Cowpuncher’s Cantata
Composer(s): Max Bygraves
Performer(s): Max Bygraves



I travelled across to America
And when I arrived in America
They said, “Son, you know, you can’t go wrong
If you finish your show with a cowboy song”
So I practiced all day to get the song right
And I dreamed of those songs all through the night

That night I heard the wild goose cry
He’d got mixed up with the riders in the sky
Tried to sleep, but it was in vain
Have you ever tried sleeping on a mule train

Iyyyyeeeeeeiiiiiiiiioooooooowwwww!

My heart goes where the mule train goes
And I must go where the mule train goes
Brother goose, mother goose, don’t you fear
‘Cos I’ve arrived, and to prove it I’m ‘ere

Iyyyyeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiooooooooooooooooowwwww!
Aha, Yma Sumac?

The riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name
If you’re looking for the wild goose, he’s on the mule train
So cowboy mend your ways today, forget your life of sin
And you will be in time to meet the shrimp boats coming in

Oyoyoyoy, giddup there, go on old paint there, go on

My heart goes where the shrimp boats go
And I must go where the shrimp boats go
I’m gonna ride that dusty trail
‘Cos they’ve locked up my lover in Allentown jail

You know this kinda reminds me of the first time I blew into Tombstone city
Yessir, that night I slept on the prairie and all night long those prairie dogs
kept howlin’. I couldn’t understand why they kept howlin’, then I found out
Ain’t no trees on the prairie, jest cactus.

If ever the devil was born
Without a pair of horns
It was you, Sonny Boy

You Are My Sunshine
Composer(s): Charles Mitchell; Jimmy Davis
Performer(s): Bing Crosby;
and various other artists



The other night dear, as I lay sleeping 
I dreamed I held you in my arms 
When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken 
So I hung my head and I cried. 
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey 
You'll never know dear, how much I love you 
Please don't take my sunshine away 
I'll always love you and make you happy 
If you will only say the same
But if you leave me to love another
You'll regret it all some day
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey 
You'll never know dear, how much I love you 
Please don't take my sunshine away 
You told me once, dear, you really loved me 
and no one else could come between
But now you've left me and love another
you have shattered all my dreams
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey 
You'll never know dear, how much I love you 
Please don't take my sunshine away

Strong Love
Composer(s): Mary Brown - Deadric Malone - Ed Silvers
Performer(s): The Spencer Davis Group; Steve Winwood



Strong love is what you've got
And I can't get no sleep
Strong love is what you've got
And I can't find no key
I can hardly sleep at night
It makes me toss and turn
It's a fire in my heart
And I just let it burn
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Strong love is what you've got
And I can hardly eat
Strong love is what you've got
And there is no retreat
I try to swallow, baby
It just won't go down
Got my head a spinnin', darlin'
It's goin' round and round
Goin' round.
Yeah, yeah, yeah

I know your love is real
Show me how you feel
Oh yeah, Oh yeah

Strong love is what you've got
And I can't get no sleep
Strong love is what you've got
And I can't find no key
I can hardly sleep at night
It makes me toss and turn
It's a fire in my heart
And I'm gonna let it burn
Let it burn

You Are My Miracle
Composer(s): Roger Whittaker
Performer(s): Roger Whittaker



You are my nights
You are my days
You are my miracle
In so many ways

You give me hope
You carry on
You are my miracle
For you make me strong

The wonder of the love
To feel and to share
Does ev'ry lover feel as I do?

How happy when we meet
How cheerful when we part
To feel the joy and pain as I do

You are my nights
You are my days
You are my miracle
In so many ways

You give me hope
You carry on
You are my miracle
For you make me strong

If I could have a wish
I'd wish for everyone
I'd wish that all could feel as I do

I'd give to every heart
The miracle of love
To know the joy of life as I do

You are my nights
You are my days
You are my miracle
In so many ways

You give me hope
You carry on
You are my miracle
For you make me strong

You are my nights
You are my days
You are my miracle
In so many ways

You give me hope
You carry on
You are my miracle
For you make me strong

All On A Christmas Morning
Composer(s): Alfred Shaddick Burt
Performer(s): Jimmy Joyce
and multiple other artists



O, who are these that throng the way
To Bethlehem, to Bethlehem,
And onward press in glad array
All on a Christmas morning

Good Christian men and maids they are
From countries near and lands afar
Allured by yonder beckoning star
All on a Christmas morning

What do they hasten thence to see
In Bethlehem, in Bethlehem,
That they fare forth so merrily
All on a Christmas morning

O, they a vision fair would view
Would find the beautiful and true,
And faith and hope and love renew
All on a Christmas morning

And what is this they are carrying
To Bethlehem, to Bethlehem
What is it in their arms they bring
All on a Christmas morning

They bear good gifts in rich excess
Of love and joy and thankfulness
With which mankind they fain would bless
All on a Christmas morning

You Are My Lucky Star
Composer(s): Nacio Herb Brown; Arthur Freed
Performer(s): Gene Kelly & Debbie Reynolds;
and various other artists



In my imagination
I searched the starlit sky so bright
In my imagination
There I saw you in the night

And on the day I saw you
How could I help but realise? 
My lucky star was smiling right there
Before my very eyes... 

