Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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It's Somebody Else's Moon Above, Not Mine (aka Not Mine) Composer(s): Victor Schertzinger; Johnny Mercer Performer(s): Dorothy Lamour, Betty Hutton and multiple other artists
It's somebody else's moon above, not mine It's somebody else's night for love, not mine A heart to someone else is a thing that melts To me it's just a comic Valentine Let somebody else's tear be shed, not mine Let somebody else's nose get red, not mine I like playing solitaire But until I can draw a pair It's somebody else's moon up there, not mine
Dominick The Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey)
Dominick The Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey)
Composer(s): Ray Allen - Wanda Merrell - Sam Saltzberg
Performer(s): Lou Monte
and multiple other artists
Hey! Chingedy ching (hee-haw, hee-haw) It's Dominick the donkey Chingedy ching, (hee-haw, hee-haw) The Italian Christmas donkey (la la la-la la-la la la la la) (la la la-la la-la la-ee-oh-da)
Santa's got a little friend His name is Dominick The cutest little donkey You never see him kick When Santa visits his paisons With Dominick he'll be Because the reindeer cannot Climb the hills of Italy
Hey! Chingedy ching (hee-haw, hee-haw) It's Dominick the donkey Chingedy ching (hee-haw, hee-haw) The Italian Christmas donkey (la la la-la la-la la la la la) (la la la-la la-la la-ee-oh-da)
Jingle bells around his feet And presents on the sled Hey! Look at the mayor's derby On top of Dominick's head A pair of shoes for Louie And a dress for Josephine The labels on the inside says They're made in Brooklyn
Hey! Chingedy ching (hee-haw, hee-haw) It's Dominick the donkey Chingedy ching (hee-haw, hee-haw) The Italian Christmas donkey (la la la-la la-la la la la la) (la la la-la la-la la-ee-oh-da)
Children sing, and clap their hands And Dominick starts to dance They talk Italian to him And he even understands
Cumpare sing Cumpare su And dance 'sta tarantel When jusamagora comes to town And brings du ciuccianello
Hey! Chingedy ching (hee-haw, hee-haw) It's Dominick the donkey Chingedy ching (hee-haw, hee-haw) The Italian Christmas donkey (la la la-la la-la la la la la) (la la la-la la-la la-ee-oh-da)
Shadow On The Wall Composer(s): Mike Oldfield First release by: Mike Oldfield - 1983 Covered by: Roger Chapman and The Shortlist
Shadow on the wall! Shadow on the wall! Shadow on the wall! Shadow on the wall! Like a shadow on the wall!
Treat me like a prisoner Treat me like a fool Treat me like a loser Use me as a tool Face me 'til I'm hungry Push me in the cold Treat me like a criminal Just a shadow on the wall!
Shadow on the wall! Shadow on the wall! Shadow on the wall! Shadow on the wall! Like a shadow on the wall!
Treat me like I'm evil Freeze me 'til I'm cold Beat me 'til I'm feeble Grab me 'til I'm old Fry me 'til I'm tired Push me 'til I fall Treat me like a criminal Just a shadow on the wall!
Shadow on the wall! Shadow on the wall! Shadow on the wall! Shadow on the wall! Like a shadow on the wall!
Shadow on the wall! Shadow on the wall! Like a shadow on the wall!
Shadow on the wall! Shadow on the wall! Like a shadow on the wall!
Shadow on the wall! Shadow on the wall! Like a shadow on the wall!
It's So Easy! (French Version: C'est Si Facile - 1998) Composer(s): Buddy Holly; Norman Petty First release by: The Crickets - 1958 Covered by multiple other artists
It's so easy to fall in love It's so easy to fall in love People tell me love's for fools So here I go breaking all of the rules It seems so easy (seems so easy, seems so easy) Umm-hmm so doggone easy (doggone easy, doggone easy) Umm-hmm, it seems so easy (seems so easy, seems so easy, seems so easy) Where you're concerned my heart learned It's so easy to fall in love It's so easy to fall in love
It's so easy to fall in love It's so easy to fall in love Look into your heart and see What your love book has set apart for me It seems so easy (seems so easy, seems so easy) Umm-hmm so doggone easy (doggone easy, doggone easy) Umm-hmm, it seems so easy (seems so easy, seems so easy, seems so easy) Where you're concerned my heart learned It's so easy to fall in love It's so easy to fall in love
Do You Know It's Christmas?
