Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Alexis Composer(s): Tommy Bolin - Jeff Cook Performer(s): Tommy Bolin; The James Gang
Alexis thank you for the pleasant southern days Spent on the levee throwing pennies in the bay Talking of the rich folks on the big boats that pass that way You were just a young girl and I just could not stay
Alexis I can't remember how we met back then Was on my way to Atlanta and on that road again Not really poor I had money just not to spend You were just a young girl and I was in need of a friend
Alexis you always used to talk about leaving your hometown heading on south Maybe down to New Orleans and you wanted me to help you out But you were just a young girl and I was just a hobo I had my doubts
Alexis I did not want to leave you there Sometimes this life we live is so unfair I wanted to take you with me but I did not dare You were just a young girl and I couldn't pay your fare
Alexis you always used to talk about leaving your hometown heading on south Maybe down to New Orleans and you wanted me to help you out But you were just a young girl and I was just a hobo I had my doubts
Alexis you always used to talk about leaving your hometown heading on south Maybe down to New Orleans and you wanted me to help you out But you were just a young girl and I was just a hobo I had my doubts
Where In The World Composer(s): Buddy Kaye; Carl Lampl Performer(s): Dick Haymes
Where in the world will I find you Where in the world, I wish I knew Though I'm not near you, I hear you so well Though I can't see you, to me You are magic things that weave a spell
Did you just go by and say a word Was it a sigh or breeze I heard I'd go from here to right clear to a star Anywhere in the world To be where you are
Did you just go by and say a word Was it a sigh or breeze I heard I'd go from here to right clear to a star Anywhere in the world To be where you are
Barges Composer(s): Ralph McTell Performer(s): Ralph McTell
Me and my brother returned to the water I saw a pike that was two feet long Two small magicians, each with a jam jar Cast spells on the water with hazel twig wands
Country boys catch tadpoles, dive into water Made shy by their laughter, we wandered down stream And summer rolled o'er us with no complications 'Cept thinking of Mama sometimes in dreams
Stand by the drawbridge, waiting for barges Waiting around for smiles from the man Lifting the bridge whilst watching the horses Dragging the slow boats up the canal
I do remember the times but no number After the day, but before evening comes Waiting for castles and kettles with roses Painted on barges that sailed into the sun
Oh, see the river run, that was by man begun Open the locks, let the boats sail on, Taking their castles and kettles with roses With summers of childhood leaving smiles on the man
Alexandrie, Alexandra ((Adapted from: Alexandrie Alexandra (by Claude François) - 1978)) Composer(s): Claude François - Jean-Pierre Bourtayre - Étienne Roda-Gil - Mary Boduin - Liliane Saint-Pierre Performer(s): Liliane Saint-Pierre - 1997
Blonde jongeman Zoon van farao's Jij kwam naar Parijs Je steelde daar de show
Alexandra Alexandrie Je zong en danste Het was zuivere magie
Jij gaf mij de hand Ik ging met je mee Jij nam me in je wereld op Ik zei niet nee Jij nam me in je wereld op Ik zei niet nee
Alexandrie Alexandra Je leerde mij het leven zien in al je shows Zo zong ik met de zoon van d'oude farao's
Langs de stranden van Alexandrie Hoor je nog die ene melodie Oohooh van Alexandra Alexandrie Lied van z'n land Van z'n hart Van z'n dromen
Blonde jongeman Ze noemen jou Clo Clo En jij die niet meer bent Je steelt nog steeds de show Ooh Alexandra Alexandrie Je zong en danste Het was zuivere magie
Jij gaf mij de hand En ik ging met je mee Je nam me in je wereld op Ik zei niet nee Je nam me in je wereld op Ik zei niet nee
Alexandrie Alexandra Je leerde mij het leven zien in al je shows Zo zong ik met de zoon van d'oude farao's
Langs de stranden van Alexandrie Hoor je steeds die ene melodie Oohooh van Alexandra Alexandrie Lied van z'n land Van z'n hart Van z'n dromen
