onto love Careless hands that can't hold onto love Talking 'bout those hands That can't hold onto love Talking 'bout those hands That can't hold onto love
Fish And Chips Composer(s): John Taylor; David Heneker Performer(s): Paul Nicholas; Jack Wild; Joe Brown
My Uncle `Enry's got a shop down the `Igh Street With marble on the counter and a big glass door My Uncle `Enry's very famous down the `Igh Street So let me tell you what `e's very famous for `E found one day `is customers was getting' thin They'd pass `'is fish and chip shop but they'd not go in So Uncle stepped outside, threw back `is `ead and cried In a voice as loud as sin Oh
`Addock or Cod or Sprats or `Ake Filleted Dover Sole Kippers or Scampi, Plaice or Skate Mackerel by the shoal I tell yer ev'rythin's fresh and newly fried `Ot to the finger tips You've never eaten till you've tried Ol' `Enry's Fish and Chips! Oi!
Well, Uncle `Enry soon attracted a crowd there All sorts of funny people like you never saw! But when they `eard me Uncle shoutin' out aloud there They come to see what all the blinkin' noise was for From Acton Town to `Ackney Wick an' all around They flocked to Uncle's like it was a football ground A fish `e didn't sell, but still they paid `im well Just to `ear `is great new sound Oh!
`Addock or Cod or Sprats or `Ake Filleted Dover Sole Kippers or Scampi, Plaice or Skate Mackerel by the shoal I tell yer ev'rythin's fresh and newly fried `Ot to the finger tips You've never eaten till you've tried Ol' `Enry's Fish and Chips! Oi!
Soon Uncle `Enry was a signin' a contract For `alf a dozen records an' TV an' all Not only that, but someone else `ad bin in contact An' offered him a concert at the Albert `All But Uncle wasn't bothered by `is rise to fame `E kept `is fish and chip shop going just the same Though NOW `e made `is cash, at `alf a crown a bash Singin' out `is old refrain Oh!
`Addock or Cod or Sprats or `Ake Filleted Dover Sole Kippers or Scampi, Plaice or Skate Mackerel by the shoal I tell yer ev'rythin's fresh and newly fried `Ot to the finger tips You've never eaten till you've tried Ol' `Enry's Fish and Chips! Oi!
Now Uncle `Enry's clientele, they inform us Includes eleven Ministers an' one MP Dukes and their Duchesses in numbers quite enormous An' chinless Debs `oo dend you up the family tree! When questioned by reporters on `is great success `E never makes a speech, `e Merely says "I guess It's just because me voice is everybody's choice Would you like to `ear it?" Yes!
(Spoken "I thought you might")
`Addock or Cod or Sprats or `Ake Filleted Dover Sole Kippers or Scampi, Plaice or Skate Mackerel by the shoal I tell yer ev'rythin's fresh and newly fried Hot to the finger tips You've never eaten till you've tried Ol' `Enry's Fish and Chips! Oi!
(Fast) `Addock or Cod or Sprats or `Ake Filleted Dover Sole Kippers or Scampi, Plaice or Skate Mackerel by the shoal I tell yer ev'rythin's fresh and newly fried Hot to the finger tips You've never eaten till you've tried Ol' `Enry's Fish and Chips! Oh!
Ev'rythings fresh and newly fried Hot to the finger tips You've never eaten Never, ever eaten
Till you've tried those can't be beaten Uncle `Enry's Fish and Chips
The Curly Shuffle Composer(s): Peter Quinn Performer(s): Jump 'N The Saddle Band and multiple other artists
When me and my friends go out on town We can't sit still, we can't sit down We don't like to fight and we don't like to scuffle But we dance all night, doing the Curly Shuffle
Hey, Moe! Hey, Moe! (Hey, Moe! Hey, Moe!) Well-a nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk (nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk) La-da-dee, la-da-dee (la-da-dee, la-da-dee) Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!(Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!) Well, we never miss a chance We get up and dance And do the Curly Shuffle
Well, me and my friends love Larry and Moe We love Curly's brother, Shemp, and his fat clone, Joe It's such a delight to boogie and hustle, Dancing all night, doing the Curly Shuffle
Hey, Moe! Hey, Moe! (Hey, Moe! Hey, Moe!) Well-a a nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk (nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk) Wee-dee-dee-wee-dee-dee-dee! (Wee-dee-dee-wee-dee-dee-dee!) Oh, a wise guy! (Oh, a wise guy!) Well, we never miss a chance We get up and dance And do the Curly Shuffle
Mmmm Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah! Aahh!