Composer(s): Paul Gentry - Rhesa Siregar - Larry Holder - Elton Smith
Do you feel a crispness in the air? Autumn's past, yet something more is there Do you know it's Christmas? Can you feel it's Christmas? The joyful, loving season we all share
Lights that line the street are dancing bright Stirring special feelings with the sight Do you know it's Christmas? Can you feel it's Christmas? The stars above are shining bright tonight
Oh, the winter's come to the meadow lands As we're gazing out the windows of our home Watching snowflakes fall in the starlit night Reflecting all God's love that shines inside
We cherish every moment on this special day This time's a gift from God Let's share it with everyone along the way
Hear the church bells sound through the peaceful town Awakening God's Spirit in each soul As the children play on this Christmas Day We are thankful for the joy we've come to know
Lights that line the street are dancing bright Stirring special feelings with the sight Do you know it's Christmas? Can you feel it's Christmas? The stars above are shining bright tonight
Do you know it's Christmas? Can you feel it's Christmas? The stars above are shining bright tonight Tonight, tonight Tonight
It's Raining Today Composer(s): Scott Walker First release by: Scott Walker - 1969 Covered by: Susanna & The Magical Orch. - 2006
It's raining today and I'm just about to forget the train window girl That wonderful day we met She smiles through the smoke from my cigarette It's raining today But once there was summer and you And dark little rooms And sleep in late afternoons Those moments descend on my windowpane
I've hung around here too long Listenin' to the old landlady's hard-luck stories You out of me me out of you We go like lovers To replace the empty space Repeat our dreams to someone new
It's raining today And I watch the cellophane streets No hang-ups for me 'Cause hang-ups need company The street corner girl's a cold trembling leaf It's raining today It's raining today
Do They Know It's Christmas?
Composer(s): Bob Geldof - Midge Ure
Performer(s): Band Aid
and multiple other artists
It's Christmastime; there's no need to be afraid At Christmastime, we let in light and we banish shade And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy Throw your arms around the world at Christmastime But say a prayer to pray for the other ones At Christmastime
It's hard, but when you're having fun There's a world outside your window And it's a world of dread and fear Where the only water flowing is the bitter sting of tears
And the Christmas bells that ring there Are the clanging chimes of doom Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime
The greatest gift they'll get this year is life Oh, where nothing ever grows, no rain or rivers flow Do they know it's Christmastime at all?
Here's to you, raise a glass for ev'ryone Here's to them, underneath that burning sun Do they know it's Christmastime at all?
Feed the world Feed the world
Feed the world Let them know it's Christmastime again Feed the world Let them know it's Christmastime again
It's Raining Men Composer(s): Paul Jabara; Paul Schaffer First release by: The Weather Girls - 1982 Covered by multiple other artists
Hi - Hi! We're your Weather Girls - Ah-huh - And have we got news for you - You better listen! Get ready, all you lonely girls and leave those umbrellas at home - Alright!
Humidity is rising - Barometer's getting low According to all sources, the street's the place to go Cause tonight for the first time Just about half-past ten For the first time in history It's gonna start raining men
It's Raining Men! Hallelujah! - It's Raining Men! Amen! I'm gonna go out to run and let myself get Absolutely soaking wet! It's Raining Men! Hallelujah! It's Raining Men! Every Specimen! Tall, blonde, dark and lean Rough and tough and strong and mean
God bless Mother Nature, she's a single woman too She took off to heaven and she did what she had to do She taught every angel to rearrange the sky So that each and every woman could find her perfect guy It's Raining Men! Hallelujah! - It's Raining Men! Amen! It's Raining Men! Hallelujah! It's Raining Men! Ame---------nnnn!
