Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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An Cailín Gaelach (Traditional) Performer(s): Maighread Ní Dhomnaill
B'aite liom féin a bheith 'r thaoibh mhalaidh shléibhe 'Gus cailín Gaelach a bheith 'mo chóir Bheinn dá bréagadh is a' teannadh léithe 'Gus dar liom féin 'riú gur dheas ar ndóigh
'G éirí domh féin ar maidin an lae ghil 'S mé ag gabháil fán choill chraobhaigh is mé ag seoladh bó Tharlaigh domh 'n spéirbhean 'na suí ar a' léana 'S a fallaing léithe is í lán de chnódhann'
D'fhiafair mé daoithe go ciúin 's go céillí An nglacfaidh tú póg uaim, a stór mo chroí? D'fhoscail sí a béilín 'gus labhair sí Béarla Sé dúirt sí: Pray, sir, and let me be
'S maith an airí ar na buaibh s sanntú 'Gus bheinnse dá seoladh amuigh sa lá Im agus bainne ghil ar theacht an tsamhraidh 'S mar gheall ar bhólacht a phóstar mná
Dance To The Music Composer(s): Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart Performer(s): Sly & The Family Stone
Cynthia: Get up and dance to the music! Get on up and dance to the fonky music! All: Dance to the Music Dance to the Music Freddie: Hey Greg! Greg: What? Freddie: All we need is a drummer, for people who only need a beat I'm gonna add a little guitar and make it easy to move your feet Larry: I'm gonna add some bottom, so that the dancers just won't hide Sly: You might like to hear my organ playing "Ride Sally Ride" You might like to hear the horns blowin', Cynthia on the throne, yeah! Cynthia & Jerry got a message they're sayin' Cynthia: All the squares, go home! All: Dance to the Music Dance to the Music
An Awful Thing To Waste Composer(s): Rick Davies Performer(s): Supertramp
You say that you could do with a break Had about all you can take You need to find somewhere you can run to
Somewhere a long way from here Somewhere where the skies are all clear Somewhere you can think all your thoughts through
It took a long time to make me understand You gotta meet life and shake it by the hand You gotta use your emotion You talk a nice line to put your mind at ease You want to sit back and count your memories But that's no solution
I don't want to harp about it But what you gonna do about it?
Look at how you're set in your ways You used to be so willing to face Any kind of problem before you Life is not as long as you think Open up your mind and you'll see Don't destroy yourself I implore you
You've got a fine wife, a perfect family You had it all planned to live so carefully But where does it get you They say the mind is an awful thing to waste And that's a fact that you must come to face What more can I tell you?
I don't want to harp about it But what you gonna do about it?
You have everything that you need You only have to try to succeed And realize it's all waiting for you Living life this way is a bust If you have to suffer you must Don't you know we want to applaud you
Dance To The Bop Composer(s): Floyd Edge Performer(s): Gene Vincent and various other artists
Well there's a little juke joint on the outside of town Where the cats pick 'em up and lay 'em down You get your gal, I'll get mine And we'll get together and we'll have a good time
We'll dance a little bit to the bop, to the bop Dance a little bit to the bop Well dance a little bit to the bop Well now dance to the rock 'n' roll
Yeah now, dance, dance, dance Well, dance, dance, dance Yeah now, dance, dance, dance Well, dance, dance, dance Well now dance, well dance to the rock 'n' roll (Now got it, git it)
Well the cats come rockin' in two by two Some come single like me and you Dancin' to the bop is their delight Well when thet get right, they'll dance all night
They'll dance a little bit to the bop, to the bop Dance a little bit to the bop Dance a little bit to the bop Well now dance to the rock 'n' roll
Yeah now, dance, dance, dance Well, dance, dance, dance Yeah now, dance, dance, dance Well, dance, dance, dance Well now dance, well dance to the rock 'n' roll (Yeah, now rock it)
Yeah...We'll dance a little bit to the bop, to the bop Dance a little bit to the bop Dance a little bit to the bop Well now dance to the rock 'n' roll