Ooh Alexandra Alexandrie Je zong en danste Het was zuivere magie Je zong en danste Het was zuivere magie Dans, come on dans Dans, mmmm dans
Alexandrie Alexandra Alexandrie Alexandra Allez dans, dans, dans Alexandrie Alexandra Alexandrie Alexandra Alexandrie Alexandra
Where I Am Going Composer(s): Jimmy Webb Performer(s): Glen Campbell
Feel like I'm coming out of the storm Watching dark clouds drift away Saying goodbye to all the pain I used to know It's time to let it go
Just can't seem to make myself conform To what the world wants me to be But the difference doesn't hurt me anymore I know they'll welcome me
Where I am going there will be no compromise No tears will come to cloud my eyes Where I am going And all the precious world I've had to sacrifice Will be given to me twice Because He paid the price And it's worth it all just knowing Where I am going
Do you want to go riding with me To a place that lasts forevermore Please don't think that you are one among the few I'm different just like you Where I am going there will be no alibis No might-have-beens or sacrifice Where I am going
And all the questions still unanswered in my mind Lord, I'll leave 'em all behind I'll only find the answers I'll only keep on going (Keep on going) Where I'm going (Where I am going) There will be no compromise No tears will come to cloud my eyes Where I am going And all the precious world I've had to sacrifice Will be given to me twice Because He paid the price And it's worth it all just knowing Where I am going (Where I am going there will be no alibis) Where I am going (Where I am going) (And all the precious .......)
Alexandrie Alexandra ((Dutch Version: Alexandrie, Alexandra (by Liliane Saint-Pierre) - 1997)) Composer(s): Claude François - Jean-Pierre Bourtayre - Étienne Roda-Gil First release by: Claude François - 1978 Covered by multiple other artists
Voiles sur les filles Barques sur le Nil Je suis dans ta vie Je suis dans tes bras
Alexandra, Alexandrie Alexandrie où l'amour danse avec la nuit J'ai plus d'appétit qu'un barracuda Barracuda Je boirai tout le Nil si tu n'me regardes pas Je boirai tout le Nil si tu n'me retiens pas Alexandrie, Alexandra Alexandrie où l'amour danse au fond des bras Ce soir j'ai de la fièvre et toi tu meurs de froid
Les sirènes du port d'Alexandrie Chantent encore la même mélodie La lumière du phare d'Alexandrie Fait naufrager les papillons de ma jeunesse
Voiles sur les filles Et barques sur le Nil Je suis dans ta vie Je suis dans tes draps
Alexandra, Alexandrie Alexandrie où tout commence et tout finit J'ai plus d'appétit qu'un barracuda Barracuda Je te mangerais crue si tu n'me reviens pas Je te mangerais crue si tu n'me retiens pas
Alexandrie, Alexandra Alexandrie, ce soir je danse dans tes draps Je te mangerais crue si tu n'me retiens pas
Les sirènes du port d'Alexandrie Chantent encore la même mélodie La lumière du phare d'Alexandrie Fait naufrager les papillons de ma jeunesse
Voiles sur les filles Barques sur le Nil Alexandrie, Alexandra Ce soir j'ai de la fièvre et toi tu meurs de froid Ce soir je danse, je danse, je danse dans tes draps
Alexander ((aka Alexander's Ragtime Band (Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan) - 1911))
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
First performance/First recording/First release by: Emma Carus - 1911/Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan - 1911
Covered by multiple other artists
Come on and hear, come on and hear Alexander's Ragtime Band Come on and hear, come on and hear 'bout the best band in the land They can play a bugle call like you never heard before So natural that you want to go to war That's just the bestest band what am, oh Honey Lamb
Come on along, come on along, let me take you by the hand Up to the man, up to the man who's the leader of the band And if you care to hear the Swanee River played in ragtime Come on and hear Come on and hear Come on and hear Come on and hear Alexander's Ragtime Band!