Well, me and my friends, we all love to see Comedy classics on late night TV Those knuckleheads get in a scuffle They push and they shove, doing the Curly Shuffle
Hey, Moe! Hey, Moe! (Hey, Moe! Hey, Moe!) Well-a nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk (nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk) Look at the grouse, look at the grouse! (Look at the grouse, look at the grouse!) Ruff, ruff! (Ruff, ruff!) Well, we never miss a chance We get up and dance And do the Curly Shuffle That's right
(We do the Curly Shuffle) Whatd'ya say? (We do the Curly Shuffle) That's what I thought ya said! (We do the Curly Shuffle) Ah-ah-ah! (We do the Curly Shuffle) Soitenly! We never miss a chance We get up and dance And do the Curly Shuffle
Careless Darlin'
Composer(s): Ernest Tubb - Lou Wayne - Bob Shelton
Performer(s): Ernest Tubb
and multiple other artists
You said you'd love me and me alone And that you'd always by mine my own But someone new came and you did not Care to remember so you forgot
Oh Careless Darlin', how carelessly You broke the vow that you made to me With all my heart I believed in you But Careless Darlin' you were untrue
Your last goodbye will forever ring Within my ear and will heartaches bring I kept my promise, I kept my vow But you kept nothing it's so plain now
Oh Careless Darlin', how carelessly You broke the vow that you made to me With all my heart I believed in you But Careless Darlin' you were untrue
Now if tomorrow these bygone years These olden mem-ries should bring you tears Think of our parting that luckless day You carelessly threw my love away
Oh Careless Darlin', how carelessly You broke the vow that you made to me With all my heart I believed in you But Careless Darlin' you were untrue
Firth Of Fifth Composer(s): Tony Banks; Phil Collins; Peter Gabriel; Steve Hackett; Mike Rutherford Performer(s): Genesis; and various other artists
The path is clear Though no eyes can see The course laid down long before And so with gods and men The sheep remain inside their pen Though many times they've seen the way to leave
He rides majestic Past homes of men Who care not or gaze with joy To see reflected there The trees, the sky, the lily fair The scene of death is lying just below
The mountain cuts off the town from view Like a cancer growth is removed by skill Let it be revealed A waterfall, his madrigal An inland sea, his symphony
Undinal songs Urge the sailors on Till lured by sirens' cry
Now as the river dissolves in sea So Neptune has claimed another soul And so with gods and men The sheep remain inside their pen Until the Shepherd leads his flock away
The sands of time were eroded by The river of constant change
Cuff Of My Shirt Composer(s): Bob Merrill Performer(s): Guy Mitchell
Oh I stand in a quandary in front of the laundry And deep in my heart there's a hurt Lost the phone and address of the girl I love best Wrote it all on the cuff of my shirt
Now we met just by chance at the Saturday dance And she promised to date me tonight But her address and stuff I wrote down on my cuff And that shirt of mine's nowhere in sight
Oh her hair was red and her eyes were blue And I dream of holding her tight But the moon's on the rise and there's tears in my eyes `Cause my arms will be empty tonight
While I stand in a quandary in front of the laundry The girls think I'm down here to flirt I'm a man without hope if the suds and the soap Wash her name of the cuff of my shirt
Now we met just by chance at the Saturday dance And she promised to date me tonight But her address and stuff I wrote down on my cuff And that shirt of mine's nowhere in sight
Oh her hair was red and her eyes were blue And I dream of holding her tight But the moon's on the rise and there's tears in my eyes `Cause my arms will be empty tonight
While I stand in a quandary in front of the laundry The girls think I'm down here to flirt I'm a man without hope if the suds and the soap Wash her name of the cuff of my shirt I'm a man without hope if the suds and the soap Wash her name of the cuff of my shirt My Shirt
Careless, now that you've got me loving you You're careless, careless in ev'rything you do You break appointments and think you're smart If you're not careful, you'll break my heart
Careless, now that my bridges all are burned You're careless, careless in things where I'm concerned
Are you just careless, as you seem to be Or do you just care less for me?