You are my lucky star
I saw you from afar
Two lovely eyes at me they were beaming, gleaming
I was star struck

You're all my lucky charms
I'm lucky in your arms
You've opened heaven's portal
Here on Earth for this poor mortal
You are my lucky star!

Strong In Reason
Composer(s): Chris Difford - Glenn Tilbrook
Performer(s): Squeeze



You get your trunks out of the drawer
You see your self as once before
The empty box lies on the chair
Another steroid grease your hair
The sun ray lamp is put away
There is no reason to be afraid
So fix yourself into a shape
Your audience is half awake
The time has come to flex your back
Another day for you meat rack

Strong in vigour
Strong in arm
Strong with almost perfect charm
Strong in tension
Strong in strength
Strong in almost every sense

Out on the stage the lights are green
It's one step forward now you've been seen
The right arm up the left arm down
Open mouthed the vacant crowd
Your chest of wax flips like a coin
Into the rhythm into the join
The ladies in the comfortable seats
They look at you with eyes so deep
Don't take a bow because your get the sack
I'm pleased to slag you off meat rack

You Are My Love
Composer(s): Constantine Callinicos; Paul Francis Webster
Performer(s): Mario Lanza; Hank Jones



You are my love
you're the sun in my sky
You're the love song that I
will remember

You are my love
you're the warm, golden moon
you're the promise of June
in December

No other arms, no other lips, no other smile sets my heart afire
No other dream, no other sighs, no
other kiss burns with such desire

You are my love, till the oceans run dry, till the stars in the sky fail to shine

You'll always be - my love to me
So tell me you'll always be mine!

Strong Enough To Bend
Composer(s): Beth Nielsen Chapman - Don Schlitz
Performer(s): Tanya Tucker
and multiple other artists



There's a tree out in the backyard
That never has been broken by the wind
And the reason its still standing
It was strong enough to bend

For years, we have stayed together
As lovers and as friends
What we have will last forever
If we're strong enough to bend

When you say something that you can't take back
Big wind blows and you hear a little crack
When you say "Hey well I might be wrong"
You can sway with the wind till the storm is gone
Sway with the wind till the storm is gone

Like a tree out in the backyard
That never has been broken by the wind
Our love will last forever
If we're strong enough to bend

When you start thinkin' that you know it all
Big wind blows and a branch will fall
When you say "Hey this job takes two"
We can sway with the wind till the skies turn blue
Sway with the wind till the skies turn blue

Like a tree out in the backyard
That never has been broken by the wind
Our love will last forever if we're strong enough to bend
Our love will last forever if we're strong enough to bend

You Are My Love
Performer(s): Liverpool Express



You are my love 
You are the one that I adore 
You are my love 
You are what I have waited for
Oh, you are my love 
Oh, you are my love 
Oh, you are my love
You are my day 
You change my winter into spring 
You came my way 
And then my heart began to sing 
Oh, you are my love 
Oh, you are my love 
Oh, you are my love

Strong Enough
Composer(s): Paul Barry - Mark Taylor
Performer(s): Cher



I don't need your sympathy 
There's nothing you can say or do for me 
And I don't want a miracle 
You'll never change for no one 
I hear you reasons why 
Where did you sleep last night? 
And was she worth it, was she worth it? 

Now I'm strong enough to live without you 
Strong enough and I quit crying long enough 
Now I'm strong enough to know you gotta go 
There's no more to say 
So save your breath 
And then walk away 
No matter what I hear you say 
I'm strong enough to know you gotta go 

So you feel misunderstood 
Baby, have I got news for you 
One being used, I could write the book 
But you don't wanna hear about it 

I've been losing sleep 
You've been going cheap 
She ain't worth half of me it's true 
Now I'm telling you 

That I'm strong enough to live without you 
Strong enough and I quit crying long enough 
Now I'm strong enough to know you've gotta go 

Come hell or waters high 
You'll never see me cry 
This is our last goodbye, it's true 

I'm telling you 

Now I'm strong enough to live without you 
Strong enough and I quit crying long enough 
Now I'm strong enough to know you gotta go 
There's no more to say 
So save your breath 
And then walk away 
No matter what I hear you say 
I'm strong enough to know you gotta go