Come on and hear Come on and hear Come on and hear Come on and hear Alexander's Ragtime Band Come on and hear (well here I come), come on and hear (I'm standing' right here) It's the best band in the land They can play a bugle call like you never heard before That's just the bestest band what am, oh Honey Lamb
Come on along Come on along Come on along Come on along Let me take you by the hand (here's my lilywhites) Up to the man (the mighty man), I'm talking 'bout the man Mmm, the leader of the band And if you care to hear that Swanee River played inn ragtime Come on and hear Come on and hear Come on and hear Come on and hear Alexander's Ragtime Band
Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
Composer(s): Pete Seeger
First release by: Pete Seeger - 1960
Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages:
1962 - Que Sont Devenues Les Fleurs? (Dalida)
1962 - Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind (Marlene Dietrich)
1963 - Waar Zijn Al De Bloemen Toch (Conny Vandenbos)
1963 - Hvor Er Som'rens Blomsterpragt (Katy Bødtger)
1965 - Chi Mai Lo Sa (Gli Apostoli)
1976 - Dove Andranno I Nostri Fiori (Patty Pravo)
Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Where have all the flowers gone? Picked by young girls every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone? Long time passing Where have all the young girls gone? Long time ago Where have all the young girls gone? Gone to young men every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
Where have all the young men gone? Long time passing Where have all the young men gone? Long time ago Where have all the young men gone? Gone to soldiers every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
Where have all the soldiers gone? Long, long time passing Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time ago Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time passing Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time ago Where have all the graveyards gone? Gone to flowers every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
Alexander The Medium Composer(s): Paul Kantner Performer(s): Jefferson Airplane
When the time does come near again When the day does seem clear again Make it in the night time The dreams ands in the light time All of you come away Just a bow shot away Let me tell you 'bout a story now A tale of glory and power And I don't even know your name But I thought I'd tell you all about it just the same We are all creatures of fame, lightness and liberty In the times of the olden times Of ancient ladies and maritime splendor Priests of Karnak and Thebes Could walk through the ocean and the seas When the pyramid she would sigh The waters streamed from the sky The ocean you know is your firend Your brother and sister just as sure as sin Put your hands in the water Rest your feet on the sea You don't have to let your body die You can come back again if you try, if you try This song was made then by you and me A billion years before these oceans rolled Oh I can see you burning brightly You shine like silver like sun gold And a hundred years from today All you people will be gone away Down into the heart of the sea Bak to the time of wonderwhy you and me And I don't even know your name But I thought I'd tell you all about it just the same If you laugh real hard you win the game - hands down Before old Alexander 'twas just the same as now Can you smell the blood of fame, lightness and liberty?
Where Have All The Boot Boys Gone Composer(s): Wayne Barrett; Michael J. Rossi Performer(s): Slaughter & The Dogs; Adolf & the Piss Artists
Wearing boots and short hair cuts We will kick you in the gut But no luck they've all grown up They drink tea from a cup Some get married and settle down Others they leave for a foreign town Fighting gangs every night We use sticks hit 'em in the Kite
(Chorus) Where have all the boot boys gone? Hammy, Jacko, Boots and John
Where have all the boot boys gone? It looks like I'm the only one The one !!!!!
Friday came we go to a dance hall Battering stuff we have a ball We don't know what we've done We go see United coz we're having fun We get released on 50 quid bail But I know I'll end up in jail I was a leader I was so proud I hung with a gang, what a crowd
(Chorus)
Now it's been five years or more I'm a skin don't know what for I don't know what I am I don't see or give a damn I must stop this M.O.D I must try, try and be me I must listen I must try. I must move Move or die!
(Chorus)
C'mon Do ya wanna scrap? Get Ready then Where have all the boot boys gone?
