Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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The Syncopated Clock ((Danish Version: Det Taktløse Ur (Gustav Winckler) - 1952)) Composer(s): Leroy Anderson - Mitchell Parish First release by: Leroy Anderson and His "Pops" Concert Orch. Covered by multiple other artists
There was a man like you and me As simple as a man could ever be And he was happy as a king Except for one peculiar thing
He had a clock that worked all right It worked all right, but not exactly quite Instead of going "tick, tock, tick" The crazy clock went "tock, tick, tock"
The poor old man just raved and raved Because nobody could say Why his silly clock behaved That hickory dickory way . But now a famous man is he He owns a public curiosity From far and wide the people flock To hear the syncopated clock
Tick-a-tock, tick-a-tock There's a zing in the swing of that clock Tock-a-tick, tock-a-tick Don't you think it's a marvelous trick
Ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling There's a zong in the bong of that ring Ling-a-ting, ling-a-ting Don't you think it's a wonderful thing
The experts came to hear and see But none of them could solve the mystery They called Professor Einstein too He said "There's nothing I can do"
But soon the fickle human race Will find another freak to take its place And one fine day the man will hock The poor old syncopated clock
Come Hai Fatto Composer(s): Francesci Migliacci; Domenico Modugno Performer(s): Domenico Modugno; Giancarlo Cardini; Mina
Io ti voglio bene come nella mia vita non è accaduto mai così profondamente che ho paura di me di questo smisurato amore che adesso provo per te
Io ti desidero un desiderio nuovo che mi tormenta talvolta mi domando com'è possibile che mi debba addormentare mi debba risvegliare andare e ritornare e avere te sempre davanti a me negli occhi miei nei miei pensieri in ogni istante della mia vita
Io ho bisogno di te come la barca ha bisogno del mare per poter andare la primavera ha bisogno del sole per poter fiorire la farfalla di un fiore un bimbo di una mano che l'accompagni un cane di un padrone e del vento l'aquilone per poter volare ed io di te sempre vicino a me in ogni istante della mia vita
Ma come hai fatto a farmi innamorare così tanto mi guardo nello specchio e mi domando se quello lì sono io ma come hai fatto a far della mia vita una tua cosa a trasformare il tempo in un'attesa di rivedere te no non ha senso questa mia vita e più ci penso e più è un filo nelle tue mani
Ma come hai fatto non so nemmeno quando è incominciato io so soltanto che nella mia vita non è accaduto mai la prima volta che dico veramente ti voglio bene
Negli occhi miei nei miei pensieri in ogni istante della mia vita sempre vicino a me
Ma come hai fatto a far della mia vita una tua cosa a trasformare il tempo in un'attesa di rivedere te la prima volta che dico veramente ti voglio bene
Rio Nights Composer(s): Elmer Vincent; Fisher Thompson
When night has fallen down in dear old Rio Down in dreamy old Brazil The stars begin to shine, and one that I call mine Just waits for me I know she loves me still The fleecy clouds like mantles hide the hilltops There beside the southern sea At this bewitching hour, beneath an old rose bower Somebody there is lonesome just for me Rio nights are full of silent splendor When the tropic moon is in the sky I keep growing fonder Every time I wander With a maid who is so sweet and shy Romantic Rio weaves a spell around you Golden hours we spent so bright and gay You just want to spoon Parting comes too soon When you linger down that Rio way When night has fallen down in dear old Rio Down in dreamy old Brazil The one I call my own Is now no more alone I sit beside her there when all is still The fleecy clouds like mantles hide the moonlight Out beyond the harbor lights But at this wooing hour, we sit beneath our bower United once again on Rio nights
The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) Composer(s): Otha Young Performer(s): Juice Newton; Emile Pandolfi
When I see you in the morning With that old sleep still in your eyes I remember all the laughter And the tears we shared last night And as we lie here Just two shadows In the light before the dawn The sweetest thing I've ever known Is lovin' you
And I have never been afraid of losin' And I have never wanted love to be a chain I only know that when I'm with you You're my sunshine, you're my rain The sweetest thing I've ever known Is lovin' you
