Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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An Old Straw Hat From the film "Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm" (1938) Composer(s): Harry Revel - Mack Gordon Performer(s): Shirley Temple; Bunny Berigan & His Orch.; Maria Muldaur
What is all this dizzy busy hustling for People running helter-skelter on their way What is all this hazy crazy bustling for No time to notice it's a sunny day
Why don't you take a vacation Looks like you've got to have relaxation Aw, come on, forget your troubles for a while Why don't you try to feel like I do
If I had one wish to make This is the wish I would choose I'd want an old straw hat A suit of overalls And a worn out pair of shoes
Just let me roam around Laughing at big city blues With an old straw hat A suit of overalls And a worn out pair of shoes
Howdy, Mister Brown Ho-hum! Goin' fishin'? Hope you get a bite Howdy Mister Jones! Ho-hum! How's about a hay ride Saturday night?
Sing hi-ho the merri-o What've you got, what've you got to lose Get an old straw hat A suit of overalls And a worn out pair of shoes
Dancin' Party French Title: Comme L'été Dernier Composer(s): Barry Mann; Dave Appell First release by: Chubby Checker - 1962 Covered by various other artists
Everybody say Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah, Yeah Yeah Oh Yeah Yeah, Yeah Yeah Are you ready Yeah
Let's have a ball at the hall tonight (Do this girl 'til the early bright) Make a scene with the record machine At the dancin' party tonight
Come on let's fly, mashed potatoes too Watusi girls at the dances do Twist and shout till we knock ourselves out At the dancin' party tonight
Cause summer time is party time And everything's alright Cause everyone is feelin' fine And every night is Saturday night yeah
Mess around, Bristol Stompin; too Pony now like it's all brand new Any dance that you wanna do At the dancin' party tonight Yeah let's go now, come on
Come on let's fly, mashed potatoes too Watusi girls at the dances do Twist and shout till we knock ourselves out At the dancin' party tonight
Cause summer time is party time And everything's alright Cause everyone is feelin' fine And every night is Saturday night yeah
(Babycake let's shake and shake) Jump and stomp till the ceiling breaks Have no fear, cause the gang's all here At the twistin' party tonight
Is little sis here - Yeah Is Dee Dee here - Yeah Are the Orlons here - Yeah Are the Dreamlovers here - Yeah Are get yourselves down, go ahead...
An Old Log Cabin For Sale Composer(s): J.W. Payte Performer(s): Porter Wagoner; Marvin Gaster
While strolling along in the country Reviewing the scenes new and old I found an old-fashioned log cabin So beautiful there to behold; A stranger was standing in silence His eyes firmly fixed on the door My heart ached (in pity) or (and pitied) to see him For these were the words that it bore
And the sign read "An old cabin for sale An old oaken bucket and well" F'he returns, just keep a log on the fire And a light burning bright in the dell Many years an old couple did patiently look
(so patiently looked) For their boy whose last promise did fail Now the old rockin' chair will be rocking no more There's an old log cabin for sale
A welcome I read on the floor mat An old braided rug by the door The hands of an angel had made it With many a prayer prayed before In an old rockin' chair, long she waited For one glimpse of him how she yearned And now he was standing in silence Too late, yes, too late he'd returned
And the sign read "An old cabin for sale An old oaken bucket and well" F'he returns, just keep a log on the fire And a light burning bright in the dell Many years an old couple did patiently look
Just an Old Fashioned Love Song ((aka An Old Fashioned Love Song (by Three Dog Night) - 1971)) Composer(s): Paul Williams First release by: Paul Williams - 1971 Covered by multiple other artists
Just an old-fashioned love song playin' on the radio And wrapped around the music is the sound Of someone promising they'll never go You swear you've heard it before As it slowly rambles on and on No need in bringin' `em back, `Cause they're never really gone
Just an old-fashioned love song One I'm sure they wrote for you and me Just an old-fashioned love song Comin' down in 3-part harmony
To weave our dreams upon and listen to each evening When the lights are low To underscore our love affair With tenderness and feeling that we've come to know You swear you've heard it before As it slowly rambles on and on and No need in bringin' `em back, `Cause they're never really gone
Just an old-fashioned love song Comin' down in 3-part harmony Just an old-fashioned love song One I'm sure they wrote for you and me Just an old-fashioned love song Comin' down in 3-part harmony Just an old-fashioned love song One I'm sure they wrote for you and me
To weave our dreams upon and listening to a song ...
