Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Lady Of The Dancing Water Composer(s): Peter Sinfield - Robert Fripp Performer(s): King Crimson
Grass in your hair stretched like a lion in the sun Restlessly turned moistened your mouth with your tongue Pouring my wine your eyes caged mine glowing Touching your face my finger strayed knowing I called you lady of the dancing water
Blown autumn leaves shed to the fire where you laid me Burn slow to ash just as my days now seem to be I feel you still always your eyes glowing Remembered hours salt, earth and flowers flowing Farewell my lady of the dancing water
Banana Song
Composer(s): Alex Hughes - Lemon
Performer(s): Judge Dread
It's big and heavy but me carry the banana All the way to the sister's house She like to bite it but she like a piranha I want some left when I have to go home
Day-o, day-o Morning come and me have to go home Day-o, day-o This woman, she won't leave me alone
1 inch, 2 inch, 3 inch, 4 She like banana and me give her more 5 inch, 6 inch, 7 inch, 8! I want to rest but she just won't wait
Day-o, day-o Morning come and me have to go home Day-o, day-o This woman, she won't leave me alone
She cry for more banana but the banana's gone She wake it up and she jump right on I give her more banana 'till she shout and scream What good banana if you have no cream!
Day-o, day-o Morning come and me have to go home Day-o, day-o This woman, she won't leave me alone
The morning come and me take home the banana The Mrs. says, "Did you work all night?" I say "yes" but she know I managed lying She see the mark where the sister bite!
Day-o, day-o The woman see it now she willn't let me go Day-o, day-o This naughty woman she willn't leave me alone
Lady Of Spain Composer(s): Stanley Damerell - Ray Evans - Tolchard Evans - Robert Hargreaves - Henry Tilsley Performer(s): Eddie Fisher and multiple other artists
Lady of Spain I adore you Right from the night I first saw you My heart has been yearning for you What else could any heart do Lady of Spain I'm appealing Why should my lips be concealing All that my eyes are revealing Lady of Spain, I love you Night in Madrid, blue and tender Spanish moon makes silver splendour Music throbbing plaintive sobbing notes of a guitar While ardent Caballero serenades Lady of Spain I adore you Right from the night I first saw you My heart has been yearning for you What else could any heart do Lady of Spain I'm appealing Why should my lips be concealing All that my eyes are revealing Lady of Spain, I love you
Banana Republics
Composer(s): Steve Burgh - Steve Goodman - Jim Rothermel
Performer(s): Steve Goodman; Jimmy Buffett
Down to the banana republics
Down to the tropical sun
Come the expatriated Americans
Hoping to have some fun
Some of them come for the sailing
Called by the lure of the sea
Trying to cure what is ailing
From living in the land of the free
Some of them them running from lovers
Leaving no forward address
Some of them are running marijuana
Some are running from the IRS
Late at night you can find them
In the cheap hotels and bars
Hustling the senoritas while they dance beneath the stars
Spending their renegade pesos
On a bottle of rum and a lime
Singing "Give me some words we can dance to
Or a melody that rhymes"
First you learn the native customs
Then a word of Spanish or two
You know that you cannot trust them
Because they know they can't trust you
Expatriated Americans
Feeling so all alone
Telling themselves the same lies
That they told themselves at home
Late at night you can find them
In the cheap hotels and bars
Hustling the senoritas while they dance beneath the stars
Spending their renegade pesos
On a bottle of rum and a lime
Singing "Give me some words we can dance to
Or a melody that rhymes"
Down in the banana republics
Things aren't as bright as they seem
None of the natives are buying
Any second-hand American dreams ...