I feel stormy weather / Moving in about to begin Hear the thunder / Don't you lose your head Rip off the roof and stay in bed
God bless Mother Nature, she's a single woman too She took off to heaven and she did what she had to do She taught every angel to rearrange the sky So that each and every woman could find her perfect guy It's Raining Men! Yeah!
Humidity is rising - Barometer's getting low According to all sources, the street's the place to go Cause tonight for the first time Just about half-past ten For the first time in history It's gonna start raining men
It's Raining Composer(s): Rick Derringer Performer(s): Rick Derringer
It's rainin' Been rainin' for a long, long time I don't know when the sun is gonna shine I'm stranded till the hurricane's through But at least I know I'm stranded with you The water is risin' in the town Last report said more rain's comin' down
It's rainin' The road is not no place to go Too bad there ain't no late night show Stranded till the hurricane's through But at least I know I'm stranded with you (Listen to the rain)
It's rainin' Been rainin' for a long, long time I don't know when the sun is gonna shine I'm stranded till the hurricane's through But at least I know I'm stranded with you Stranded till the hurricane's through But at least I know I'm stranded with you
It's Raining Composer(s): Naomi Neville First release by: Irma Thomas - 1962 Covered by multiple other artists
Drip drop Drip drop Drip drop Drip drop
It's raining so hard Looks like it's gonna rain all night And this is the time I'd love to be holding you tight But I guess I'll have to accept The fact that you're not here I wish the rain would hurry up And end, my dear
It's raining so hard It's really coming down Sittin' by my window Watching the rain fall to the ground This is the time I'd love to be holding you tight But I guess I'll just go crazy tonight
It's raining so hard It brings back memories Of the time That you were here with me Counting every drop About to lose my top I wish the rain would hurry up and stop
I've got the blues so bad I can hardly catch my breath The harder it rains The worse it gets This is the time I'd love to be holding you tight But I guess I'll just go crazy tonight
Ding Dong! Merrily On High
((Adapted from: Branle De L'official (Thoinot Arbeau))
Composer(s): Thoinot Arbeau - Charles Wood - George Woodward
Performer(s): Celtic Woman
Ding dong merrily on high In heav'n the bells are ringing Ding dong verily the sky Is riv'n with angel singing Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!
E'en so here below, below Let steeple bells be swungen And "Io, io, io!" By priest and people sungen
Ding dong merrily on high In heav'n the bells are ringing Ding dong verily the sky Is riv'n with angel singing Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!
Pray you, dutifully prime Your matin chime, ye ringers May you beautifully rime Your evetime song, ye singers
Ding dong merrily on high In heav'n the bells are ringing Ding dong verily the sky Is riv'n with angel singing Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!
It's Probably Me Composer(s): Eric Clapton; Michael Kamen; Sting Performer(s): Sting and multiple other artists
If the night turned cold and the stars looked down And you hug yourself on the cold, cold ground You wake the morning in a stranger's coat No one would you see You ask yourself, who'd watch for me My only friend, who could it be It's hard to say it I hate to say it, but it's probably me
When you belly's empty and the hunger's so real And you're too proud to beg and too dumb to steal You search the city for your only friend No one would you see You ask yourself, who'd watch for me A solitary voice to speak out and set me free I hate to say it I hate to say it, but it's probably me
You're not the easiest person I ever got to know And it's hard for us both to let our feelings show Some would say I should let you go your way You'll only make me cry But if there's one guy, just one guy Who'd lay down his life for you and die I hate to say it I hate to say it, but it's probably me
When the world's gone crazy and it makes no sense There's only one voice that comes to your defence The jury's out and your eyes search the room And one friendly face is all you need to see And if there's one guy, just one guy Who'd lay down his life for you and die I hate to say it I hate to say it, but it's probably me I hate to say it I hate to say it, but it's probably me
Dime Niño, De Quién Eres? Performer(s): Rosa López