Dancin' Fool Composer(s): Burton Cummings; Domenic Troiano Performer(s): The Guess Who
It was a Saturday night without a whole lot shakin' Ooh my ooh my I was bored I had my best duds on it was a chance worth takin' somehow I was still ignored
Been too long since I been shy and lonely Ooh, but that's okay Need some gal to be my one and only Ooh
I got a wink and a smile from a flashy filly Ooh my ooh my she looked grand She said "I like your style now don't go actin' silly" Ooh my ooh she held my hand
Never thought that I could shake and grove it Now I'm a Dancin' Fool Dug my feet 'cause they could really move it Ooh
She got the message across and me and her got kissin' Ooh my ooh my havin' fun I know that this is the thing that I been really missin' One more dance has just begun
No more time for feelin' shy and lonely Now I'm a Dancin' Fool Found some gal to be my one and only Ooh I'm a Dancin' Fool
Been too long since I been shy and lonely Now I'm a Dancin' Fool (I'm a dancin' fool I'm a dancer)
An Old English Dream Composer(s): Gary Brooker - Keith Reid Performer(s): Procol Harum
They say this fair city has ten thousand souls Some live in mansions And some live in holes Some eat from silver And some eat from gold Some sift through garbage And sleep in the cold
I saw a great highway that stretched to the stars I saw a deep river all choked up with cars A babe in a cradle and a cat with the cream An old English church yard and an old English dream
Once we had a country And thought it so fair If you look through the mirror You can still find it there But now our great country Is broken and torn And all of its promise And liberties worn
I saw a great highway that stretched to the stars I saw a deep river all choked up with cars A babe in a cradle and a cat with the cream An old English church yard and an old English dream
I saw a great plain in winter All covered in snow Ten thousand soldiers That marched to and fro I saw a broken down building With ten thousand doors But none of them open And none of them yours
I saw a great highway that stretched to the stars I saw a deep river all choked up with cars A babe in a cradle and a cat with the cream An old English church yard and an old English dream
An Jenem Tag Composer(s): Boris Fomit - Konstantin Podnevsky Performer(s): Dalida - 1968
Versions In Other Languages: 1962 - Those Were The Days (The Limeliters) 1968 - Le Temps Des Fleurs (Dalida) 1968 - Quelli Erano I Giorni (Gigliola Cinquetti) 1968 - De Glade År (by Gitte Hænning) 1993 - Dit Is Vast Weer Zo'n Dag (Sandra Kim) 1993 - Il Faut S'aimer Plus Fort (Sandra Kim)
Es war so ein Tag wie jeder andere und doch mir schien daß er ganz anders war denn du und ich wir gingen durch den Frühling und ringsum war die Welt so wunderbar
An jenem Tag mein Freund da haben wir gemeint die Zeit blieb stehn allein nur für uns zwei doch ehe wir nachgedacht und alles wahrgemacht da war der Tag für uns schon längst vorbei
La, la...
Und der Sommer kam ins Lamd gezogen und es war ein langer heißer Tag doch für mich ist er so schnell verflogen als ich mit dir im Grase lag
An jenem Tag mein Freund da haben wir gemeint die Zeit blieb stehn allein nur für uns zwei doch ehe wir nachgedacht und alles wahrgemacht da war der Tag für uns schon längst vorbei
La, la...
Und es wurde Herbst licht sind die Bäume und mir blieb der Blumen welker Rest verweht sind mit dem Wind auch unsere Träume und keiner von uns beiden hielt sie fest
An jenem Tag mein Freund da haben wir gemeint die Zeit blieb stehn allein nur für uns zwei doch ehe wir nachgedacht und alles wahrgemacht da war der Tag für uns schon längst vorbei
La, la...