Lady Of Madrid Composer(s): Stanley Damerell - Tolchard Evans - Robert Hargreaves Performer(s): David Whitfield and multiple other artists
Lady of Madrid, how I love you Lady of Madrid, I will be true Here in the moonlight beneath your balcony Singing the song that is love's sweet melody Lady of Madrid, forevermore Lady of Madrid, you, I'll adore I will love you, dear, always By the stars above Lady of Madrid, my love
Night falls, love calls, Through the orange groves A caballero goes his way Starlight, moonlight All the ???? ???? A senorita bright and gay Oh hear an old song of the Spanish Main Flower of Spain, tend the strain Great caballero serenades his love With this refrain
Lady of Madrid, how I love you Lady of Madrid, I will be true Here in the moonlight beneath your balcony Singing the song that is love's sweet melody Lady of Madrid, forevermore Lady of Madrid, you, I'll adore I will love you, dear, always By the stars above Lady of Madrid, my love
Banana Republic
Composer(s): Pete Briquette - Bob Geldof
Performer(s): Boomtown Rats
Banana Republic
Septic Isle
Screaming in the suffering sea
It sounds like crying
Everywhere I go
Everywhere I see
The black and blue uniforms
Police and priests
And I wonder do you wonder
While you're sleeping with your whore
That sharing beds with history
Is like a-licking running sores
Forty shades of green yeah
Sixty shades of red
Heroes going cheap these days
Price; a bullet in the head
Banana Republic
Septic Isle
Screaming in the suffering sea
It sounds like crying
Everywhere I go
Everywhere I see
The black and blue uniforms
Police and priests
Take your hand and lead you
Up a garden path
Let me stand aside here
And watch you pass
Striking up a soldier's song
I know that tune
It begs too many questions
And answers to
Banana Republic
Septic Isle
Screaming in the suffering sea
It sounds like crying
Everywhere I go
Everywhere I see
The black and blue uniforms
Police and priests
The purple and the pinstripe
Mutely shake their heads
A silense shrieking volumes
A violence worse than the condemn
Stab you in the back yeah
Laughing in your face
Glad to see the place again
It's a pitty nothing's changed
Banana Republic
Septic Isle
Screaming in the suffering sea
It sounds like crying
Everywhere I go
Everywhere I see
The black and blue uniforms
Police and priests
Lady Of Fatima Composer(s): Tom Fogerty Performer(s): Tom Fogerty and multiple other artists
Lady of Fatima, I was just a schoolboy in my jeans Lady of Fatima, I was just a schoolboy in my jeans Lady of Fatima, I didn't see your eyes, your eyes
Lady of Electa, nineteen hundred sixty and the world Lady of Electa, nineteen hundred sixty and the world Lady of Electa, you really slowed me, yes you did
Lady of the Seasons, it's comin' and you'd better look around Lady of the Seasons, it's comin' and you'd better look around Lady of the Seasons, you'd better step aside, aside
Lady of Fatima, you'd better have a reason what you said Lady of Fatima, you'd better have a reason what you said Lady of Fatima, I saved a soul for you, for me
Banana Boat (Day-O)
((Danish Version: The Banana Boat Song (by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann) - 1957))
Composer(s): Harry Belafonte - Irving Burgie - William A. Attaway
First release by: Harry Belafonte - 1956
Covered by multiple other artists
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o Daylight come and he wan' go home Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o Daylight come and he wan' go home
Work all night on a drink a'rum (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Stack banana till thee morning come (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, Bunch! (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, Bunch! (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day, he say day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Day, he say day, he say day, he say day he say day, he say day (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
A beautiful bunch a'ripe banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Hide thee deadly black tarantula (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, Bunch! (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, Bunch! (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day, he say day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Day, he say day, he say day, he say day he say day, he say day (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Lady Nina
Composer(s): Derek William Dick - Ian Mosley - Mark Kelly - Pete Trewavas - Steve Rothery
Performer(s): Marillion
You pick out your credit cards and check into the night
A dozen tequilas and youre feeling all right
So you swim to the disco, out of your depth jaded gigolo
Your lucky charms are tarnished so you leave alone
But theres one place left to go before the taxi home
After all youve made your marks
One night youll play elizabeth taylor
The next night youre marilyn monroe
Forever kissing frogs that think theyre princes
Oh, lady nina, where did all the romance go?
Your little sister babysits, your husband picks you up at six
The make-up hides the bruises and the tears so they never show
cos your beauty is the only thing youve ever owned
Its the only way youve ever known to make your marks
You made your marks, you made your marks
We believe its for real
Ich liebe dich, liebst du mich
Lady nina, Id love to take you home with me
But I love my wife and I love my family
Ive got a good job, responsibilities
And I need to keep respect from society
I know youll never act with me, I know that youre in love with me
So how do I compare to the sailors of the ships of the night?
Was I all right?
Did you come tonight, lady nina?
