Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Tulpen Uit Amsterdam Composer(s): Ralf Arnie - E. Neumann Bader - Fransen - van Aleda Performer(s): De Havenzangers
Als de lente komt, dan stuur ik jou: Tulpen uit Amsterdam Als de lente komt, pluk ik voor jou: Tulpen uit Amsterdam Als ik wederkom, dan breng ik jou: Tulpen uit Amsterdam Duizend gele, duizend rooie Wensen jou het allermooiste! Wat mijn mond niet zeggen kan Zeggen tulpen uit Amsterdam Zeggen tulpen uit Amsterdam!
I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water French Title: Je Me Suis Lavé Les Mains Dans Une Eau Sale - 1966 Composer(s): Joe Babcock First release by: Stonewall Jackson - 1964 Covered by multiple other artists
I was born in Macon, Georgia They kept my Daddy in the Macon jail He said, Son, if you keep your hands clean, uh huh You wont hear those bloodhounds on your trail
I fell in with bad companions I robbed a man up in Tennessee And I got caught way up in Nashville, uh huh now And they locked me up and threw away the key
I washed my hands in muddy water I washed my hands, but they didnt come clean I tried to do like my daddy told me, now I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream
I asked the jailer, said Whens my time up? He said Son, you know we wont forget And if you try and just keep your hands clean, uh huh Why we may just make a good man of you yet
But I didnt wait to get my time in I broke down, broke out the Nashville jail I just crossed Atlanta, Georgia, oh now And I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail
I washed my hands in muddy water I washed my hands, but they didnt come clean I tried to do like my daddy told me, now I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream
Kyrie Composer(s): Louis Amade; Gilbert Bécaud Performer(s): Gilbert Bécaud
Dieu vient de rappeler Sur Marie Kyrié, kyrié La petite sur du Carmel Part en voyage vers le ciel
Dieu vient de rappeler Sur Marie Kyrié, kyrié La plus jeune et la plus jolie De la pauvre communauté
Dieu vient de rappeler Sur Marie Kyrié, kyrié O ma Petite Sur Comme je t'aimais! Et maintenant tu es morte Je t'aimais tellement, tellement Et moi dans mon miserere Kyrié, kyrié Je prie pour celle que j'aimais Je pleure celle que j'aimais
When it's Spring again I'll bring again Tulips from Amsterdam With a heart thats true I'll give to you Tulips from Amsterdam I can't wait until the day you fill These eager arms of mine Like the windmill keeps on turning That's how my heart keeps on yearning For the day I know we can share these Tulips from Amsterdam
When it's Spring again I'll bring again Tulips from Amsterdam With a heart thats true I'll give to you Tulips from Amsterdam I can't wait until the day you fill These eager arms of mine Like the windmill keeps on turning That's how my heart keeps on yearning For the day I know we can share these Tulips from Amsterdam
Please Mr. Brown Composer(s): Gene DePaul; Don Raye Performer(s): Sarah Vaughan
Please Mr. Brown Take it easy youre spoiling my gown Oh I know music brings out that yearning But right now youre learning to tango
Please Mr. Jones Not so tight you are crushing my bones Ill just bet youre an expert on wooing But right now were doing a tango
You boys, in spite of all the dancing lessons you bought Out on the dance floor, have but one school of thought And that is anything but what my dancing teacher taught
Please Mr. Smith Its a lady that youre dancing with Theres a time and a place for romancing But not while were dancing the tango
Now you guys are just a bunch of wolves in ivy league clothes Think as long as musics playing anything goes No one who wants a fellow wants a slow one But Im a gal who wants to know one Who knows what every lady knows
Please Mr. Smith Its a lady that youre dancing with Theres a time and a place for romancing But not while were dancing The tango
Kyrie Composer(s): Steve George; Lang; Page Performer(s): Mr. Mister
The wind blows hard against this mountainside Across the sea into my soul It reaches in to where I cannot hide Setting my feet upon the road My heart is old it holds my memories My body burns a gemlike flame Somewhere between the soul & soft machine Is where I find myself again
Kyrie Eleison Down the road that I must travel Kyrie Eleison Through the darkness of the night Kyrie Eleison Where I'm going will you follow Kyrie Eleison On a highway in the light
When I was young I thought of growing old Of what my life would mean to me Would I have followed down my chosen road Or only wished what I could be
Tulips And Heather Composer(s): Milton Carson Performer(s): Perry Como and multiple other artists
The spray of tulips and heather tied up together I sent my love today A spray of tulips and heather, asking her whether Loves dream had gone astray For theres a meaning to all the flowers They tell the story that never lies This purple heather means lonely hours And tulips weep for a love that dies And so I pray when they reach you If they can teach you all that is in my heart My spray of tulips and heather bring us together Never again to part