Es war so ein Tag wie jeder andere und doch ich weiß es gibt ihn niemals mehr denn für alles was wir heut versäumen gibt es morgen keine Wiederkehr
An jenem Tag mein Freund da haben wir gemeint die Zeit blieb stehn allein nur für uns zwei doch ehe wir nachgedacht und alles wahrgemacht da war die Zeit für uns schon längst vorbei
Dancer With Bruised Knees Composer(s): Anna McGarrigle Performer(s): Kate & Anna McGarrigle
When I first knew her she was a dancer She'd leap (confidently) Knowing that should she fall It would be into the arms of her partner She never failed to get a curtain call
For years we had been one with the stars A Pas de Deux of reknown I'd leap and he'd catch me on the fly And gently he'd put me down
The heights that I reached were dangerous And I saw my partner strain And felt when I had landed His strength was on the wane
Back before my knees were blue Backs broke bending in a step for two
For years we had been one with the stars A Pas de Deux of reknown I'd leap and he'd catch me on the fly But once I came crashing down
Now I'm a weaver Wall-hangings if you please In everyone I feature A dancer with bruised knees
Le Temps Des Fleurs ((aka Il Faut S'aimer Plus Fort (Sandra Kim) - 1993)) Composer(s): Boris Fomit - Konstantin Podnevsky - Eddy Marney Performer(s): Dalida - 1968
Versions In Other Languages: 1962 - Those Were The Days (The Limeliters) 1968 - An Jenem Tag (Dalida) 1968 - Quelli Erano I Giorni (Gigliola Cinquetti) 1968 - De Glade År (Gitte Hænning) 1993 - Dit Is Vast Weer Zo'n Dag (Sandra Kim)
Dans une taverne du vieux Londres Où se retrouvaient des étrangers Nos voix criblées de joie montaient de l'ombre Et nous écoutions nos curs chanter C'était le temps des fleurs On ignorait la peur Les lendemains avaient un goût de miel Ton bras prenait mon bras Ta voix suivait ma voix On était jeunes et l'on croyait au ciel La, la, la... On était jeunes et l'on croyait au ciel
Et puis sont venus les jours de brume Avec des bruits étranges et des pleurs Combien j'ai passé de nuits sans lune À chercher la taverne dans mon cur Tout comme au temps des fleurs Où l'on vivait sans peur Où chaque jour avait un goût de miel Ton bras prenait mon bras Ta voix suivait ma voix On était jeunes et l'on croyait au ciel La, la, la .... On était jeunes et l'on croyait au ciel
Je m'imaginais chassant la brume Je croyais pouvoir remonter le temps Et je m'inventais des clairs de lune Où tous deux nous chantions comme avant C'était le temps des fleurs On ignorait la peur Les lendemains avaient un goût de miel Ton bras prenait mon bras Ta voix suivait ma voix On était jeunes et l'on croyait au ciel La, la, la .... On était jeunes et l'on croyait au ciel
Et ce soir je suis devant la porte De la taverne où tu ne viendras plus Et la chanson que la nuit m'apporte Mon cur déjà ne la connaît plus C'était le temps des fleurs On ignorait la peur Les lendemains avait un goût de miel Ton bras prenait mon bras Ta voix suivait ma voix On était jeunes et l'on croyait au ciel La la la... On était jeunes et l'on croyait au ciel
Dance: Ten, Looks: Three Composer(s): Marvin Hamlisch; Edward Kleban Originally performed by: Pamela Blair & Cast Covered by various other artists
Val: But after a while I caught on... I mean, I saw what they were hiring! I also swiped my dance card once after an audition and on a scale of one to ten, they gave me for dance: Ten, for looks: Three! Why?
Dance: Ten; Looks: Three And I'm still on unemployment Dancing for my own enjoyment That ain't it, kid! That ain't it, kid!
"Dance: Ten, Looks: Three" Is like to die! Left the theatre and Called the doctor For my appointment to buy...
Tits and ass Bought myself a fancy pair Tightened up the derriere Did the nose with it All that goes with it
Tits and ass! Had the bingo-bongos done Suddenly I'm getting National tours! Tits and ass won't get you jobs Unless they're yours!
Didn't cost a fortune neither Didn't hurt my sex life either!
Flat and sassy I would get the strays and losers Beggars really can't be choosers That ain't it, kid! That ain't it, kid!
