Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Now its funny where some women live who sing upon the stage They live in places where theyve never been Theyll rave about the roses that are growing round the door Of that, the dear old home theyve never seen Theyve lived in Arizona, theyve lived in Alabam Last year they all lived down in Texas way It must be quite a job to move the dear old home about But just the same this year youll hear them say
Theyre all going back, theyre all going back Theyre all going back to Tennessee and Dixie Theyve all got mothers there and fathers by the score Theyve moved the poor old folk about until their feet are sore All of them say when they get back theyll stay What an overcrowded country it will be But just one thing worries me When they all go back to Tennessee Therell be no one left in Wigan but me
Who By Fire Composer(s): Leonard Cohen Performer(s): Leonard Cohen; and various other artists
And who by fire, who by water who in the sunshine, who in the night time who by high ordeal, who by common trial who in your merry merry month of May who by very slow decay
and who shall I say is calling? And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate who in these realms of love, who by something blunt and who by avalanche, who by powder who for his greed, who for his hunger and who shall I say is calling?
And who by brave assent, who by accident who in solitude, who in this mirror who by his lady's command, who by his own hand who in mortal chains, who in power and who shall I say is calling?
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm Composer(s): Walter Jermann - Gus Kahn - Bronislaw Kaper Performer(s): Judy Garland and multiple other artists
I got a frown, you got a frown All God's chillun got a frown on their face Take no chance with that frown A song and a dance, turn it upside down
Ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, zazoo, zazoo All God's chillun got rhythm, all God's chillun got swing Maybe haven't got money, maybe haven't got shoes All God's chillun got rhythm for to push away their blues
All God's chillun got trouble, troubles do-on't mean a thing When they start to go ho-ho-ho The old troubles bound to go 'way, say All God's chillun got swing
All God's children got rhythm Da-da-do-day, ra-do-day, ra-do-da-do, da-da, da-da-day... Doh-da-do-day, ra-do-day, ra-do, da-do, da-do-day
Maybe haven't got money or maybe haven't got shoes All God's chillun got rhythm for to push, for to push For to push away their blues
All God's children got trouble, troubles do-on't mean a thing When they start to go ho-ho-ho The old troubles bound to go 'way, say All God's chillun got swing
Swing it high, swing it low, hell, let 'em go, ha-ha, go Swing it up, swing it down, he-ell, let it go, oh-ho, yes
Ain't got money, ain't got shoes All God's chillun got rhythm For to push away their dog-gone weary blues
Three cheers for the red, white and blue Swing it up to the sky, don't ask how, don't ask why Brother, go-go-oh-ho, blow-blow, 'way-hay-ay... the-em Them dog-gone, shoo 'em now Swing - swing - swing...
Who Broke The Lock (On The Henhouse Door)? (Traditional) Performer(s): Unique Quartette; and various other artists
Well, a hen and a rooster from way out West Said the hen to the rooster, "I love you the best" The rooster said, "You're a pop-eyed liar, I seen you flirting with the big Shanghai"
Who broke the lock? I don't know Who broke the lock on the henhouse door Well, I'll find out before I go Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Down in the henhouse on my knees I thought I heard a chicken sneeze It was only rooster saying his prayers And thanking the Lord for the hens upstairs
Who broke the lock? I don't know Who broke the lock on the henhouse door Well, I'll find out before I go Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Now, my old hen's a good old hen But she ain't laid a egg since I don't know when Old hen cackle, cackling a lot Next time she cackle, gonna cackle in the pot
Who broke the lock? I don't know Who broke the lock on the henhouse door Well, I'll find out before I go Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Now, there was an old rooster 'bout forty years old He'd done lots of things that'd never been told His toes curled up, he could not scratch But the young hens say his eggs still hatch