First Year Blues Composer(s): Ernest Tubb Performer(s): Ernest Tubb; Hank Williams
Ive just been married about six months Only six months you see First three months was all OK But the last three is killing me My wife began her hissin cut down on her kissin And then failed to shine my shoes My shirts a came up wrinkled my pants were dirt and sprinkled Then I took the first year blues Then she started nagging Left the sink a sagging With dishes piled up high Food up on the table she said if she was able Shell cook something bye and bye And I began a wondering If I had made a blunder When I said I Do She must of read my thinking Her eyes began a blinking And that gal broke in two
Well I heard the dishes crashin And I was gently dashing Getting out of sight Right there was my honey On who I spent all my money Turning into dynamite And after she exploded Her meanness all unloaded And things began to simmer down I found myself a bleeding And very much in needing Stitches taken all around Then she started crying I found myself a sighing And then I took her in my arms I was afraid to scold her And so I gently told her She didnt do a bit of harm Now the first six months is over And Im much the older And experienced with a wife If I can with stand the next six My friends say Ill be fixed To take it all my life
The Cuckoo (aka "Coo Coo", "A-Walking and A-Talking", "Pretty Girl Is Like a Little Bird", "I'm Sad and I'm Lonesome") (Traditional) First release by: Jean Ritchie - 1952 Covered by multiple other artists
Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird And she warbles as she flies But she never holler cuckoo 'Til the 4th day of July
Jack of diamonds, Jack of diamonds Well I've known you of old Well you've robbed my poor pockets Of the silver and the gold
Well I'm goin' up up on the mountain I' m gonna build me a still And I'll sell you one gallon For a two-dollar bill
Well, I'll eat when I'm hungry And I'll drink when I'm dry If some woman don't shoot me Then I'll live 'til I die
Well for workin' I'm too lazy And beggin' that's too low Well train robbin' that's to dangerous So a-gamblin' Ill go
Well the cuckoo she's a pretty bird And she warbles when she flies Well she brings us glad tidings Yes, she tells us no lies
Careful Man
Composer(s): Jim Croce
Performer(s): Jim Croce
I don't gamble, I don't fight I don't be hangin' in the bars at night Yeah I used to be a fighter But now I am a wiser man I don't drink much, I don't smoke I don't be hardly mess around with no dope Yeah I used to be a problem But now I am a careful man
But if you used to want to see a commotion You should have seen the man that I used to be I was trouble in perpetual motion Trouble with a capital "T"
Stayin' out late, havin' fun And shot off every single shot in my gun Yeah I used to be a lover But now I am an older man
Yeah I used to be a terror but now I am a tired man
First We Take Manhattan Composer(s): Leonard Cohen Performer(s): Joe Cocker; and various other artists
(Radio announcer's voice) Was die Attentäter betrifft die in Berlin den Anschlag auf die Deutsch-Arabische Gesellschaft verübt haben ist die Polizei einen Schritt weiter gekommen Die jetzt nach dem Anschlag...
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to change the system from within I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I'd really like to live beside you, baby I love your body and your spirit and your clothes But you see that line there moving through the station? I told you, I told you, told you, I was one of those
Ah you loved me as a loser, but now you're worried that I just might win You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I don't like your fashion business mister And I don't like these drugs that keep you thin I don't like what happened to my sister First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I'd really like to live beside you, baby ...
And I thank you for those items that you sent me The monkey and the plywood violin I practiced every night, now I'm ready First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I am guided
Ah remember me, I used to live for music Remember me, I brought your groceries in Well it's Father's Day and everybody's wounded First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
The Crystal Ship Composer(s): Jim Morrison - John Densmore - Robby Krieger - Ray Manzarek First release by: The Doors - 1967 Covered by multiple other artists
Before you slip into unconsciousness I'd like to have another kiss Another flashing chance at bliss Another kiss, another kiss
The days are bright and filled with pain Enclose me in your gentle rain The time you ran was too insane We'll meet again, we'll meet again
Oh tell me where your freedom lies The streets are fields that never die Deliver me from reasons why You'd rather cry, I'd rather fly
The crystal ship is being filled A thousand girls, a thousand thrills A million ways to spend your time When we get back, I'll drop a line
Carefree Highway Composer(s): Gordon Lightfoot Performer(s): Gordon Lightfoot; John Carrington
Pickin' up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream I wonder how the old folks are tonight Her name was Ann and I'll be damned if I recall her face She left me not knowin' what to do Carefree highway, let me slip away on you Carefree highway, you seen better days The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes Carefree highway, let me slip away Slip away on you Turnin' back the pages to the times I love best I wonder if she'll ever do the same Now the thing that I call livin' is just bein' satisfied With knowin' I got no one left to blame Carefree highway, got ta see you my old flame Carefree highway, you seen better days The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes Carefree highway, let me slip away Slip away on you Searchin' through the fragments of my dream-shattered sleep I wonder if the years have closed her mind I guess it must be wanderlust or tryin' to get free From the good old faithful feelin' we once knew Carefree highway, let me slip away on you Carefree highway, you seen better days The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes Carefree highway, let me slip away Slip away on you Let me slip away on you Carefree highway, got ta see you my old flame Carefree highway, you seen better days The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes Carefree highway, let me slip away Slip away on you