Fix the chassis "How do you do!" Life turned into an Endless medley of "Gee, it had to be you" Why?
Tits and ass! Where the cupboard once was bare Now you knock and someone's there You have got 'em, hey Top to bottom, hey!
It's a gas! Just a dash of silicone Shake your new maracas and your fine! Tits and ass can change your life They sure changed mine!
Val: You're all looking at my tits now, aren't you?
Sheila: They aren't that big
Val: I heard that, you bitch I didn't want 'em like yours I wanted them in proportion
Sheila: Well, you got what you paid for
Connie: I wouldn't mind having just one of yours
Val: Well go out and buy 'em
Have it all done! Honey, take my word Grab a cab, c'mon See the wizard on Park and Seventy-Third For
Tits and ass Orchestra and balcony What they want is whatcha see Keep the best of you Do all the rest of you
Pits or class I have never seen it fail Debutante or chorus girl or wife
Tits and ass Yes, tits and ass Have changed... My... Life...
Those Were The Days Composer(s): Boris Fomit - Konstantin Podnevsky - Gene Raskin Performer(s): The Limeliters - 1962 and multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages: 1968 - Le Temps Des Fleurs (Dalida) 1968 - An Jenem Tag (Dalida) 1968 - Quelli Erano I Giorni (Gigliola Cinquetti) 1968 - De Glade År (Gitte Hænning) 1993 - Dit Is Vast Weer Zo'n Dag (Sandra Kim) 1993 - Il Faut S'aimer Plus Fort (Sandra Kim)
Once upon a time there was a tavern Where we used to raise a glass or two Remember how we laughed away the hours And dreamed of all the great things we would do
Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way La la la la... Those were the days, oh yes those were the days
Then the busy years went rushing by us We lost our starry notions on the way If by chance I'd see you in the tavern We'd smile at one another and we'd say
Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way La la la la... Those were the days, oh yes those were the days
Just tonight I stood before the tavern Nothing seemed the way it used to be In the glass I saw a strange reflection Was that lonely woman really me
Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way La la la la... Those were the days, oh yes those were the days
Through the door there came familiar laughter I saw your face and heard you call my name Oh my friend we're older but no wiser For in our hearts the dreams are still the same
Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way La la la la... Those were the days, oh yes those were the days
Dance, Sister, Dance (Baila Mi Hermana) Composer(s): Leon "Ndugu" Chancler; Tom Coster; David Rubinson Performer(s): Santana
Dance sister dance I love the way you move I love to watch you Dance sister dance Feel the rhythm flow into your soul Dance sister dance Feel the rhythm flow Feel the rhythm flow through you Dance sister dance I love to watch you move I love the way you dance
Baila mi hermana Baila para mi Baila mi hermana Baila para mi
I love to watch you move I love the way you dance with me Dance sister dance I love the way you move I love to watch you Dance sister dance Feel the rhythm flow into your soul Dance sister dance
Mi hermana Baila para mi Baila mi hermana Baila para mi I love the way you move I love the way you baila Baila para mi
Baila para mi Baila para mi hermana
Baila mi hermana Baila para mi Baila mi hermana I love to watch you move I love the way you dance with me
Dance with me Dance with me Dance with me Dance with me Dance with me
Dance, Gypsy, Dance Composer(s): Stanley Damerell; Tolchard Evans Performer(s): David Whitfield
Dance, Gypsy, dance Though tears may flow Love's a game you played and lost Now you're left to count the cost Dance, Gypsy, dance On with the show Though your aching heart is breaking Dance, Gypsy, dance
Gypsy campfires glowing `neath the stars Hearts beat to the throbbing of guitars But one heart is crying So her feet are flying
Dance, Gypsy, dance Though tears may flow Love's a game you played and lost Now you're left to count the cost Dance, Gypsy, dance On with the show Though your aching heart is breaking Dance, Gypsy, dance
Dance, Gypsy, dance Though tears may flow Love's a game you played and lost Now you're left to count the cost Dance, Gypsy, dance On with the show Though your aching heart is breaking Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, Gypsy, dance
An Irishman's Idea Of Love Composer(s): Allan Roberts - Doris Fisher Performer(s): The Happy Gang Orch.