Now you and I We're not children We have both been loved before We have given and we have taken Many rides on troubled shores But all the heartaches and temptations Only made me love you more The sweetest thing I've ever know Is lovin' you
And I have never been afraid of losin' And I have never wanted love to be a chain I only know that when I'm with you You're my sunshine, you're my rain The sweetest thing I've ever known Is lovin' you
The sweetest thing I've ever known Is loving yooooooou
Come Go With Me Composer(s): Lewis A. Martineé; Clarence E. Quick Originally performed by: The Del-Vikings Covered by various other artists
Come, come, come, come Come into my heart Come, come, come, come Come into my heart Come, come, come, come Come into my heart
Love, love me darlin' Come and go with me Please don't send me 'way beyond the sea I need you, darlin' So come go with me Come, come, come, come Come into my heart Tell me, darlin' We will never part I need you, darlin' So come go with me Yes, I need you Yes, I really need you Please say you'll never leave me Well, say, you never Yes, you really never You never give me a chance Come, come, come, come Come into my heart Tell me, darlin' We will never part I need you, darlin' So come go with me
Yes, I need you Yes, I really need you Please say you'll never leave me Well, say, you never Yes, you really never You never give me a chance Come, come, come, come Come into my heart Tell me, darlin' We will never part I need you, darlin' So come go with me Come, come, come, come Come into my heart Come, come, come, come Come into my heart Come, come, come, come Come into my heart Come, come, come, come Come into my heart Come, come, come, come Come into my heart Come, come, come, come Come into my heart
Rio Marrón Composer(s): Jorge Fandermole Performer(s): Juan Carlos Baglietto
No puedo perderte mujer del rio cuerpo marrón, del rio marrón las manos como ondas en la orilla que la permanencia en la confluencia formando los muslos combados espejos de luna fugitiva Rio marrón devolveme sangre abajo de tu paso el lirio negro que llegó junto a tu orilla
Rio, rio marrón llevá en un pez esta canción que alguien me espera de cara a las estrellas Causa arriba Rio marrón animal de barro que huye que como la vida fluye sin volver nunca a la altura Si pudiera remontarte tiempo atrás para ver la claridad en su semblante y no faltó un instante de ternura, rio marrón
El agua que baja nunca es la misma y al recordar nos vamos al mar porque el pasado yace en lo profundo y como el amor dura una creciente el dolor es caudal permanente la sangre su espejo y la vida reflejo del rio marrón Rio marrón, devolveme Rio marrón Y el cielo que se rompe desde aqui hasta el horizonte luz de luna sumergida si pudiera remontarte tiempo atras para ver en la opacidad del tiempo ido si aquel fulgor perdido era la vida rio marrón
The Sweetest Song In The World Composer(s): Harry Parr-Davies Performer(s): Gracie Fields
The sweetest song in the world is sung When lights are low and your heart is young We sang it together in the twilight glow Not so very long ago, do you recall? That sweet old song is the same today I love you still in the same old way For it is love and love alone can bring to you The sweetest song in the world
Do you remember when you came along And we both fell in love at a glance Of course you remember, `twas loves old sweet song That we sang in the springtime of romance Even though dreams fade away I know that I'm right when I say
(Gracie's soprano for two lines) We sang it together in the twilight glow Not so very long ago, do you recall? That sweet old song is the same today I love you still in the same old way For it is love and love alone can bring to you The sweetest song in the world
Come From The Heart Composer(s): Susanna Clark; Richard Leigh Performer(s): Don Williams and various other artists
When I was a young man my daddy told me A lesson he learned, it was a long time ago If you want to have someone to hold onto You're gonna have to learn to let go
You got to sing like you don't need the money Love like you'll never get hurt You got to dance like nobody's watchin' It's gotta come from the heart if you want it to work
Now here is the one thing that I keep forgetting When everything is falling apart In life as in love, what I need to remember There's such a thing as trying too hard