You Are My First Love
Composer(s): Bobby Powell; C.L. Roberts
Performer(s): Nat King Cole; Ruby Murray



You are my first love
My first and last love
We'll make this love last forever

We'll prove a love as
Young as spring keeps growing
Even though the chill
November winds keep blowing

We'll show that two hearts
Two young but true hearts
Can do what few hearts
Have done before

Til the sun grows cold
Til time stands still
We'll feel the magic thrill
Of our first love

Strong As Steel
Performer(s): Gladys Knight & The Pips



We've been so close to each other
Can't think of a moment that you weren't there
We've been through so much together
Can't think of a feeling that we haven't shared

Ooh, how many lovers
Ever find the kind of love that we haven't got?
Ooh, and many others
`Cause you know what we got is a rare thing
Ooh, it's everlasting

This love is as strong as steel
Can't break it up or break it down
It's always gonna be around
This love is a love that's real
It's as deep as any ocean goes
It's gonna last, don't you know?
This love's strong as steel

I want to tell you...Oh baby

We've been right here for each other
Even through the times when times were hard for us
Any rain we came through shining
Oh, I knew we'd make it all it takes is trust

Ooh, and now there's nothing
That could ever come between me and you
Oh, baby…Ooh, our love is one thing
That just keeps on getting better
The more that we're together

This love is as strong as steel
Can't break it up or break it down
It's always gonna be around
This love is a love that's real
It's as deep as any ocean goes
It's gonna last, don't you know?
This love's strong as steel

Oh-oh, there ain't no raging river
Gonna sweep this love away
Gonna stand together heart to heart
Nothing's gonna tear this love apart…this ove

This love's strong…as steel
This love's strong as steel
Break it up or break it down
It's always gonna be around
This love is a love that's real
It's as deep as any ocean goes
It's gonna last, don't you know?
This love, strong as steel
Strong as steel now, baby
Strong as steel now, darlin'
This love (I want to tell you)
It's as deep as any ocean goes
It's gonna last, don't you know?
This love (it's as) strong as steel

Can't break it up or break it down
It's always gonna be around

You Are My Destiny
Composer(s): Paul Anka
First release: Paul Anka - 1958
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1958 - Tu M'étais Destinée (Dalida)
1984 - Sei Nel Mio Destino (Adriano Celentano)



You are my destiny
You share my reverie
You are my happiness
That's what you are

You have my sweet caress
You share my loneliness
You are my dream come true
That's what you are

Heaven and heaven alone
Can take your love from me
'Cause I'd be a fool
To ever leave you dear
And a fool I'd never be

You are my destiny
You share my reverie
You're more than life to me
That's what you are

You are my destiny
You share my reverie
You are my happiness
That's what you are

Strolling
Performer(s): Flanagan & Allen



Strolling, just strolling
In the cool of the evening air
I don't envy the rich in their automobiles
For a motor car is phoney
I'd rather have Shanks's pony
When I'm strolling, just strolling
With the light of the moon above
Ev'ry night I go out strolling
And I know my luck is rolling 
When I'm strolling with the one I love

Strolling, just strolling
In the cool of the evening air
Ev'ry man and his dog keeps on walking for miles 
And we don't care who tramps most
But they can never pass one lamp post
When they're strolling, just strolling
In the light of the moon above 
Though we might think we're good planners
But the blighters won't learn manners
Though they're strolling with the ones they love

You Are Love
Composer(s): Jerome Kern; Oscar Hammerstein
Performer(s): Frank Sinatra;
and various other artists



Once a wandering ne'er-do-well
Just a vagrant roaming fellow
I went my way
Life was just a joke to tell
Like a lonely Punchinello
My role was gay
But I knew the joke was aimless
Time went on, I liked the game less
For you see
Somewhere lurked a spark divine
And I kept wondering whether mine
Would come to me.

Then my fortune turned and I found you
Here you are with my arms around you
You will never know what you meant to me
You're the prize that heaven has sent to me
Here's a bright and beautiful world anew
Wrapped up in you

You are love
Here in my arms
Where you belong
And here you will stay
I'll not let you away
I want day after day with you

You are spring
Bud of romance unfurl'd
You taught me to see
One truth forever true

You are love
Wonder of all the world
Where you go with me
Heaven will always be!

You are love
Here in my arms
Where you belong
And here you will stay
I'll not let you away
I want day after day with you

You are spring
Bud of romance unfurl'd
You taught me to see
One truth forever true

You are love
Wonder of all the world.
Where you go with me
Heaven will always be!