First Quarrel Composer(s): Couch; McDuff; Smith Performer(s): Paul & Paula
Both: We had our first quarrel today Paula : I threw your picture away Paul: I'm sorry I made you cry Paula : Forgive me, so am I Both: We had our first quarrel today
Paul: I thought I saw you with Jim Paula : I was just talking with him Paul: Well, I guess I had it wrong Paula : I should have been at home
Both: We had our first quarrel today
What may seem wrong at the time isn't always true Our love will go on as long as there's me and you
Paul: What was it all about? Paula : I don't remember now Both: We had our first quarrel today
What may seem wrong at the time isn't always true Our love will go on as long as there's me and you
Paul: What was it all about? Paula: I don't remember now Both: We had our first quarrel today
The Crystal Gazer Composer(s): Frank Petch Performer(s): Reggie Goff
There's a crystal gazer down at the fair She's a lady with a rose in her hair If you're feeling romantic She'll be your guide
She can look into the crystal and see What your fortune and your future will be And they tell me the crystal Has never lied
It seems that this weaver of dreams Deals in romance all the day through But her life's not the romance it seems (Her own dreams never come true)
She can soon arrange a stranger's affairs But she tries to hide the worries and cares Of the one broken romance She'll never mend (She'll never mend)
(It seems that this weaver of dreams Deals in romance all the day through) But her life's not the romance it seems (Her own dreams never come true)
She can soon arrange a stranger's affairs But she tries to hide the worries and cares Of the one broken romance She'll never mend (Of the broken romance) (All) She'll never mend
Career Opportunities
Composer(s): Topper Headon - Mick Jones - Paul Simonon - Joe Strummer
First release by: The Clash - 1977
Covered by multiple other artists
They offered me the office, offered me the shop They said I'd better take anything they'd got Do you wanna make tea at the BBC? Do you wanna be, do you really wanna be a cop?
Career opportunities are the ones that never knock Every job they offer you is to keep you out the dock Career opportunity, the ones that never knock
I hate the army an' I hate the R.A.F. I don't wanna go fighting in the tropical heat I hate the civil service rules And I won't open letter bombs for you
Bus driver....ambulance man....ticket inspector They're gonna have to introduce conscription They're gonna have to take away my prescription If they wanna get me making toys If they wanna get me, well, I got no choice
First Of May Composer(s): Barry Gibb; Maurice Gibb; Robin Gibb Performer(s): The Bee Gees; and various other artists
When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall we used to love while others used to play Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by someone else moved in from far away
Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small and you don't ask the time of day But you and I, our love will never die but guess we'll cry come first of May
The apple tree that grew for you and me I watched the apples falling one by one And I recall the moment of them all the day I kissed your cheek and you were gone
Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small and you don't ask the time of day But you and I, our love will never die but guess we'll cry come first of May
When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall do do do do do do do do do... Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by someone else moved in from far away
The Crying Game Composer(s): Geoff Stephens First release by: Dave Berry - 1964 Covered by multiple other artists
I know all there is to know about the crying game I've had my share of the crying game
First there are kisses, then there are sighs And then before you know where you are You're sayin' goodbye
One day soon I'm gonna tell the moon about the crying game And if he knows maybe he'll explain
Why there are heartaches, why there are tears And what to do to stop feeling blue When love disappears
I know all there is to know about the crying game I've had my share of the crying game
First there are kisses, then there are sighs And then before you know where you are You're sayin' goodbye
Don't want no more of the crying game Don't want no more of the crying game Don't want no more of the crying game Don't want no more of the crying game
Care Of Cell 44
Composer(s): Rod Argent - Paul Atkinson - Colin Blunstone - Hugh Grundy - Chris White
First release by: The Zombies - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists
Good morning to you I hope you're feeling better baby Thinking of me while you are far away Counting the days until they set you free again Writing this letter hoping you're okay
Saved you the room you used to stay in every Sunday The one that is warmed by sunshine every day And we'll get to know each other for a second time And then you can tell me 'bout your prison stay...
Feels so good... You're coming home soon!
It's gonna to be good to have you back again with me Watching the laughter play around your eyes Come up and fetch you, saved up for the train fare money Kiss and make up and it will be so nice...
Feels so good... You're coming home soon!
Walking the way we used to walk And it could be so nice... We're talking the way we used to talk And it could be so nice...
It's gonna be good to have you back again with me Watching the laughter play around your eyes Come up and fetch you, saved up for the train fare money Kiss and make up and it will be so nice...
Feels so good... You're coming home soon! Feels so good... You're coming home soon!