Rio Grande Composer(s): Claude Moine; Pierre Papadiamandis Performer(s): Eddy Mitchell
Ça commence comme dans un film noir Un jeune couple embarqué dans une sale histoire P'tit voleurs fichés et recherchés La vie les a changés en marginaux blessés
En cavale, changeant chaque soir D'hôtel, d'identité Évitant les bars Bêtes traqués, une seule lueur d'espoir Ça s'ra la fin du blues Dans l'port de Vera Cruz
{Refrain:} Rio, Rio Grande Dès la frontière passée Nous s'rons blanchis, sauvés Rio, Rio Grande Le temps va s'arrêter Pour mieux nous oublier On s'promet une vie, sans blues Tout commence à Vera Cruz
Vrais mensonges, rêveurs éveillés Le Mexique est bien loin du supermarché Les vigiles nous ont vite repérés Ça s'ra toujours le blues Dans la banlieue d'Mulhouse
The Sweetest Melody Of All Composer(s): Grant Clarke - Jimmie V. Monaco
When I was born I had an ear for music, I loved sweet lullabies And every morn' when I would hear sweet music, I'd open up my eyes Father bought a baby grand, I learned to play it with one hand Music always made me gay And I'm the same today
Down in the hall we've got a pianola It's going night and day And that's not all We bought a new victrola To make the servants stay All the kids have tuneful toys Or anything for nifty noise Tho' grandmother's eighty three She sings close harmony
I love to hear sweet melodies, I love the song birds in the trees I love an opera grand A big brass band Or any little tune from Dixie land I love to hear the bugle call For any tune I'm bound to fall But to hear a little baby calling you papa That's the sweetest melody of all
I love to hear sweet melodies, I love the song birds in the trees I love an opera grand A big brass band Or any little tune from Dixie land I love to hear the bugle call For any tune I'm bound to fall But to hear a little baby calling you mama That's the sweetest melody of all
Nescio Composer(s): Henk Hofstede; Kloet; Robert Jan Stips Performer(s): Nits
Nescio Questo paradiso Nescio Nella bocca del luppo Nescio Lo straniero ` morto Nescio Questo paradiso I jumped off a bridge And went swimming for hours And nobody nobody's looking I came to a hotel with Double rooms and showers And nobody nobody's knocking The phone rings on a nightstand Somebody whispers 'hello' I don't know Too many words after so many miles Somebody whispers 'hello' I don't know I don't know Nescio Questo paradiso Nescio Questo quadro ` bello
Rio Esperanza Composer(s): Bill Payne; Shaun Murphy Performer(s): Little Feat
Texas to Tennessee Blue Highway to Highway Just to Get Back to You With the Barren Winds Blowin A Jealous Moon cross the Plains Ill Only Be Runnin and Callin Your Name
I Should Have Never Left You After What I Held Close With the Hours Slippin By From the One I Love Most Chasing Days That Take Flight And the Mist From My Eyes I Die a Little Each Day With You So Far Away
Oh My Darlin Ive Cried These Many Miles A Kiss in the Shadows, a Whispered Memory Ill Be Waiting, All of My Life, Only My Only (Only My Lonely) Rio Esperanza, Its the River of Hope
Theres a Place in My Heart Where Youll Always Be Where the Shallows Run Long, and the Driftin Is Free
Oh My Darlin Ive Cried These Many Miles A Kiss in the Shadows, a Whispered Memory Ill Be Waiting, All of My Life, Only My Only (Only My Lonely) Rio Esperanza, Its the River of Hope
Across Windswept Hills Your Voice Calms to Caress Me Like a Lover Stealing Glances I Cant Wait to Hold You See the Light Flicker Softly In a Blue Silverscape Its Such Sweet Surrender (And) Ive Come Home Again
Oh My Darling A Kiss in the Shadows A Whispered Memory I'll Be Waiting All of My Life Only My Only Rio Esperanza It's the River of Hope
The Swan Composer(s): Jule Styne - Bob Merrill Performer(s): Barbra Streisand
What are ya gonna do? Shoot da swans? These lovelies? Can't you see when you look at me What a lovely creature is a swan - yo hoo!! I'm all over fluffy white I wouldn't peck at you or bite And have tiny twinkle toes to dance upon- Oh was that good? So you just gotta have a swan Or you're out of luck `Cause a chicken wouldn't do it Would only cluck And besides you couldn't say "I saw a chicken leg ballet" They would think you don't know nothin' You are missing you are button `Cause a chicken's only good for consummate Where upon, where upon, Where upon where upon A chicken or a duck is a mistake When you do Swan Lake Ballet!