You made your marks, you made your marks
Ebony flowers pinned to a velvet cushion in a red light
And edith piaf sings a lullaby for the night
Just making marks, just making marks
Just making marks, just making marks
You made your marks
Ebony flowers pinned to a velvet cushion in a red light
And edith piaf sings a lullaby for the night
Just making marks, just making marks
You made your marks
And you made your mark
Just making marks
And you made your mark
Just making marks
Bana Basadi Balalo Composer(s): Serge Gainsbourg Performer(s): Serge Gainsbourg
Bana basadi balalo Dialecte bantou Bana basadi balalo Trois petits zoulous Bana basadi balalo Sont partis en guerre Bana basadi balalo Contre les Boers
Bana basadi balalo Dialecte bantou Bana basadi balalo Trois petits zoulous Bana basadi balalo Tuent à la sagaie Le néerlandais
Bana basadi balalo Dialecte bantou Bana basadi balalo Trois petits zoulous Bana basadi balalo Trois petits négros Bana basadi balalo Sont morts en héros
Lady Margaret (aka Fair Margaret And Sweet William) (Traditional) Performer(s): Pete Seeger and multiple other artists
Sweet William rose one morning bright And dressed himself in blue "Come tell to me the long lost love Between Lady Margaret and you"
"I know no harm of Lady Margaret," said he "And I hope she knows none of me But tomorrow morning before eight o'clock Lady Margaret my bride shall be"
As Lady Margaret was in her chamber high A-combing up her hair She spied sweet William and his bride As they to the church drew near
She threw down her ivory comb And tossed back her hair And from the room a fair lady came That was seen in there no more
The day being gone and the night being come When most men were asleep Sweet William spied Lady Margaret's ghost A-standing at his bed feet
"How do you like your bed?" she said "And how do you like your sheet? And how do you like the fair lady That lies in your arms asleep?"
"Very well do I like my bed," said he "Very well do I like my sheet But better do I like the fair lady That is standing at my bed feet"
The night being gone and the day being come When most men were awake Sweet William said he was troubled in his head From a dream he had last night
He called his weary waiting maids By one, by two, by three And last of all, with his bride's consent Lady Margaret he went to see
He went unto the parlor door He knocked until he made things ring But none was so ready as her own dear brother To arise and let him in
"Is Lady Margaret in the parlour?" said he "Or is she in the hall Or is she in her chamber high Among the gay ladies all?"
"Lady Margaret is not in the parlour," said he "She is neither in the hall She is in her coffin And a-lying by the wall"
"Tear down, tear down, those milk white sheets They are made of silk so fine That I may kiss Lady Margaret's cheek For ofttimes she has kissed mine"
The first that he kissed was her rosy cheek The next was her dimpled chin The last of all was her clay-cold lips That pierced his heart within
"Tear down, tear down those milk white sheets They are made of silk so fine Today they hang around Lady Margaret's corpse And tomorrow they will hang around mine"
Lady Margaret died of pure, pure love Sweet William died of sorrow They are buried in one burying ground Both side and side together
Out of her grave grew a red rose And out of his a briar They grew in a twining true lover's knot The rose and the green briar
Bambú Composer(s): Miguel Bosé - Mássimo Grilli Performer(s): Miguel Bosé; Ricky Martin; Ana Torroja
Como una intrépida libélula ante el espejo toda incrédula pone un reparo a su extrafécula yo me la como o no?
Va y se maquilla su melancolía haciéndose la que no ve me espía me guiña un ojo y se que es toda mía yo me la como o no?
El cae y se enreda con su pátina con su elegancia neodiplomática no atina a ver cual es mi táctica si me la como o no?
Y mientras que ella plancha el corazón yo le doy bambu...turap tuhe oh yeah! y mientras ella con pasión da la llave yo le doy bambú turap tuhe oh! yeah!
I wanna get through the night...
Alí Baba que estoy haciendo turap tuhe oh! yeah!
I wanna get through the night...
Alli Baba que estoy haciendo oh! trágame tierra ábrete Sésamo que en esta historia acabo siendo el malo yo ya me la coma o no...
Y venga dai amore dai dimmi chi sei? tu que de repente prendi tutti i sogni miei
Y Eva le cuenta toda su amistad que Adan va haciendo obras de caridad y al gato mata la oscuridad yo me la como o no?