Yeah now, dance, dance, dance Well, dance, dance, dance Now, dance, dance, dance Well, dance, dance, dance Well now dance, well now dance to the rock 'n' roll
An Apple For The Teacher Composer(s): Johnny Burke - James V. Monaco Performer(s): Linda Ware & Bing Crosby and multiple other artists
An apple for the teacher That seems the thing to do Because I want to learn About romance from you An apple for the teacher To show I'm meek and mild If you insist on saying That I'm just a problem child You'll get all my attention Your wish will be my rule And maybe you'll be good to me And keep me after school An apple for the teacher That's how I'd better start Then after while you may give in And let me bring my heart
An apple for the teacher Will always do the trick When you don't know Your lesson in arithmetic An apple for the teacher Will meet with great success If you forgot to memorize The Gettysburg Address A little bit of glamour A charm that's cute and quaint And he'll excuse your grammar And believe you're what you ain't You may be just a lemon But he'll think you're a peach Just bring an apple for the teacher When he starts to teach
Dance This Mess Around Composer(s): Kate Pierson; Fred Schneider; Keith Strickland; Cindy Wilson; Ricky Wilson Performer(s): The B-52's; Asylum Street Spankers
Remember when you held my hand Remember when you were my man Walk talk in the name of love Before you break my heart Think it over, think it over Roll it over in your mind
Why don't you dance with me I'm not no Limburger Just a Limburger
Dance his mess around Dance this mess around, 'round, 'round
Everybody goes to parties They dance this mess around They do the Shu-ga-loo Do the Shy Tuna Do the Camel Walk Do the Hip-o-crit
An Apple Blossom Wedding Composer(s): James Kennedy - Nat Simon Performer(s): Sammy Kaye and multiple other artists
We saw an apple blossom wedding Underneath the May-time bloom And at that apple blossom wedding I fell in love with you
We realised where we were heading Booked the little church and then We planned an apple blossom wedding When Spring came round again
So I waited for the flowers Dreaming of a wedding ring But I only found the showers You took away the Spring
I saw the apple blossom wedding From the balcony above You had your apple blossom wedding I lost my apple blossom love So I waited for the flowers Dreaming of a wedding ring But I only found the showers You took away the Spring
I saw the apple blossom wedding From the balcony up above You had your apple blossom wedding I lost my apple blossom love
Wenn selbst ein Kind nicht mehr lacht wie ein Kind dann sind wir jenseits von Eden Wenn wir nicht fühlen: die Erde sie weint wie kein and'rer Planet dann haben wir umsonst gelebt
Wenn eine Träne nur Wasser noch ist dann sind wir jenseits von Eden Wenn man für Liebe bezahlen muß nur um einmal zärtlich zu sein dann haben wir umsonst gelebt
Laß uns jeden Tag das Leben endlos spür'n und uns niemals uns're Ehrlichkeit verlier'n Wenn uns gar nichts mehr zusammenhält verlöscht vielleicht das letzte Licht der Welt
Wenn unser Glaube nicht mehr siegen kann dann sind wir jenseits von Eden wenn jede Hoffnung nur ein Horizont ist den man niemals erreicht dann haben wir umsonst gelebt Dann haben wir umsonst gelebt
Ich will mit Dir eine neue Liebe spür'n ((Neue liebe spür'n)) wenn wir uns auch in Gedanken nur berühr'n Irgendwann muß ich für immer geh'n dann will ich sagen: diese Welt war schön
Wenn selbst ein Kind nicht mehr lacht wie ein Kind dann sind wir jenseits von Eden Wenn wir nicht fühlen: die Erde sie weint wie kein and'rer Planet dann haben wir umsonst gelebt Wenn eine Träne nur Wasser noch ist dann sind wir jenseits von Eden Wenn man für Liebe bezahlen muß nur um einmal zärtlich zu sein dann haben wir umsonst gelebt
Dann haben wir umsonst gelebt Dann haben wir umsonst gelebt
An American Trilogy Composer(s): Mickey Newbury First release by: Mickey Newbury - 1971 Covered by multiple other artists
Oh I wish I was in the land of cotton Old things they are not forgotten Look away, look away, look away Dixieland Oh I wish I was in Dixie, away, away In Dixieland I take my stand to live and die in Dixie Cause Dixieland, that's where I was born Early Lord one frosty morning Look away, look away, look away Dixieland