Alexander The Great Composer(s): Steve Harris Performer(s): Iron Maiden; Eleventh Hour
My son, ask for thyself another kingdom For that which I leave is to small for thee
Near to the East, in a part of ancient Greece In an ancient land called Macedonia Was born a son to Philip of Macedon The legend his name was Alexander
At the age of nineteen, he became the Macedon king And swore to free all of Asia Minor By the Aegian Sea in 334 BC He utterly beat the armies of Persia
Alexander the Great His name struck fear into hearts of men Alexander the Great Became a legend 'mongst mortal men
King Darius the third, Defeated fled Persia The Scythians fell by the river Jaxartes Then Egypt fell to the Macedon king as well And he founded the city called Alexandria
By the Tigris river, he met King Darius again And crushed him again in the battle of Arbela Entering Babylon and Susa, treasures he found Took Persepolis, the capital of Persia
Alexander the Great His name struck fear into hearts of men Alexander the Great Became a god amongst mortal men
A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke And Alexander cut the "Gordion knot" And legend said that who untied the knot He would become the master of Asia
Helonism he spread far and wide The Macedonian learned mind Their culture was a western way of life He paved the way for Christianity
Marching on, Marching on
The battle weary marching side by side Alexander's army line by line They wouldn't follow him to India Tired of the combat, pain and the glory
Alexander the Great His name struck fear into hearts of men Alexander the Great He died of fever in Babylon
Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? Composer(s): Peter Sarstedt Performer(s): Peter Sarstedt
You talk like Marlene Dietrich And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire Your clothes are all made by Balmain And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair, yes there are
You live in a fancy apartment Off the Boulevard Saint-Michel Where you keep your Rolling Stones records And a friend of Sacha Distel, yes you do
But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head, yes I do
I've seen all your qualifications You got from the Sorbonne And the painting you stole from Picasso Your loveliness goes on and on, yes it does
When you go on your summer vacation You go to Juan-les-Pins With your carefully designed topless swimsuit You get an even suntan on your back and on your legs
And when the snow falls you're found in Saint Moritz With the others of the jet-set And you sip your Napoleon brandy But you never get your lips wet, no you don't
But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Won't you tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head, yes I do
Your name, it is heard in high places You know the Aga Khan He sent you a racehorse for Christmas And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh a-ha-ha-ha
They say that when you get married It'll be to a millionaire But they don't realize where you came from And I wonder if they really care, or give a damn
Where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head, yes I do
I remember the back streets of Naples Two children begging in rags Both touched with a burning ambition To shake off their lowly-born tags, so they try
So look into my face Marie-Claire And remember just who you are Then go and forget me forever But I know you still bear the scar, deep inside, yes you do
I know where you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed I know the thoughts that surround you 'Cause I can look inside your head
(na na-na-na na na-na-na na-na na na na na) (na na-na-na na na-na-na na-na na na na na)
Alexander Graham Bell Composer(s): Mike Chapman - Nicky Chinn Performer(s): Sweet
A candle flickers in a window Two thousand miles away she waits there There's a young man thinking by a window How was she to know just how much he cared
He always knew just what he could do He always knew that his dream would come true
Alexander Graham Bell, well, he knew darned well That he could find the only way to talk across the USA Telephone, telephone, never be on your own
Many, many years ago He started something with his first "Hello, hello"
Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham, Alexander Graham Alexander Graham Bell
The sun rises early in the morning Millions of people still unaware Of something he discovered without warning So he could show a girl just how much he cared
He always knew just what he could do He always knew that his dream would come true
Alexander Graham Bell, well, he knew darned well That he could find the only way to talk across the USA Telephone, telephone, never be on your own
Many, many years ago He started something with his first "Hello, hello"
Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell, well, he knew darned well That he could find the only way to talk across the USA Telephone, telephone, never be on your own
Many, many years ago He started something with his first "Hello, hello"
Alexander Graham Bell, well, he knew darned well That he could find the only way to talk across the USA Telephone, telephone, never be on your own
Many, many years ago He started something with his first "Hello, hello"
