Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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South Street Composer(s): Dave Appell - Barry Mann Performer(s): The Orlons; Brian Poole & the Tremeloes
Where do all the hippist meet? (South Street, South Street) Where the dancin is elite (South Street, South Street) Side by side we're loose and neat When we're stompin down the street Hurry down, baby she's the hippist street in town!(Oh baby)
Meet me, on South Street, oh yeah, hurry on down Come on now, meet me on South Street The hippist street in town Well you take West Street, East Street, North Avenue ('Cause I know) South Street's the best street To have a ball with you
Do you hear that groovy beat? (South Street, South Street) Don't it make you move your feet? (South Street, South Street) Everybody gathers round 'Cause they dig that crazy sound Now hurry down, baby she's the hippist street in town
(Oh baby) Meet me on South Street, (come on) oh yeah, hurry on down Come on now, meet me on South Street, the hippist street in town (Well you take) West Street, East Street, North Avenue ('Cause I know) South Street's the best street To have a ball with you
Happy Anniversary Titles In Other Languages: Bon Anniversaire; Buon Anniversario; Qué Buen Aniversario Composer(s): Charles Aznavour; Herbert Kretzmer Performer(s): Charles Aznavour
Ive been ready for hours and Im wearing my best Ordered champagne and flowers and youre not even dressed Tonights a special night to remember with pride These twenty happy years since you became my bride It is all too absurd; youre so cross and abrupt But I dont say a word or youre bound to erupt Your peculiar moods Ive experienced before So Ill pour another drink and quietly pace the floor Its a quarter to eight as we fretfully wait For your little black dress; that was promised by six Is it just rotten luck when were doing the town That the fates should conspire to let us mortals down I have seats for a show and its opening night My shoes do not fit me and my suit is too tight And you sit there and curse, an occasional curse And Ive got a headache thats quickly getting worse Happy anniversary, Happy anniversary They deliver your frock but youre still in distress It was past nine o clock when I helped you to dress I tried to do you up but it wasnt my day For then to fill my cup your zipper stuck half way I got all in a sweat, over anxious and vexed Will I ever forget the thing that happened next Your dress came apart with one terrible tear Your disappointed cries were more than I could bear At eleven at last, when we got into town We arrived at the show but the curtain was down I suggested a bite. No, no you wanted to walk You had no appetite and no desire to talk So we strolled for an hour and the evening was sweet And I bought you a flower from a man in the street And we kissed on the sidewalk without reason or rhyme And we knew that our love is stronger than time Happy anniversary, Happy anniversary, Happy anniversary
This Nearly Was Mine Composer(s): Oscar Hammerstein II - Richard Rodgers Performer(s): Barbara Cook and multiple other artists
Emily: One dream in my heart One love to be livin' for One love to be livin' for This nearly was mine
One girl for my dream One partner in paradise This promise of paradise This nearly was mine
Close to my heart she came Only to fly away Only to fly as day flies from moonlight Now, now I'm alone Still dreamin' of paradise Still sayin' that paradise Once nearly was mine
I'll keep rememberin' kisses From lips I've never owned And all that lovely adventures That we have never known
One dream in my heart One love to be livin' for One love to be livin' for This nearly was mine
Close to my heart she came Only to fly away Only to fly as day flies from moonlight
Now, now I'm alone Still a-dreamin' of paradise Still sayin' that paradise Once nearly was mine!
Honey Bun Composer(s): Oscar Hammerstein II - Richard Rodgers Performer(s): Mary Martin and multiple other artists
Nellie: My doll is as dainty as a sparrow Her figure is somethin' to applaud Where she's narrow she's as narrow an arrow And she's broad where a broad should be broad
A hundred and one pounds of fun That's my little honey bun! Get a load of honey bun tonight
I'm speakin' of my Sweetie Pie Only sixty inches high Ev'ry inch is packed with dynamite!
Her hair is blond and curly Her curls are hurly-burly Her lips are pips! I call her hips 'Twirly' and 'Whirly'
She's my baby, I'm her pap! I'm her booby, she's my trap! I am caught and I don't wanna run 'Cause I'm havin' so much fun with honey bun!
I am caught and I don't wanna run 'Cause I'm havin' so much fun with honey bun!
Believe me sonny! She a cookie who can cook you 'till you're done Ain't bein' funny! Sonny, put your money on my honey bun!