Glory, glory hallelujah Glory, glory hallelujah Glory, glory hallelujah His truth is marching on
So hush little baby Don't you cry You know your daddy's bound to die But all my trials, Lord will soon be over
Dance The Night Away With You Composer(s): Mac Rebennack; Doc Pomus Performer(s): Dr. John
We could drink until we get real high try to drink every bar dry Taste so good that high price stuff you never know when you've had enough But there is nothin' I would rather do than to dance, dance the night away with you
We could talk the whole darm night away 'cos we got so much to say I could talk holes in your head remember every word I said But there is nothin' I would rather do than to dance, dance the night away with you
We could climb a mountain high or walk a valley deep or we could get stoned and fall off a lover's leap
We could talk the whole darn night away 'cos we got so much to say I could talk holes in your head remember every word I said But there is nothin' I would rather do than to dance, dance the night away with you
There is nothin' I would rather do than to dance, dance the night away with you There is nothin' I would rather do than to dance, dance the night away with you There is nothing I would rather do than to dance, dance the night away with you
An Affair To Remember Composer(s): Harold Adamson - Leo McCarey - Harry Warren Performer(s): Nat King Cole
Our love affair is a wondrous thing That we'll rejoice in remembering Our love was born with our first embrace And a page was torn out of time and space
Our love affair, may it always be A flame to burn through eternity So take my hand with a fervent prayer That we may live and we may share A love affair to remember
Our love affair is a wondrous thing That we'll rejoice in remembering Our love was born with our first embrace And a page was torn out of time and space
Our love affair, may it always be A flame to burn through eternity So take my hand with a fervent prayer That we may live and we may share A love affair to remember
Dance The Night Away Composer(s): Edward Van Halen; David Lee Roth; Michael Anthony; Alex Van Halen Performer(s): Van Halen
Have you seen her? So fine and pretty Fooled me with her style and ease And I feel her from across the room Yes, it's love in the third degree Ooh, baby, baby Won'tcha turn your head my way? Ooh, baby, baby Come on, take a chance You're old enough to dance the night away Oh, come on, baby, dance the night away A live wire Barely a beginner, but just watch that lady go She's on fire, 'cause dancing gets her higher than anything else she knows Ooh, baby, baby Won'tcha turn your head my way? Ooh, baby, baby Well, don't skip romance, 'cause you're old enough to dance the night away Oh, come on, baby, dance the night away Dance the night away Dance, dance, dance the night away (repeat)
Amusement Parks, U.S.A. Composer(s): Mike Love - Brian Wilson Performer(s): The Beach Boys
Let's take your car and to amusement parks USA At Palisades in Salisbury Parks the rolly coasters are flyin At Euclid Beach on the flying turns I'll bet you can't keep her smilin' Buy your girl a cotton candy while you're down on the ground Then take her on the twirl-a-way and spin her around Let's take your car and mess around at the park all day
The parachutes at Riverview Park will shake us up all day And Disneyland and P.O.P. is worth a trip to L.A. Watchin' girls in the air can really get you bad And I'll bet the laughin' lady makes you laugh like mad Let's pick up our friends and do amusement parks USA
Hurry, hurry, hurry folks step right up to the Beach Boy circus The best little show in town Hurry, hurry, hurry, it's only a dime folks, one thin dime, just one tenth of a dollar Come on in and see Stella the snake dancer (Is it real?) She walks, she talks, she wiggles on her belly like a snake (She looks like a fake to me) (Let's go see her) (It costs too much) Hurry, hurry, hurry folks, come on and see Stella She shimmies, she shakes. . . .