When a Frenchman is courting a mademoiselle He takes her to dinner at some fine hotel He spends all the salary he worked for that week And if he is lucky, he kisses her cheek
But an Irishman's idea of love Is to meet the girl he's dreamin' of Compliment her eyes of blue And the divil if he doesn't mean it too
Fills her full of a line of blarney That he learned in ole Killarney Gets the kiss so easily That cost the poor Frenchman his week's salary
Dance, Dance, Dance Composer(s): Brian Wilson; Carl Wilson Originally performed by: The Beach Boys
After six hours of school I've had enough for the day I hit the radio dial and turn it up all the way
I gotta dance (dance dance dance now the beat's really hot) right on the spot (Dance dance dance right there on the spot) The beat's really hot (Dance dance dance now the beat's really hot) Dance (dance) dance (dance) dance (dance) yeah!
When I feel put down I try to shake it off quick With my chick by my side the radio does the trick
I gotta dance (dance dance dance now the beat's really hot) right on the spot (Dance dance dance right there on the spot) The beat's really hot (Dance dance dance now the beat's really hot) Dance (dance) dance (dance) dance (dance) yeah!
Ohby!
At a weekend dance we like to show up late I play it cool when it's slow and jump it when it's fast
I gotta dance (dance dance dance now the beat's really hot) right on the spot (Dance dance dance right there on the spot) The beat's really hot (Dance dance dance now the beat's really hot) Dance (dance) dance (dance) dance (dance) yeah!
(Dance dance dance now the beat's really hot) (Dance dance dance right there on the spot) (Dance dance dance now the beat's really hot) Dance (dance) dance (dance) dance (dance) yeah!
(Dance dance dance now the beat's really hot) (Dance dance dance right there on the spot)
An Invitation To North America (Traditional) Performer(s): Sam Richards & Tish Stubbs
There is many a family of late that has gone Away to New York, father, mother and son Let us likewise follow and make no delay For 'tis much cheaper living in North Americay
The farmers in England sell there corn so dear They do what they can to starve the poor here They send it to France, which sure is not right To feed other nations that against us do fight
Come all you bold Britons, wherever you be I would have you draw near and listen to me The times they get harder in England ev'ry day It is much better living in North Americay
Why do we stay here for to be their slaves When in Nova Scotia we can do as we please For who'd work in England for ten pence a day When we can get four shillings in North Americay
The landlords in England do raise the lands high It forces some farmers abroad for to fly If times grow no better, I'll venture to say Poor men had better go to North Americay
Observe then good people what to you I've told What a plague is in England by short weight of gold With bad silver and halfpence, believe what I say There's nothing of this in North Americay
The priests in England come into the field They tithe as they please, you dare not but yield This is no great hardship, you believe, I dare say But we'll have no taxes in North Americay
There's many a farmer you very well know That went to New York but a few years ago Have bought land and houses; who now would here stay But go and make fortunes in North Americay
Manufactures in England are grown very bad For weavers and combers no work's to be had But let's go abroad, I dare venture to say They'll find us employment in North Americay
So here's a health to George our gracious king I hope none will take amiss the song that I sing Then lads and lasses now come away And ship yourselves to North Americay
Dance, Dance, Dance Composer(s): J. Cooper; B. Cooper; Steve Miller Performer(s): Steve Miller Band
My grandpa, he's ninety five And he keeps on dancin', he's still alive My grandma, she's ninety two She loves to dance and sing some too I don't know but I've been told If you keep on dancing you'll never grow old
{Refrain}
Come on, darlin', put a pretty dress on We're gonna go out tonight Dance, dance, dance Dance, dance, dance Dance, dance, dance, all night long
I'm a hard-workin' man, I'm a son of a gun I've been workin' all week in the noonday sun The wood's in the kitchen and the cow's in the barn I'm all cleaned up and my chores are all done Take my hand and come along Let's go out and have some fun
{Refrain}
Dance, dance, dance Dance, dance, dance Dance, dance, dance, all night long
Come on, darlin', don't look that way Don't you know when you smile I've got to say You're my honey pumpkin lover, you're my heart's delight Don't you want to go out tonight You're such a pretty lady, you're such a sweet girl When you dance it brightens up my world