Who broke the lock? I don't know Who broke the lock on the henhouse door Well, I'll find out before I go Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Now, the old rooster he said to the hen "You know I love you, so let me in" The hen said, "No! Just go away" I'm sitting with my egg that I did lay
Who broke the lock? I don't know Who broke the lock on the henhouse door Well, I'll find out before I go Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Said the big red rooster to the little red hen "You ain't laid an egg in the Lord knows when" Said the little red hen to the big red rooster "You ain't been around quite as often as you used to"
Who broke the lock? I don't know Who broke the lock on the henhouse door Well, I'll find out before I go Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Then the old fox said to the hen "Open up the door or I'll break it in" The hen said, "No!" and began to squawk Ordered the rooster to secure the lock
Who broke the lock? I don't know Who broke the lock on the henhouse door Well, I'll find out before I go Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Down by the farmer's barnyard gate Blowed my horn, both soon and late Farmer's dog couldn't bark nor bite But the son of a gun, he could read and write
Who broke the lock? I don't know Who broke the lock on the henhouse door Well, I'll find out before I go Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Now, Deacon Johnson and Missus Jones Used to fool around when Jones weren't home Come home one morning 'bout a quarter to four Who went out that back door
Who broke the lock? I don't know Who broke the lock on the henhouse door Well, I'll find out before I go Who broke the lock on the henhouse door
Taxi Cab Driver Composer(s): Dave Dudley - Bud Auge - Red Johnson Performer(s): Dave Dudley
Well the flags pushed down and the meter is a tickin' away
I got another fare and I made a lot of trips today
There's another learner driver to hack
Gotta get 'em there and bring 'em back
I'm a taxi cab driver and I make my living this way
Well the depot next and there's not much time to spare
I'm in a real traffic jam and my passengers a pullin' his hair
If I get him to the station on time I bet he's gonna tip a dime
Six days at the wheel with a speed zone on my mind
One eye on the road and another in the rear view mirror
Not much goes on that I don't see or hear
Well how about the sites I've seen
All that red lights are turning green
I'm a taxi cab driver if you get just what I mean
I know every hotel motel and cafe
Every after hours spot a little bit out of the way
Where the party's go on till dawn
Well I'll take you then I'm gone
I'm a taxi cab driver and I got to be a rolling on
Well it's early in the morning and everything is closin' down
Still got a live one wants to do the town
After I get rid of this stray I'm really gonna hit the hay
I'm a taxi cab driver and I make my living this way
I'm a tired cab driver and I make my living this way
I'm a taxi cab driver and I make my living this way
Who Are You With Tonight? Composer(s): Harry Williams; Egbert Van Alstyne
Bill Bounder was a rounder, just as round as he could be He rounded all around the town with all the girls he'd see at luncheon he had Genevieve, at dinner he had Flo' and then he had somebody else each evening at the show a young soubrette but old coquette said "I remember you, I've seen you out with Mandie and I've seen you out with Sue but
One night he phoned his wife that bu'ness kept him down you see then in a private dinner room, as comfy as could be with such a little queen he sat, till thro' the open door he heard a voice a voice he knew, that he had heard before his wifey took a single look then took him by the ear, to lead him home no more to roam and shouted: "Sir, look here!
Who are you with tonight, tonight? Oh! Who are you with tonight? Who is the dreamy peach and creamy vision of sweet delight? is it your little sister, Mister? answer me honor bright will you tell your wife in the morning who you were with tonight?
Who are you with tonight, tonight? Oh! Who are you with tonight? Who is the dreamy peach and creamy vision of sweet delight? is it your little sister, Mister? answer me honor bright will you tell the judge in the morning who you were with tonight?