Happiness Street Composer(s): Edward R. White; Maxwell Wolfson Performer(s): Georgia Gibbs; and various other artists
Why am I happy, why am I gay Me and my baby just moved out today (Where?) On Happiness Street, corner Sunshine Square
Now we don't quarrel, now we're so glad Glad that we're living where love is the fad (Where?) On Happiness Street, corner Sunshine Square
They never heard of blues, they never heard of fears They never heard of woes, they never heard of tears That's the reason folks are happy there
So woncha ya pack up your troubles, take my advice You and your baby can find paradise (Where?) On Happiness Street, corner Sunshine Square
(Where?) To Happiness Street, corner Sunshine Square
(Where?) To Happiness Street, corner Sunshine Square
They never heard of blues, they never heard of fears They never heard of woes, they never heard of tears That's the reason folks are happy there
Ooh, so woncha pack up your troubles, take my advice You and your baby can find paradise (Where?) On Happiness Street, Happiness Street C'mon-a Happiness Street, corner Sunshine Square
There Is Nothing Like A Dame Composer(s): Oscar Hammerstein II - Richard Rodgers First performance by: Myron McCormick - 1949 and multiple other artists
We got sunlight on the sand We got moonlight on the sea We got mangos and bananas You can pick right off the tree We got volleyball and ping-pong And a lot of dandy games What ain't we got? We ain't got dames
We get packages from home We get movies we get shows We get speeches from our skipper And advice from Tokyo Rose We get letters doused with perfume We get dizzy from the smell What don't we get? You know darn well
We got nothing to put on a clean white suit for What we need is what there ain't no substitue for
There is nothing like a dame, nothing in the world There is nothing you can name that is anything like a dame
We feel restless we feel blue We feel lonely and in grief We feel every kind of feeling But the feeling of relief We feel hungry as the wolf felt when he met red riding hood What don't we feel? we don't feel good
Lots of things in life are beautiful but brother There is one particular thing that is nothing whatsoever in any shape or form like any other
There is nothing like a dame, nothing in the world There is nothing you can name that is anything like a dame
Nothing else is built the same Nothing in the world Has the soft and wavy frame Like the silhouette of a dame
There's absolutely nothing like the frame of a dame
So suppose a dame ain't bright Or completly free from flaws Or as faithful as a bird dog Or as kind as santa clause It's a waste of time to worry Over things that they have not Be thankful for the things they've got
There is nothing you can name That is anything like a dame There are no books like a dame And nothing looks like a dame There are no drinks like a dame And nothing thinks like a dame Nothing acts like a dame Or attracts like a dame There ain't a thing thats wrong with any man here That can't be cured by putting him near a girly, womanly, female, feminine dame
Little pebble upon the sand Now you're lying here in my hand How many years have you been here? Little human upon the sand From where I'm lying here in your hand You to me are but a passing breeze
The sun will always shine where you stand Depending in which land You may find yourself Now, you have my blessing, go your way
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Happiness runs in a circular motion Falters like a little boat upon the sea All our souls are deeper than you can see You can have everything if you let yourself be Everybody is a part of anything, anyway You can have everything if you let yourself be
Happiness runs in a circular motion Falters like a little boat upon the sea All our souls are deeper than you can see You can have everything if you let yourself be La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la, let yourself be
Bloody Mary Composer(s): Oscar Hammerstein II - Richard Rodgers Performer(s): London Theatre Orch. and multiple other artists
Men: Bloody Mary is the girl I love Bloody Mary is the girl I love Bloody Mary is the girl I love Now ain't that too damn bad!
Her skin is tender as Dimaggio's glove Her skin is tender as Dimaggio's glove Her skin is tender as Dimaggio's glove Now ain't that too damn bad!
Bloody Mary's chewin' betel nuts She is always chewin' betel nuts Bloody Mary's chewin' betel nuts And she don't use Pepsodent! Now ain't that too damn bad!
Bloody Mary is the girl I love Bloody Mary is the girl I love Bloody Mary is the girl I love Now ain't that too damn bad! Now ain't that too damn bad!
Happiness Is A Warm Gun Composer(s): John Lennon; Paul McCartney Performer(s): The Beatles; and various other artists
She's not a girl, who misses much Do roo roo roo roo, oh yeah She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand Like a lizard on a window pane The man in the crowd with the multicoloured mirrors On his hobnail boots Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy working overtime A soap impression of his wife which he ate And donated to the Nation Trust
I need a fix 'cause I'm going down Down to the bits that I left uptown I need a fix cause I'm going down Mother Superior jump the gun Mother Superior jump the gun Mother Superior jump the gun Mother Superior jump the gun Mother Superior jump the gun Mother Superior jump the gun
Happiness is a warm gun Happiness is a warm gun - ahaa When I hold you in my arms And I feel my finger on your trigger I know nobody can do me no harm Because happiness is a warm Happiness is a warm gun - Yes it is Happiness is a warm - Yes it is - gun Happiness is a warm gun...
Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe Composer(s): Harold Arlen; E.Y. "Yip" Harburg Performer(s): Ethel Waters; and various other artists
It seems like happiness is just a thing called Joe He's got a smile that makes the lilac wanta grow He's got a way that makes the angels heave a sigh When they know little Joe's passing by
Sometimes the cabin's gloomy and the table's bare Then he'll kiss me and it's Christmas everywhere Troubles fly away and life is easy go Does he love me good, that's all I need to know
Dites-Moi Composer(s): Oscar Hammerstein II - Richard Rodgers Performer(s): Barbara Luna and multiple other artists
Ngana and Jerome: Dites-moi Pourquoi La vie est belle Dies-moi Pourquoi La vie est gai Dites-moi Pourquoi Chère Mad'moiselle Est-ce que Parce que Vous m'aimez?
Dites-moi Pourquoi Chère Mad'moiselle Est-ce que Parce que Vous m'aimez?