(For theres a meaning) My tulips and heather (To all the flowers) Are tied up together (They tell you a story) They tell you a tale That never lies (This purple heather) This beautiful heather (Means lonely hours) Means lonely forever (And tulips weep for) These tulips convey A love that dies
And so I pray when they reach you If they can teach you all that is in my heart My spray of tulips and heather bring us together Never again to part My darling, never again to part
Keep It A Secret
Composer(s): Jessie Mae Robinson
First release by: Slim Whitman - 1952
Covered by multiple other artists
If you see my darlin' with somebody new
Keep it a secret whatever you do
Why should you tell me and break my poor heart
Then foolish pride would just drive us apart
If you see my darlin' in some rendezvous
Painting the town with a boy she once knew
Pay no attention and just let it be
But keep it a secret from me
If you see my darlin' in some rendezvous
Painting the town with a boy she once knew
Pay no attention and just let it be
But keep it a secret from me
Tulip Time In Sing Sing Composer(s): Jerome Kern - P.G. Wodehouse Performer(s): Merwin Goldsmith
Up the river there's a college Which authorities acknowledge Is a cosy sort of place to go and dwell And with joy each student chortles As he passes through its portals And the faculty conducts him to his cell
How I wish that there I'd waited Wish I'd never graduated For the memory of those days still stirs me so And the birdies every Spring sing "Aren't you coming back to Sing Sing Where you used to be so happy long ago"
When it's tulip time in Sing Sing Oh, it's there that I would be There are gentle hearts in Sing Sing Watching and yearning for me Oh, I wish that I was back With a rock or two to crack With my pals of the class of ninety-nine And I miss the peace and quiet And the simple, wholesome diet Of that dear, old-fashioned prison of mine!
Oh, I'd give a lot to go there Life was never dull or slow there Every night there was a concert or a hop Or I'd sit discussing Coué With my old pal Bat-eared Louie, Quite the nicest man who ever slugged a cop
We were just a band of brothers Each as good as all the others As the humblest sort of sneak thief you might rank, But when you'd been there a week, well You were treated as an equal By the high and mighty swells who'd robbed a bank
When it's tulip time in Sing Sing Oh, it's there that I would be There are gentle hearts in Sing Sing Watching and yearning for me Oh, there's no place like home And I'm tired of having to roam Through the world with its women and its wine So just bob my hair and shove me Where I know the warders love me In that dear old-fashioned prison of mine!
I Was Warned Composer(s): Robert Cray; Dennis Walker Performer(s): Robert Cray
Oh, I was warned about her love But like a fool I went on Whether they're right or wrong At least the mystery is gone
The more people talked about her The more I had to see I had to find out for myself What could she do for me Her lips were so inviting Her hands soft to touch After just one kiss I knew I was out of luck From then on I was hers to control And knowing that, she robbed me Of my heart and robbed me of my soul
Oh I was warned about her love And I'll have to stay strong Whether they're right or wrong At least the mystery is gone From then on I was hers to control And knowing that she robbed me of my heart And robbed me of my soul, yeah
Oh I was warned about her love But like a fool I went on Whether they're right or wrong At least the mystery is gone
She had a left hand filled with diamonds And the other filled with lies She saw right through me There was no p[lace to hide Now I've finally learned my lesson But you'll never tell the pain her love left me I hide so well I go on day by day in fear And knowing that I'll never, never love again Only brings tears
Oh I was warned about her love And I'll have to stay strong Whether they're right or they're wrong At least the mystery is gone Whether they're right or wrong At least the mystery is gone I was warned about her love
Tulane Composer(s): Chuck Berry - Eugene West First release: Chuck Berry - 1970 Covered by multiple other artists
Tulane and Johnny opened a novelty shop Back under the counter, was the cream of the crop Everything was clickin' and the business was good 'Til one day, lo and behold, an officer stood Johnny jumped the counter but he stumbled and fell But Tulane made it over Johnny as he yelled
Go ahead on, Tulane, he can't catch up with you Go Tulane, he ain't man enough for you Go Tulane, use all the speed you got Go Tulane, you know you need a lot Go Tulane, he's laggin' behind Go 'head on, Tulane go head on