Lady Madonna ((Italian Version: Lady Madonna (by I Gleemen)) Composer(s): John Lennon - Paul McCartney First release by: The Beatles - 1968 Covered by multiple other artists
Lady Madonna, children at your feet Wonder how you manage to make ends meet Who find the money when you pay the rent Did you think that money was heaven sent
Friday night arrives without a suitcase Sunday morning creeping like a nun Monday's child has learned to tie his bootlegs See how they run
Lady Madonna, baby at your breast Wonders how you manage to feed the rest Pa pa pa pa... See how they run
Lady Madonna lying on the bed Listen to the music playing in your head
Tuesday afternoon is never ending Wednesday morning papers didn't come Thursday night you stocking needed mending See how they run
Lady Madonna, children at your feet Wonder how you manage to make ends meet
Bambou Bar
Composer(s): Luc Plamondon - Julien Clerc
Performer(s): Julien Clerc; Anne Clark
Avec sa peau d'ébène Et ses cheveux nattés Petite fleur africaine Jetée sur le pavé
Qu'est-ce qu'elle fait le soir? Elle danse au Bambou Bar Debout sur le comptoir Elle danse au Bambou Bar Et moi je viens la voir
Avec son port de reine Sur ses talons aiguilles Vaut mieux pas qu'on la prenne Jamais pour une fille
Qu'est-ce qu'elle fait le soir? Eile danse au Bambou Bar C'est tout ce qu'elle sait faire Elle danse au Bambou Bar Toute nue dans la lumière
Dans la jungle Y a des bananiers Du solei Pour nous réchauffer Des tam-tam Pour nous faire danser Comme au Bambou Bar
Qu'est-ce qu'elle fait le soir? Elle danse au Bambou Bar Sous les regards qui brillent Elle danse au Bambou Bar Et puis elle se rhabille Dans la ville Il y a des trottoirs Pas falloir Y marcher le soir Surtout pas Si on rentre tard... Du Bambou Bar
Quand elle entend derrière elle Des pas sur le macadam Elle bondit comme une gazelle Son cur bat comme un tam-tam
Elle danse au Bambou Bar Debout sur le comptoir Elle danse au Bambou Bar Et moi je viens la voir
Elle danse au Bambou Bar C'est tout ce qu'elle sait faire Elle danse au Bambou Bar Toute nue dans la lumière Elle danse au Bambou Bar Sous les regards qui brillent Elle danse au Bambou Bar Et puis elle se rhabille
Lady Lynda Composer(s): Al Jardine - Ron Altbach Performer(s): The Beach Boys
Lady lady lady lady
Won't you come here and lie lady Lynda with me We can lie in the green canyon meadows And we'll hear the birds sing in the spring Don't you know if you'll stay lady Lynda with me We can talk about love everafter When you lie lady Lynda with me
Lynda, won't you say that we can be near You cannot deny there've been hard times oooh... Darlin', evolution is drawing us near Look in my eyes whoa
Lynda, won't you say that I am your man Don't look surprised, it's all in his plan oooh... But darlin', evolution is drawing us near Lie lady lie
Oooh lady won't you lie lady
Now won't you stay lady Lynda with me We can talk about love everafter When you lie lady Lynda with me
Ohh lady won't you lie lady Won't you ooh lady won't you stay lady with me When you lie lady Lynda
Come along with me Ohh lady won't you lie lady Won't you lie with me Darlin' you know you make my heart sing Won't you come along and sing a song Sing the sound of love Ohh lady won't you lie lady Won't you lie with me Darlin your love is like the coming spring Won't you come along and sing a song Sing the song my love Ohh lady won't you lie lady Won't you lie with me Darlin your love is like the coming spring Won't you come along and sing a song Sing the song my love Ohh lady won't you lie lady Won't you lie with me Darlin your love is like the coming spring Won't you come along and sing a song Sing the song my love Ooh lady won't you lie lady won't you marry me
Dans tes silences se dessinent Des Africaines abyssines Dans tes mutismes, ton délire Va de l'Angola au Zaïre Bambou voyage par la pensée Elle est près de moi mais m'a déjà quitté
Tous les silences de Bambou Hurlent dans ma tête et me rendent fou
Dans tes yeux absents se dévoilent Des fièvres aux moiteurs tropicales Quand tes pupilles se dilatent L'eau trouble des étangs s'y miroite La saison des pluies est passée Bambou ne pleure plus, elle s'est vite consolée Tous les silences de Bambou Hurlent dans ma tête et me rendent fou
Tu es désert Bambou Et jungle Bambou Forêt de Bambou Et coups de Bambou Dans te silences se dessinent Des Africaines abyssines Dans tes commotions cérébrales Je vois l'Afrique équatoriale
Lady Lucille Composer(s): Gildas Arzel Performer(s): Johnny Hallyday
J'entends des pas à la porte J'en tends les cris de la foule Les battements de cur emportent Mes forces et mon sang qui s'écoulent
Pourquoi si tôt? Ma voix est partie, j'ai oublié Tous les mots, même le premier Pourtant c'était si long d'attendre J'aurai dû mieux les apprendre
J'ai peut-être encore le temps pour un verre À quoi ça sert, à quoi ça sert
Si trop souvent je t'appelle Si tu te lasses de moi Si parfois je suis infidèle Je n'ai jamais aimé que toi
Est-ce que c'est trop? Est-ce que tu me fuis? Est-ce que tu sais? Tous les jours que je t'ai donné Entre la peur et la scène C'est le moment pour que tu viennes
J'ai peut-être encore le temps pour qu'on s'aime Ah oui! Lucille pour qu'on quitte la terre
Lady Lucille pour aujourd'hui comme hier Lady Lucille je t'adresse la même prière Lady Lucille comme un soldat avant la guerre Lady Lucille fait tomber sur moi la lumière Rock'n'roll
Lady Lucille, tu sais, je compte sur toi Lady Lucille fais qu'ils comptent avec moi
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Rock'n'roll !