Come Fly With Me Composer(s): Sammy Cahn; Jimmy van Heusen Originally performed by: Frank Sinatra Covered by various other artists
Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away If you can use some exotic booze There's a bar in far Bombay Come fly with me, we'll fly, we'll fly away
Come fly with me, let's float down to Peru In llama land, there's a one-man band And he'll toot his flute for you Come fly with me, we'll float down in the blue
Once I get you up there where the air is rarefied We'll just glide, starry-eyed Once I get you up there, I'll be holding you so near You may hear angels cheer because we're together
Weatherwise it's such a lovely day You just say the word, and we'll beat the birds Down to Acapulco Bay It´s perfect for a flying honeymoon, they say Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away
Rio De Janeiro Blue Composer(s): John Haeny; Richard Torrance Performer(s): Randy Crawford; and various other artists
The clouds come-a creepin' and you got me weepin' this moment I can't believe you're really gonna leave this town everyone knows, I can't make a move with you you're turnin' my whole world, upside-down and I get a feelin' that I've seen the last of you, Rio De Janeior Blue
The salty air, your wind-blown hair, reflection on a dream thoughts of you with who knows who, flowin' through me like a stream Brazilian serenades, linger on help me lose my soul, in your song and I get a feelin', that I've seen that last of you, Rio De Janeiro Blue Rio De Janeiro Blue
Months go by, I wonder why, I'm left here on my own could it be my destiny, is to live this life alone these dark and rainy days have turned me cold long and sleepless nights, gettin' on and I get a feelin' that I've seen the last of you, Rio De Janeiro Blue Rio De Janeiro Blue
Rio.... Rio, De Janeiro Blue Long and sleepless nights, whoa no Rio...... Rio
Swamp Girl Composer(s): Lew Brown Performer(s): Frankie Laine; Ramsey Lewis
Where the crane flies through the marshes And the turtles sun their shells Where the water rat goes swimmin' That's where my swamp girl dwells
Where the sunlight never wanders And the moonlight never falls Where the water's black with the devil's track That's where my swamp girl calls
What did she say there The girl with the golden hair To make me follow her down there How did she look when she took me by the hand
Tonight her hair will float in the water And the gold will no longer shine It will spread like a fan in the water While she makes a mysterious sign I have seen that sign before
Her eyes aren't like the whippoorwill And her eyes aren't like the frog Her eyes are like the damned bat Stretchin' in the dawn
I have seen her face in the water And the chilling look in her eyes And if you see her, then you must flee her Never follow where disillusion lies
Or will you go to the girl with the golden hair Down there where her work is done Will you embrace the night And turn your back on the sun
She'll say its better there in the water Where it's cool and calm and serene She will call you to come to the water To a world made of emerald green I have heard that call before
I can hear it when I'm teary I can hear it when I'm old I can hear it when the joy of living Seems to have lost its glow
For my Swamp Girl lives inside of me And she leaves me pale and wan She dares me, she tears me Like paper dolls are torn
Calling "Come to the deep Where your sleep is without a dream" (Come to the deep where your sleep is without a dream) Calling... (Come...)
Come È Profondo Il Mare Composer(s): Lucio Dalla Performer(s): Lucio Dalla
Siamo noi, siamo in tanti ci nascondiamo di notte per paura degli automobilisti dei linotipisti siamo gatti neri, siamo pessimisti, siamo i cattivi pensieri non abbiamo da mangiare, come è profondo il mare come è profondo il mare Babbo che eri un gran cacciatore di quaglie e di fagiani caccia via queste mosche che non mi fanno dormire che mi fanno arrabbiare come è profondo il mare, come è profondo il mare E` inutile non c'è più lavoro, non c'è più decoro Dio o chi per lui sta cercando di dividerci di farci del male di farci annegare come è profondo il mare come è profondo il mare Con la forza di un ricatto l'uomo divento qualcuno resuscito anche i morti, spalanco prigioni, blocco sei treni con relativi vagoni innalzo per un attimo il povero a un ruolo difficile da mantenere poi lo lascio cadere a piangere e a urlare solo in mezzo al mare come è profondo il mare Poi da solo l'urlo divento un tamburo e il povero come un lampo nel cielo sicuro comincio una guerra per conquistare quello scherzo di terra che il suo grande cuore doveva coltivare come è profondo il mare come è profondo il mare Ma la terra gli fu portata via compresa quella rimasta addosso fu scaraventato in un palazzo o in un fosso, non ricordo bene poi una storia di catene, bastonate e chirurgia sperimentale Come è profondo il mare, come è profondo il mare Intanto un mistico, forse un aviatore, scoprì la commozione che