Go by your father's house and tell him business is slow And see if he will loan us something, soon as he hits the dough Put the cat out in the hall and rumple up the room Go by Doctor Keller's, tell him you swallowed some perfume Tell him we need him quick, 'cuz he may have to testify That you been sick all day and that's a perfect alibi
Go ahead on, Tulane, he can't catch up with you Go Tulane, he ain't man enough for you Go Tulane, use all the speed you got Go Tulane, you know you need a lot Go Tulane, he's laggin' behind Go 'head on, Tulane go head on
Go, let Danny drive in case you run into the Man Back by the shop and git the stuff and hide it in the van Go back by your father's, get the money for the bail And bring it down and bail me out this rotten, funky jail We gotta get a lawyer in the click of politics Somebody who can win the thing or get the thing fix
Go ahead on, Tulane, he can't catch up with you Go Tulane, he ain't man enough for you Go Tulane, use all the speed you got Go Tulane, you know you need a lot Go Tulane, he's laggin' behind Go 'head on, Tulane go head on
I Was Seeing Nellie Home (aka "When I Saw Sweet Nellie Home" or "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party" Composer(s): John Fletcher; Frances Kyle Performer(s): The Sons Of The Pioneers and multiple other artists
In the sky the bright stars glittered On the grass the moonlight fell Hush'd the sound of daylight bustle Closed the pink eyed pimpernell As adown the moss grown wood path Where the cattle love to roam From an august evening party I was seeing Nellie home
In the sky the bright stars glittered On the grass the moonlight shone From an august evening party I was seeing Nellie home
When the autumn tinged the greenwood Turning all its leaves to the gold In the lawn by elders shaded I my love to Nellie told As we stood together gazing On the star bespangled dome How I blessed the august evening When I saw sweet Nellie home
In the sky the bright stars glittered On the grass the moonlight shone From an august evening party I was seeing Nellie home
White hairs mingled with my tresses Furrows steal upon my brow But a love smile cheers and blesses Life's declining moments now Matron in the snowy kerchief Closer to my bosom come Tell me do'st thou still remember When I saw sweet Nellie home
In the sky the bright stars glittered On the grass the moonlight shone From an august evening party I was seeing Nellie home
El Necio Composer(s): Silvio Rodríguez
Performer(s): Luis Eduardo Aute
and multiple other artists
Para no hacer de mi ícono pedazos para salvarme entre únicos e impares para cederme un lugar en su Parnaso para darme un rinconcito en sus altares me vienen a convidar a arrepentirme me vienen a convidar a que no pierda mi vienen a convidar a indefinirme me vienen a convidar a tanta mierda
Yo no se lo que es el destino caminando fui lo que fui Allá Dios, que será divino Yo me muero como viví
Yo quiero seguir jugando a lo perdido yo quiero ser a la zurda más que diestro yo quiero hacer un congreso del unido yo quiero rezar a fondo un hijonuestro Dirán que pasó de moda la locura dirán que la gente es mala y no merece más yo seguiré soñando travesuras (acaso multiplicar panes y peces)
Yo no se lo que es el destino caminando fui lo que fui Allá Dios, que será divino Yo me muero como viví
Dicen que me arrastrarán po sobre rocas cuando la Revolución se venga abajo que machacarán mis manos y mi boca que me arrancarán los ojos y el badajo Será que la necedad parió conmigo la necedad de lo que hoy result anecio la necedad de asumir al enemigo la necedad de vivir sin tener precio
Yo no se lo que es el destino caminando fui lo que fui Allá Dios, que será divino Yo me muero como viví
Tug Of War Composer(s): Paul McCartney Performer(s): Paul McCartney
It's A Tug Of War What With One Thing And Another It's A Tug Of War We Expected More But With One Thing And Another We Were Trying To Outdo Each Other In A Tug Of War In Another World In Another World We Could Stand On Top Of The Mountain With Our Flag Unfurled In A Time To Come In A Time To Come We Will Be Dancing To The Beat Played On A Different Drum
It's A Tug Of War Though I Know I Mustn't Grumble It's A Tug Of War But I Can't Let Go If I Do You'll Take A Tumble And The Whole Thing Is Going To Crumble It's A Tug Of War
Pushing Pushing, Pulling Puliing Pushing And Pulling
In Years To Come They May Discover What The Air We Breathe And The Life We Lead Are All About But It Won't Be Soon Enough Soon Enough For Me No It Won't Be Soon Enough Soon Enough For Me
In Another World We Couid Stand On Top Of The Mountain With Our Flag Unfurled In A Time To Come We Will Be Dancing To The Beat Played On A Different Drum
We Will Be Dancing To The Beat Played On A Different Drum We Will Be Dancing To The Beat Played On A Different Drum
It's A Tug Of War, A Tug Of War A Tug Of War What With One Thing And Another It's A Tug Of War We Expected More But With One Thing And Another In A Tug Of War