Cowboy Boots Composer(s): Baker Knight First release by: Dave Dudley - 1963
Well all of my life I been a tryin' to save to get a pair of cowboy boots Sixteen years of my life I gave to get a pair of cowboy boots I wanna go where the money's free Hollywood is a callin' me Oh what a great big star I'll be in a pair of cowboy boots I'm gonna get on a TV show in a pair of cowboy boots I'm gonna ride in a rodeo in a pair of cowboy boots I wanna go where the family lurk I'm gonna get a job and go to work Givin' lessons to that Stony Burk in a pair of cowboy boots Oh give me a home where the swimmin' pools roam Where the money grows on trees the gals all wanna be squeezed Well I'm a gonna get there if I have to crawl in a pair of cowboy boots Get in the movies and that ain't all in a pair of cowboy boots I'm gonna get me a leather vest a gun on my hip and a star on my chest Well I'll be the terror of the Golden West in a pair of cowboy boots
Oh give me a home... In a pair of cowboy boots in a pair of cowboy boots in a pair of cowboy boots
Who Are You? Composer(s): Pete Townshend Performer(s): The Who
I woke up in a Soho doorway The policeman knew my name He said, "You can go sleep at home tonight If you can get up and walk away" I staggered back to the underground The breeze blew back my hair I remembered throwing punches around And preaching from my chair
Who are you Hu, hu, hu, hu Who are you Hu, hu, hu, hu
I took the tube back out of town Home to the rolling pin I felt a little like a dying clown But with a streak of Rin Tin Tin I stretched back and I hiccuped Looked back on my busy day Eleven hours in the tin pan God there's got to be another way
Who are you Hu, hu, hu, hu Who are you Hu, hu, hu, hu
There's a place where I know you walked The love falls from the trees My heart is like a broken cup I only feel right on my knees I spill out like a sewer hole Yet still receive your kiss How can I measure up to anyone new After such a love as this
Who are you Hu, hu, hu, hu Who are you Hu, hu, hu, hu
Last Day In The Mines Composer(s): Jimmy Key Performer(s): Dave Dudley
For as long as I can remember I've worked down in this pit But today it's all over for this is the day I quit I'm gonna take my sweet little Ginny and make her my own We gonna move down in the valley and built ourselves a home This is the last day in the mines
Well I swing that pick move that shovel and time goes so slow I can hardly wait for my boss to tell me that it's time to go Up at the top I know my Ginny is waiting patiently In just a few minutes I'll be there with her and from the mines be free This is the last day in the mines
But wait a minute what's that rumble way back in the ground Good Lord it's a cave in and the rocks are a fallin' all around Now the timbers are breakin' and the rats are runnin' and I can hardly see Inside my chest there's a mighty burnin' and my strenght is leavin' me This is the last day in the mines
Beneath these rocks and timbers and with my strenght all gone My thoughts turn to Ginny I must leave her all alone I know they'll try to save me but they gonna be too late For over that river through that valley I see heaven's gates This is the last day in the mines Oh this is the last day in the mines this is the last day in the mines
Who Are We To Say? (Obey Your Heart) Composer(s): Sigmund Romberg; Gus Kahn Performer(s): Nelson Eddy; Doris Day; Jeanette MacDonald
Love may fill your heart with a strange delight Love may build a world that is new Love may leave your heart like a winter night No one knows just what love will do
Who are we to say Just what love will do? Love may live a day, or all life through
Who are we to say How a rose will grow It may fade away or bloom and blow
You and I may plan and scheme And every thing's arranged Then there comes a vagrant dream And all the world is changed!
Who are we to say When to say goodbye Or to wonder why we two must part So we live today loving while we may dear Knowing love would say Obey your heart
Who are we to say When to say goodbye Or to wonder why we two must part So we live today loving while we may dear Knowing love would say Obey your heart
All Funked Up Composer(s): Rick Medlocke - Jim Peterik - Gary Rossington - Hughie Thomasson - Johnny Van Zant Performer(s): Lynyrd Skynyrd
Oooohhh....
Ahhhhhhhhh....
Tornados spinnin', I sit here grinnin' I think we've all seen this movie before This is confusin', almost amusin' It's hard to tell up and down anymore When did it get so crazy, how did we lose control Everybodies shouting, how bad it really sucks
Situation normal All funked up, We're all funked up
We had some leaders, and they were cheaters But they came out smelling like a rose We should reject them, but we respect them For what they do when the door is closed Nothing in this world a simple man can do Stand up and be counted, ain't you had enough
Situation normal All funked up, Yeah we're all funked up We're funtionally disfuntional We're funtionally yeah disfuntional We're all funked up
Uuughh....