Dime niño de quién eres todo vestidito de blanco Dime niño de quién eres todo vestidito de blanco Soy de la Virgen María y del Espíritu Santo Soy de la Virgen María y del Espíritu Santo
Resuenen con alegría los cánticos de mi tierra y viva el Niño Jesús que nació en la Nochebuena Resuenen con alegría los cánticos de mi tierra y viva el Niño Jesús que nació en la Nochebuena
La Nochebuena se viene, tururú la Nochebuena se va Y nosotros nos iremos, tururú y no volveremos más
Dime niño de quien eres y si te llamas Jesús Dime niño de quien eres y si te llamas Jesús Soy de la Virgen María y del Espíritu Santo Soy de la Virgen María y del Espíritu Santo
Resuenen con alegría los cánticos de mi tierra y viva el Niño Jesús que nació en la Nochebuena Resuenen con alegría los cánticos de mi tierra y viva el Niño Jesús que nació en la Nochebuena
Dime Niño de quien eres todo vestidito de blanco Soy de la Virgen María y del Espíritu Santo
Resuenen con alegría los cánticos de mi tierra y viva el Niño de Dios que nació en la Nochebuena
La Nochebuena se viene, tururú la Nochebuena se va. Y nosotros nos iremos, tururú y no volveremos más
Dime Niño de quien eres y si te llamas Jesús Soy amor en el pesebre y sufrimiento en la Cruz
Resuenen con alegría los cánticos de mi tierra y viva el Niño de Dios que nació en la Nochebuena
It's Over Composer(s): Roy Orbison; Bill Dees First release by: Roy Orbison - 1964 Covered by multiple other artists
Titles In Other Languages: - Je T'aime (by Dalida) 1966 - La Fine Di Tutto 1984 - Qui Dautre
Your baby doesn't love you anymore
Golden days before they end Whisper secrets to the wind Your baby won't be near you anymore
Tender nights before they fly Send falling stars that seem to cry Your baby doesn't want you anymore, it's over
It breaks your heart in two To know she's been untrue But, oh, what will you do? When she says to you "There`s someone new" "We're throu-oo-ough, we're through?"
It's over, it's over, it's over
All the rainbows in the sky Start to weep then say goodbye You won't be seeing rainbows anymore
Setting suns before they fall Echo to you "That's all, that's all" But you'll see lonely sunsets after all
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes ((Adapted from: La Nuit Ne Veut Pas Finir (Bob Asklöf) - 1963)) Composer(s): Benjamin Weisman - Dorothy Wayne - Marilynn Garrett First release by: Bobby Vee with The Johnny Mann Singers - 1962 Covered by multiple other artists
They say that you're a run-around lover Though you say it isn't so But if you put me down for another I'll know, believe me, I'll know
'Cause the night has a thousand eyes And a thousand eyes can't help but see if you are true to me So remember when you tell those little white lies That the night has a thousand eyes
You say that you're at home when you phone me And how much you really care Though you keep telling me that you're lonely I'll know if someone is there
'Cause the night has a thousand eyes And a thousand eyes can't help but see if you are true to me So remember when you tell those little white lies That the night has a thousand eyes
One of these days you're gonna be sorry 'Cause your game I'm gonna play And you'll find out without really trying Each time that my kisses stray
'Cause the night has a thousand eyes And a thousand eyes will see me too And no matter what I do I could never disguise all my little white lies 'Cause the night has a thousand eyes
So remember when you tell those little white lies That the night has a thousand eyes
It's Over Composer(s): Jimmie Rodgers First release by: Jimmie Rodgers - 1966 Covered by multiple other artists
If time were not a moving thing And I could make it stay This hour of love we share Would always be There'd be no coming day To shine a morning light And make us realize our night is over
When you walk away from me There is no place to put my hand Except to shade my eyes against the sun That rises over the land I watch you walk away Somehow I have to let you go Now it's over
If you knew just how I really feel You might return and yet There are so many times That people have to love and then forget Oh there might have been a way I have to force myself to say It's over
So I turn my back Turn my collar to the wind Move along in silence Trying not to think at all I send my feet before me Walk the silent street before me It's over
If time were not a moving thing And I could make it stay This hour of love we share Would always be There'd be no coming day To shine a morning light And make us realize our night is over It's over