Pushing Pushing, Pulling Pulling Pushing And Pulling
I Was Only Joking Composer(s): Rod Stewart; Gary Grainger Performer(s): Rod Stewart and multiple other artists
Ever since I was a kid at school I messed around with all the rules Apologised then realised I'm not different after all
Me and the boys thought we had it sussed Valentinos all of us My dad said we looked ridiculous But boy we broke some hearts In and out of jobs, running free Waging war with society Dumb blank faces stare back at me But nothing ever changed
Promises made in the heat of the night Creeping home before it got too light I wasted all that precious time and blamed it on the wine
I was only joking my dear Looking for a way to hide my fear What kind of fool was I I could never win
Never found a compromise Collected lovers like butterflies Illusions of that grand first prize are slowly wearing thin Susy baby you were good to me Giving love unselfishly But you took it all too seriously I guess it had to end
I was only joking my dear Looking for a way to hide my fear What kind of fool was I I could never win
Now you ask me if I'm sincere That's the question that I always fear Verse seven is never clear But I'll tell you what you want to hear I try to give you all you want But giving love is not my strongest point If that's the case it's pointless going on I'd rather be alone 'Cause what I'm doing must be wrong Pouring my heart out in a song Owning up for prosperity For the whole damn world to see
Quietly now while I turn a page Act one is over without costume change The principal would like to leave the stage The crowd don't understand
Tuff Enuff Composer(s): Kim Wilson Performer(s): The Fabulous Thunderbirds
I would walk ten miles on my hands and knees Ain't no doubt about it baby it's you I aim to please I'd wrestle with a lion and a grizzly bear It's my life baby but I don't care
Ain't that tuff enuff Ain't that tuff enuff Ain't that tuff enuff Ain't that tuff enuff
For you baby I would swim the sea Nothing I'd do for you that's too tuff for me I'd put out a burning building with a shovel and dirt And not even worry about getting hurt
Ain't that tuff enuff Ain't that tuff enuff Ain't that tuff enuff Ain't that tuff enuff
I'd work twenty four hours, seven days a week Just so I could come home and kiss your cheek I love you in the morning and I love you at noon I love you in the night and take you to the moon
Ain't that tuff enuff Ain't that tuff enuff Ain't that tuff enuff Ain't that tuff enuff
I'd lay in a pile of burning money that I've earned and not even worry about getting burned I'd climb the Empire State Building, fight Muhammad Ali Just to have you baby close to me
Ain't that tuff enuff Ain't that tuff enuff Ain't that tuff enuff Ain't that tuff enuff
Ain't that tuff enuff Ain't that tuff enuff Ain't that tuff enuff Ain't that tuff enuff
I Was Only 19 (A Walk In the Light Green) Composer(s): John Schumann First release by: Redgum - 1983
Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing-out parade at Puckapunyal It was a long march from cadets The sixth battalion was the next to tour, and it was me who drew the card We did Canungra, Shoalwater before we left
And Townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay This clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean And there's me in my slouch hat with my SLR and greens God help me, I was only nineteen
From Vung Tau, riding Chinooks, to the dust at Nui Dat I'd been in and out of choppers now for months But we made our tents a home, VB and pinups on the lockers And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub
And can you tell me, doctor, why I stil can't get to sleep? And night-time's just a jungle dark and a barking M16? And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means? God help me, I was only nineteen
A four week operation when each step could mean your last one on two legs It was a war within yourself But you wouldn't let your mates down til they had you dusted off So you closed your eyes and thought about something else
Then someone yelled "Contact!" and the bloke behind me swore We hooked in there for hours, then a Godalmighty roar Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon God help me, he was going home in June
I can still see Frankie, drinking tinnies in the Grand Hotel On a thirty-six hour rec leave in Vung Tau And I can still hear Frankie, lying screaming in the jungle Til the morphine came and killed the bloody row
And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears And the stories that my father told me never seemed quite real I caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel God help me, I was only nineteen
And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep? And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet? And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means? God help me, I was only nineteen