Lady Lucille pour aujourd'hui comme hier Lady Lucille je t'adresse la même prière Lady Lucille comme un soldat avant la guerre Lad'y lucille fait tomber sur moi la lumière Rock'n'roll
Bamboozled
Composer(s): Fred Ebb - Paul Klein
Performer(s): Dean Martin
(Bam-bamboozled, bam-bamboozled)
Hey, looka here, see me grin ear to ear All aglow, I'm so bamboozled (Bamboozled) Hey, look at me walkin' tall as a tree Since I got a lot bamboozled (Bamboozled) I kept shyin' away, she kept sighin' away Now, suffice it to say That I fought and I fought, but I'm finally caught
I fly like the birds, feel too lovely for words Yesiree, that's me, bamboozled Out of my wits, but the thrill of it fits like a glove (Bamboozled, bamboozled by you) Heaven, open the door, I ain't runnin' no more I got bamboozled But, oh, how I love it in love
(La la la la la la la la la la la bamboozled, bamboozled) (La la la la la la la la la la la bamboozled, bamboozled)
I tried takin' a stand, she kept takin' my hand That felt wonderful grand So I fell like a ton, I'm a son-of-a-gun Will you look at me now, not a crease on my brow When we kiss, I'm this bamboozled Sailin' along, feelin' bright as the song of a dove (Bamboozled, bamboozled by you) She kept playin' it smart, kissed me out of my heart I got bamboozled (Bamboozled, bamboozled) But, oh, how I love it in love
Lady Love Composer(s): Vonghn Gray - Sherman Marshall Performer(s): Lou Rawls
Lady love, your love is peaceful Like the summer's breeze My lady love, with love that's tender As a baby's touch You give me all of the things That I need so much You're my world, lady love
Lady love, your love is cooling Like the winter snow My lady love, with love that's cozy As a fire's glow And I keep on needing you, girl A little more and more And I thank you, my lady love
You know, it's not easy to keep love flowing smooth People are people and they all have their moods But it's so nice just to have someone like you Who wants a smooth and easy thing And all the good times that it brings
My lady love, you've been with me Through all of my ups and downs My lady love, I once was lost But now with you I'm found You got the love I need And I want to stay around Heaven sent you down, my lady love
Let me tell you that it's not easy to keep love flowing smooth You know, people are people, they all have their moods But it's so nice just to have someone like you Who wants a smooth and easy thing And all the good times and the joy that it brings
My lady love, you've been with me Through all of my ups and downs And my crazy turn-arounds My lady love, you got the love I need So stay around Heaven sent my lady love
Lady love, sweet lady love You are so good to me Lady love, like a warm summer breeze (So glad I found my lady love, lady love) (so glad I found my lady love, lady love)
Bamboleo
Composer(s): Tonino Baliardo - J. Bouchikh - Nicolás Reyes
Performer(s): Gipsy Kings
and multiple other artists
Este amor llega asi esta manera No tiene la culpa Caballo le ven sabana Porque muy depreciado Por eso no te perdon de llorar Este amor llega asi esta manera No tiene la culpa Amor de comprementa Amor del mes pasado Bebele, bembele, bembele
Bamboleo, bambolea Porque mi vida, yo la prefiero vivir asi Bamboleo, bambolea Porque mi vida, yo la prefiero vivir asi No tiene pardon de dios Tu eres mi vida, la fortuna del destino Pero el destino tendressa para dos Lo mismo yo que ayer Lo mismo soy yo No te encuentro a labandon Es imposible no te encuentro de verdad Por eso un dia no cuentro si de nada Lo mismo you que ayer Yo pienso en ti
Bamboleo, bambolea Porque mi vida, yo la prefiero vivir asi Bamboleo, bambolea Porque mi vida, yo la prefiero vivir asi
Bamboleo, bambolea Porque mi vida, yo la prefiero vivir asi Bamboleo, bambolea Porque mi vida, yo la prefiero vivir asi