Where Do You Go From Here Composer(s): Sammy King Performer(s): Houghton Weavers
Arthur Edward Pickersgill Workin' 'ard at mill Sorting out the bales The ones to empty and to fill It's Sat'day night, he's rushing home To check his football pools While Chelsea won and let him down And so did Hartlepools
So off at dawn on Monday morn Working for his rent Money's hard to come by And half's already spent 'Cause Billy wants a pair of shoes And Tilly wants a dress And Freda wants some curling pins She says her hair's a mess
And so, where do you go from here Where in life do you belong You've work so hard throughout your life To make your country great And now it runs away from you Leaving you behind and out of date
Every week your Sunday joint's No bigger than your thumb With eight of us to share it And that's not including Mum But first you've got to find it And the kids are lookin' out It's there, Dad, in the processed peas Behind that Brussels sprout
And Freda's getting married soon You'll 'ave to pay for do Invitin' all the folks we know Will cost a bob or two And after all the toastin' And the speeches and the gags It's back to working overtime And rolling your own fags
And so, where do you go from here Where in life do you belong You fought for King and Country And your comrades in the war And is it any different now You're fighting to exist just like before
And so, where do you go from here Life's inclined to hurry by Your clogs went out with ration books But still you carry on, forever if you can 'Cause you're the kind of man who can't Afford to die
I had a little beetle So that beetle was his name And I called him Alexander And he answered just the same And I put him in a matchbox And I kept him all the day But nanny let my beetle out Yes nanny let my beetle out She went and let my beetle out And beetle ran away
She said she didn't mean it And I never said she did She said she wanted matches And she just took off the lid She said I mustn't worry And I really mustn't mind That there's lots and lots of beetles The she's certain we could find She said I mustn't worry But it's difficult to catch An excited sort of beetle You've mistaken for a match
If we looked in all the places That a beetle might be near And we made the kind of noises That a beetle likes to hear And I heard a kind of something And I gave a sort of shout It was a beetle house And Alexander beetle coming out It was Alexander beetle I'm as certain as can be And he had that kind of look as though He thought it might be me
And he had that kind of look as though He thought he ought to say "I'm really very sorry that I tried to run away" And nanny's very sorry too Cause you know what she did And she's writing Alexander Very blackly on the lid So nan and me are friends because It's difficult to catch An excited Alexander You've misstaken for a match
Alex Chilton Composer(s): Paul Westerberg - Chris Mars - Tommy Stinson First release by: The Replacements - 1987
If he was from Venus, would he feed us with a spoon? If he was from Mars, wouldn't that be cool? Standing right on campus, would he stamp us in a file? Hangin' down in Memphis all the while
Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round They sing "I'm in love What's that song? I'm in love with that song"
Cerebral rape and pillage in a village of his choice Invisible man who can sing in a visible voice Feeling like a hundred bucks, exchanging good lucks face to face Checkin' his stash by the trash at St. Mark's place
Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round They sing "I'm in love What's that song? I'm in love with that song"
I never travel far, without a little Big Star
Runnin' 'round the house, Mickey Mouse and the Tarot cards Falling asleep with a flop pop video on If he was from Venus, would he meet us on the moon? If he died in Memphis, then that'd be cool, babe
Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round They sing "I'm in love What's that song? I'm in love with that song"
Where Do We Go From Here? Composer(s): Howard John; Percy Wenrich Performer(s): Judy Garland
Paddy Mack drove a hack Up and down Broadway Pat had one expression and he'd use it every day Any time he'd grab a fare, to take them for a ride Paddy Jumped upon the seat, cracked his whip and cried
One fine day on Broadway Pat was driving fast When the street was blown to pieces by a subway blast Down the hole poor Paddy went, a thinkin' of his past Then he says, says he, I think these words will be my last
First of all, at the call When the war began Pat enlisted in the army as a fighting man When the drills began, they'd walk a hundred miles a day Tho the rest got tired Paddy always used to say
Where do we go from here boys Where do we go from here? Anywhere from Harlem to a Jersey City pier When Pat would spy a pretty girl, he'd whisper in her ear "Oh joy, Oh boy Where do we go from here?"
Where do we go from here boys Where do go from here? Paddy's neck was in the wreck but still he had nor fear He saw a dead man next to him and whispered in his ear "Oh joy, Oh boy Where do we go from here?"
Where do we go from here boys Where do we go from here? Slip a pill to Kaiser Bill and make him shed a tear And when we see the enemy we'll shoot in the rear "Oh joy, Oh boy Where do we go from here?"