Tell me why The sky is filled with music Tell me why We fly on clouds above Can it be That we Can fly to music Just because Just because We're in love?
Happiness Is Composer(s): Paul Evans; Paul Parnes Performer(s): Ray Conniff; Paul Evans; Clark Terry
What happiness is Happiness is (Happiness is) Happiness is (Happiness is) Happiness is (Happiness is) Different things to different people That's what happiness is
To the preacher It's a prayer, prayer, prayer To the Beatles It's a "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" To the golfer It's a hole in one To the father It's a brand new son
Happiness is (Happiness is) Happiness is (Happiness is) Happiness is (Happiness is) Different things to different people That's what happiness is
To the beatnik It's his beard, beard, beard To the monster Something weird, weird, weird To a night owl It's a good days sleep To the Yankee's It's a four game sweep
Happiness is (Happiness is) Happiness is (Happiness is) Happiness is (Happiness is) Different things to different people That's what happiness is
On the desert It's a drink, drink, drink To the show girl It's a mink, mink, mink To the banker Lots and lots of dough To a racer It's a GTO
To a sailor It's the sea, sea, sea To my mother Why, it's me, me, me To the birdies It's the sky above But, to my mind It's the one I love
Happiness is (Happiness is) Happiness is (Happiness is) Happiness is (Happiness is) Different things to different people That's what happiness is Happiness is!
A Cockeyed Optimist
Composer(s): Oscar Hammerstein II - Richard Rodgers
Performer(s): Mary Martin
and multiple other artists
Nellie: When the skies are brighter canary yellow I forget ev'ry cloud I've ever seen So they called me a cockeyed optimist Immature and incurably green
I have heard people rant and rave and bellow That we're done and we might as well be dead But I'm only a cockeyed optimist And I can't get it into my head
I hear the human race Is fallin' on its face And hasn't very far to go But ev'ry whippoorwill Is sellin' me a bill And tellin' me it just ain't so
I could say life is just a bowl of Jello And appear more intelligent and smart But I'm stuck like a dope With a thing called hope And I can't get it out of my heart! Not this heart...
Happiness Composer(s): Allen Toussaint Performer(s): The Pointer Sisters
I love the way you love to live You got life, you're inspiration I love the way that you do Your heart's so freely You're a sweet sensation You're my invitation to happiness You're full of sweet surprises, happiness You fill my heart desire More, more, more and more And over and over again Keep that goodness coming
I love the way you watch the world Through kind eyes That's why you're never sad, sad Things don't bother you Like dos, don'ts and whys You hold on to the good And you let the bad go by
Yeah, yeah Happiness I want your love forever Happiness Give me your love forever More, more, more and more And over and over again Keep that goodness coming
Happiness Give me your love forever Happiness Say you'll leave me never More, more, more and more And over and over again Keep that goodness coming Keep it coming, keep it coming Keep it coming, coming Keep it coming, keep it coming Keep it, keep it coming
For A Thousand Years Composer(s): Sao Fajon - Primo Peterca First performance by: Darja vajger - 1999
Teardrops in my eyes, a dance of glistening rain Falling from the sky, a carpet of the stars Clouds of tenderness are fleeing in the light Now it's here, the light for a thousand years
I tremble in your eyes, I tremble in your palms Lie inside you deep, in dreams of yours I sleep Caress you with my eyes and love you with my hands Yes, I feel the light for a thousand years
I know you are my love A touch, a kiss, your heart is mine I know the light is always here We kiss each other in its shine
I tremble in your eyes, I tremble in your palms Lie inside you deep, in dreams of yours I sleep Caress you with my eyes and love you with my hands Yes, I feel the light for a thousand years
I know you are my love A touch, a kiss, your heart is mine I know the light is always here We kiss each other in its shine
South Of The Border ((aka South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)) Composer(s): Jimmy Kennedy - Michael Carr First recording - Billy Cotton - 1939 Covered by multiple other artists
South of the border - down Mexico way That's where I fell in love, where the stars above - came out to play And now as I wander - my thoughts ever stray South of the border - down Mexico way
She was a picture - in old Spanish lace Just for a tender while, I kissed a smile - upon her face 'Cause it was fiesta - and we were so gay South of the border - Mexico way
Then she smiled as she whispered "mañana" Never dreaming that we were parting Then I lied as a whispered "mañana" 'Cause our tomorrow never came
South of the border - I jumped back one day There in a veil of white, by the candle light - she knelt to pray The mission bells told me (ding-dong) - that I musn't stay South of the border - Mexico way
Happiness is finding a pencil Sleeping in moon light Telling the time Happiness is learning to whistle Tying your shoe For the very first time Happiness is playing the drum In your own school band And happiness is walking hand in hand
Happiness is two kinds of ice cream Knowing a secret Climbing a tree Happiness is five different crayons Catching a firefly Setting him free And happiness is being alone every now and then And happiness is coming home again
Happiness is morning and evening Daytime and nighttime too For happiness is anyone and anything at all That's loved by you
Happiness is having a sister Sharing a sandwich Getting along Happiness is singing together When day is through And happiness is those who sing with you
Happiness is morning and evening Daytime and nighttime too For happiness is anyone and anything at all That's loved by you