You'll crash and burn in the bumper cars at Jersey's steel pier You'll crack 'em up when you stand in front of all the crazy mirrors At first you'll be a chicken at the jackhammer ride But you'll do it with a girl sittin' right by your side Let's take your car and mess around at the park all day
Amused To Death Composer(s): Roger Waters Performer(s): Roger Waters
Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me This supermarket life is getting long What is the heart life of a colour TV What is the shelf life of a teenage queen Ooh western woman Ooh western girl News hound sniffs the air When Jessica Hahn goes down He latches on to that symbol Of detachment Attracted by the peeling away of feeling The celebrity of the abused shell the belle Ooh western woman Ooh western girl And the children of Melrose Strut their stuff Is absolute zero cold enough And out in the valley warm and clean The little ones sit by their TV screens No thoughts to think No tears to cry All sucked dry Down to the very last breath Bartender what is wrong with me Why am I so out of breath The captain said excuse me ma'am This species has amused itself to death Amused itself to death Amused itself to death We watched the tragedy unfold We did as we were told We bought and sold It was the greatest show on earth But then it was over We ohhed and aahed We drove our racing cars We ate our last few jars of caviar And somewhere out there in the stars A keen-eyed look-out Spied a flickering light Our last hurrah And when they found our shadows Grouped around the TV sets They ran down every lead They repeated every test They checked out all the data on their lists And then the alien anthropologists Admitted they were still perplexed But on eliminating every other reason For our sad demise They logged the only explanation left This species has amused itself to death No tears to cry no feelings left This species has amused itself to death
(Switch Channels)
(Alf Razzell:) "Years later, I saw Bill Hubbard's name on the memorial to the missing at Aras(?) And I...when I saw his name I was absolutely transfixed; it was as though he was now a human being instead of some sort of nightmarish memory of how I had to leave him, all those years ago And I felt relieved, and ever since then I've felt happier about it because always before, whenever I thought of him I said to myself, 'Was there something else that I could have done?'
(Background: "I'd rather die, I'd rather die...")
And that always sort of worried me And having seen him, and his name in the register - as you know in the memorials there's a little safe, there's a register in there with every name - and seeing his name and his name on the memorial; it sort of lightened my...heart, if you like"
(Woman) "When was it that you saw his name on the memorial?" "Ah, when I was eighty-seven, that would be a year, ninete...eighty-four, nineteen eighty-four"
Dance On Little Girl Composer(s): Paul Anka Performer(s): Paul Anka
Dance, dance on little girl In the arms of someone new As you dance as you twirl My heart dances with you
Dance, dance on little girl Tell me what I've done wrong Why should he hold you tight While they're playing our song
I am watching you Oh no, no it cannot be While I'm watching you I'm wishing, hoping it's for me
Dance, dance on little girl Tell me why did we part Dance, dance on little girl Dance out of my heart
I am watching you Oh no, no it cannot be While I'm watching you I'm wishing, hoping it's for me
Dance, dance on little girl Tell me why did we part Dance, dance on little girl Dance out of my heart Oh look at you There you go, go, go Oh yes you know That you're wrong, wrong, wrong.....
Amused As Always Composer(s): Billy Mackenzie - Alan Rankine Performer(s): The Associates
Praise be to chance For meeting us here We cannot dance We dance by ear
Feet tap in time Out in the streets We walk in straight lines Like some naval fleet
And still we're trying to find some interesting things to say Let's talk of a manor or the affluent way For what its worth amused as always Amused as always
Don't be so sure Of days in advance They might never come Praise be to chance
Praise be to chance For setting no rules The chance it might take May never be cruel
And still we're trying to find some interesting things to say Let's talk of a manor or the affluent way For what its worth amused as always Amused as always Amused Amused as always
Praise be to chance For meeting us here We cannot dance...
Dance On French Title: Je Me Sens Bien (Auprès De Toi) Performer(s): Kathy Kirby
Dont talk of love right now, dance on Although the lights are low, forget it Wait until we're alone, wait until we go home Come on please, I dont tease Just dance on
Don't try and kiss me now, dance on You might be feeling quite romantic But I'll dance cheek to cheek Or well miss every beat Just dance on
Give me the sweet talk when we're leaving From midnight on it's worth believing
You know the night has just begun And while the music keeps on playing Hold me close, hold me near And I promise youll hear How the beat of my heart will dance on
Give me the sweet talk when we're leaving From midnight on it's worth believing
You know the night has just begun And while the music keeps on playing Hold me close, hold me near And I promise youll hear How the beat of my heart will dance on