Stroll On
Composer(s): Keith Relf - Jeff Beck - Jimmy Page - Chris Dreja 
Performer(s): The Yardbirds



Strollin' on
'Cos it's all gone
The reason why
You made me cry
By tellin' me
You didn't see
The future bore
Our love no more
If you want to know
I love you so
And I don't want to let you go

I'm strollin' on
Gonna make you see
I'm strollin' on
You'll find you really love me
I'm strollin' on
Be your turn to cry
I'm strollin' on
You wish you'd never lied
You're going to change your mind
But you ain't gonna find
Any more of my kind

I'm strollin' on
'Cos it's all gone
The reason why
You made me cry
By tellin' me
You didn't see
The future bore
Our lovin' no more
If you want to know
I love you so
I don't want to let you go

I'm strollin' on
Gonna make you see
I'm strollin' on
You'll find you really love me
I'm strollin' on
Be your turn to cry
I'm strollin' on
You wish you'd never lied
You're going to change your mind
But you ain't gonna find
Any more of my kind

You Are For Loving
Composer(s): Ralph Blane; Hugh Martin
Performer(s): Liza Minnelli;
Michael Feinstein; Audrey Morris



When we met, the spring was nearly summer
The lilacs were in blossom, I recall
Later on, with summer nearly autumn

I knew I'd fallen long before the fall
Autumn has turned into winter
So spring can't be very far away
And I have learned a head can be turned
In a year, in a month, in a day
Songs are for singing
Bouquets are for bringing
Hopes are for clinging to
Wheels of fortune are for spinning

And games are for winning
Tunes are for humming
Guitars are for strumming
Dreams are for coming true
And you are for loving
And loving, and loving, and loving
By someone just as wonderful as you
Which makes me wonder if I'll do

Strokin'
Composer(s): Clarence Carter
Performer(s): Clarence Carter; Vas-tie Jackson; Poonanny



When I start makin´ love 
I don´t just make love... 
I be strokin´ 
That´s what I be doin´, huh 
I be strokin´ 
I stroke it to the east 
And I stroke it to the west 
And I stroke it to the woman that I love the best 
I be strokin´ 
Let me ask you somethin´... 
What time of the day do you like to make love 
Have you ever made love just before breakfast 
Have you ever made love while you watched the late, late show 
Well, let me ask you this 
Have you ever made love on a couch 
Well, let me ask you this 
Have you ever made love on the back seat of a car 
I remember one time I made love on the back seat of a car 
And the police came and shined his light on me, and I said: 
´I´m strokin´, that´s what I´m doin´, I be strokin´´ 
I stroke it to the east 
And I stroke it to the west 
And I stroke it to the woman that I love the best 
I be strokin´ 
Let me ask you something... 
How long has it been since you made love, huh? 
Did you make love yesterday 
Did you make love last week 
Did you make love last year 
Or maybe it might be that you plannin´ on makin´ love tonight 
But just remember, when you start making love 
You make it hard, long, soft, short 
And be strokin´ 
I be strokin´ 
I stroke it to the east 
And I stroke it to the west 
And I stroke it to the woman that I love the best, huh 
I be strokin´ 
Now when I start making love to my woman 
I don´t stop until I know she´s sas-ified 
And I can always tell when she gets sas-ified 
´Cause when she gets sas-fied she start calling my name 
She´d say: ´Clarence Carter, Clarence Carter, Clarence Carter 
Clarence Carter, ooooh shit, Clarence Carter´ 
The other night I was strokin´ my woman 
And it got so good to her, you know what she told me 
Let me tell you what she told me, she said: 
´Stroke it Clarence Carter, but don´t stroke so fast 
If my stuff ain´t tight enough, you can stick it up my...´ WOO! 
I be strokin´ Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! 
I be strokin´ 
I stroke it to the east 
And I stroke it to the west 
And I stroke it to the woman that I love the best, huh 
I be strokin´ 
I be strokin´ Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! 
I be strokin´, Yeah! 
I be strokin´ 
I stroke it to the north 
I stroke it to the south 
I stroke it everywhere 
I even stroke it with my... Woo! 
I be strokin´ 
I be strokin´ Ha! Ha! 
I be strokin´

You Are Everything
Composer(s): Thom Bell; Linda Creed
Performer(s): Rod Stewart



Today I saw somebody who looked just like you
She walked like you do I thought it was you
As she turned the corner I called out your name
I felt so ashamed but it wasn't you, wasn't you
You are everything and everything is you
You are everything and everything is you
Oh you are everything and everything is you

How can I forget when each face that I see
brings back memories of being with you
I just can't go on livin' life as I do
comparing each girl to you
knowing they just won't do, they're not you

You are everything
Everything is you
You're everything to me girl
I miss you baby
Everything is you

You are everything
Every little thing
You're all I've got
Girl, you're everything to me
You are everything and everything is you
Everything to me