Don't you know the meaning of the word snafu Better known as trouble for me and you Murphy's law will get ya, he's on his way Same ol' same ol' shit a different day
Uuughh.... Oh...
Tornados spinnin', I sit here grinnin' I think we've all seen this movie before This is confusin', almost amusin' It's hard to tell up and down anymore Everybodies shouting, how bad it really sucks
Situation normal All funked up, we're all funked up... We're all funked up... We're all funked up...
Who Am I? Composer(s): Jackie Trent; Tony Hatch Performer(s): Petula Clark
The buildings reach up to the sky The traffic thunders on the busy streets Pavement slips beneath my feet I walk alone and wonder "Who am I?"
I close my eyes and I can fly And I escape from all this worldly strife Restricted by routine of life But still I can't discover "Who am I?"
I long to wake up in the morning and find everything has changed And all the people that I meet don't wear a frown But every day is just the same, I'm chasing rainbows in the rain All the dreams that I believe in let me down
Maybe I'm reaching far too high For I have something else entirely free The love of someone close to me Unfettered by the world that hurries by
To question such good fortune, who am I?
I long to wake up in the morning and find everything has changed And all the people that I meet don't wear a frown But every day is just the same, I'm chasing rainbows in the rain All the dreams that I believe in let me down
Maybe I'm reaching far too high For I have something else entirely free The love of someone close to me Unfettered by the world that hurries by
Who Am I? Composer(s): Rusty Goodman Performer(s): Elvis Presley; and various other artists
When I think of how He came so far from glory Came to dwell among the lowly such as I To suffer shame and such disgrace On Mount Calvary take my place Then I ask myself this question Who am I?
Who am I that The King would bleed and die for Who am I that He would pray not my will, thine Lord The answer I may never know Why He ever loved me so But to that old rugged cross He'd go For who am I?
When I'm reminded of His words I'll leave Him never If you'll be true I'll give to you life forever Oh I wonder what I could have done To deserve God's only Son To fight my battles until they're won For who am I?
Who am I that The King would bleed and die for Who am I that He would pray not my will, thine Lord The answer I may never know Why He ever loved me so But to that old rugged cross He'd go For who am I? But to an old rugged cross He'd go For who am I?
Who (Will Take My Place)
((Adapted from: Qui (Charles Aznavour) - 1963))
Composer(s): Charles Aznavour - Herbert Kretzmer
Performer(s): Dusty Springfield - 1968
and multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages:
1963/1964 - Chi (Charles Aznavour)
1967 - Quien (Charles Aznavour)
Who, when my life is through? Who will know the joy I have known with you? Who will touch your face? Sleep in your embrace? Who will take my place When I sleep alone?
Who, when the day is done? Who will hold the hand Of my only one? Who will climb the heights? Finding in your nights All those wild delights Only I have known
You say you'll always love me Time has another claim Why do the gods above me Play the cynical game?
Oh, life, isn't what it seems Fickle as the wind Fragile as a dream When I end my years Who will ease my pain? Kiss away my tears? And bury me again?
All For The Love Of Sunshine Composer(s): Mike Curb - Harley Hatcher - Lalo Schifrin Performer(s): Hank Williams Jr. and multiple other artists
The darkness of my world was all cleared away The flowers are blooming it's a beautiful day There's a girl with a heart as big as the sky she's sunshine and I know why All for the love of sunshine all for the love of sunshine The Lord smiled down on this life of mine and sent me the love of sunshine
Though sunshine can always make my days seem bright Sunshine can warm up a cold cold night I know my sunshine was sent from above an angel that's filled with love All for the love of sunshine...
Through winter the springtime the summer and fall The moonlight the starlight she outshines them all In a world filled with fear with pain and such harm my sunshine can't be so warm All for the love of sunshine... All for the love of sunshine... All for the love of sunshine...