rimise d'accordo tutti, i belli con i brutti con qualche danno per i brutti che si videro consegnare un pezzo di specchio così da potersi guardare come è profondo il mare, come è profondo il mare Frattanto i pesci, dai quali discendiamo tutti assistettero curiosi, al dramma collettivo di questo mondo che a loro indubbiamente doveva sembrare cattivo e cominciarono a pensare, nel loro grande mare come è profondo il mare Nel loro grande mare, come è profondo il mare E` chiaro che il pensiero d fastidio anche se chi pensa è muto come un pesce anzi è un pesce e come pesce è difficile da bloccare perchè lo protegge il mare, come è profondo il mare Certo chi comanda non è disposto a fare distinzioni poetiche il pensiero è come l'oceano non lo puoi bloccare, non lo puoi recintare Così stanno bruciando il mare così stanno uccidendo il mare così stanno umiliando il mare così stanno piegando il mare
Rio Bravo Composer(s): Paul Francis Webster; Dimitri Tiomkin Performer(s): Dean Martin; and various other artists
(Choir: Rio Bravo, humming) By the river Rio Bravo I walk all alone And I wonder as I wander by the river Where my love has flown
All the birds in the cottonwoods above her Know I love her, know I care, But my dreams, like the songs, she sang in Spanish Seem to vanish in the air; I wonder where
So I wonder as I wander Will love come along Must I live ever haunted By the mem'ry of a song While the river Rio Bravo flows along
(Choir: Rio Bravo, Rio Bravo) While the river Rio Bravo flows along (Choir: Rio Bravo)
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top Composer(s): Richard Rodgers - Oscar Hammerstein II First performance by: Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts and Betty Garde - 1943 Covered by multiple other artists
When I take you out, tonight, with me Honey, here's the way it's goin' to be You will set behind a team of snow white horses In the slickest gig you ever see! Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry When I take you out in the surrey When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top! Watch that fringe and see how it flutters When I drive them high steppin' strutters Nosey pokes'll peek thru' their shutters and their eyes will pop! The wheels are yeller, the upholstery's brown The dashboard's genuine leather With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down In case there's a change in the weather Two bright sidelight's winkin' and blinkin' Ain't no finer rig I'm a-thinkin' You c'n keep your rig if you're thinkin' 'at I'd keer to swap Fer that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top! Did you say the fringe was made of silk Wouldn't have no other kind but silk Does it really have a team of snow white horses One's like snow, the other's more like milk All the world'll fly in a flurry When I take you out in the surrey When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top! When we hit that road, hell fer leather Cats and dogs'll dance in the heather Birds and frogs'll sing all together and the toads will hop! The wind'll whistle as we rattle along The cows'll moo in the clover The river will ripple out a whispered song And whisper it over and over Don't you wisht y'd go on forever? Don't you wisht y'd go on forever? Don't you wisht y'd go on forever and ud never stop In that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top! I can see the stars gettin' blurry When we drive back home in the surrey Drivin' slowly home in the surrey with the fringe on top! I can feel the day gettin' older Feel a sleepy head on my shoulder Noddin', droopin' close to my shoulder, till it falls kerplop! The sun is swimmin' on the rim of a hill The moon is takin' a header And jist as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still A lark'll wake up in the medder Hush, you bird, my baby's a-sleepin'! Maybe got a dream worth a-keepin' Whoa! you team, and jist keep a-creepin' at a slow clip clop Don't you hurry with the surrey with the fringe on the top!
Come Down In Time Composer(s): Bernie Taupin; Elton John Originally performed by: Elton John Covered by various other artists
In the quiet silent seconds I turned off the light switch And I came down to meet you in the half light the moon left While a cluster of night jars sang some songs out of tune A mantle of bright light shone down from a room
Come down in time I still hear her say So clear in my ear like it was today Come down in time was the message she gave Come down in time and I'll meet you half way
Well I don't know if I should have heard her as yet But a true love like hers is a hard love to get And I've walked most all the way and I ain't heard her call And I'm getting to thinking if she's coming at all
Come down in time I still hear her say So clear in my ear like it was today Come down in time was the message she gave Come down in time and I'll meet you half way
There are women and women and some hold you tight While some leave you counting the stars in the night
