Yours Sincerely
Composer(s): Richard Rodgers; Lorenz Hart
Performer(s): Glenn Hunter & Bernice Claire
and multiple other artists



Dearest one
I write what I'm afraid to speak
I'm weak when I'm with you
Tears of love are causing
All the ink to blot
So what am I to do?
Hoping to find the phrases
Groping to find each word
How they all burn like blazes
Now they all seem absurd
Though I don't know where to end
And to begin
You must give in because

I'm yours sincerely
The one who loves you dearly
To think about it nearly takes
My breath away
Very truly
My passion is unruly
A dream of you is newly born
Each night and day
Oh but my thoughts are fervent
How can I make them plain?
Ever your humble servant
Faithfully I remain
I'm intending
To find a happy ending
Because I love you dearly
I'm sincerely yours

Do not think I haven't got the heart to care
But where is my romance?
So I've waited for my lover to appear
I fear you've not a chance
I must confess I've found one
You must recall, last night
Truly it does astound one
How two can love at sight
But I like your phrases and the way you wrote
I'll use your note and write him

I'm yours sincerely
The one who loves you dearly
To think about it nearly takes
My breath away
Very truly
My passion is unruly
A dream of you is newly born
Each night and day
Oh but my thoughts are fervent
How can I make them plain?
Ever your humble servant
Faithfully I remain
I'm intending
To find a happy ending
Because I love you dearly
I'm sincerely yours

Nikkelen Nelis
Performer(s): Wim Sonneveld



Kom luister naar het lied dat ik voor u ga zingen 
Het is een tragisch lied over losbandigheid 
Het gaat over een dame uit de hoogste kringen 
De neiging tot het kwaad, die kon zij niet bedwingen 
Zo raakte zij haar eer en reputatie kwijt 

Zij kon het lonken niet laten, zij lonkte naar iedere man 
Dat liep veel te veel in de gaten, en oh daar kwam narigheid van 

Haar man had eerst geen aandacht aan haar kwaal geschonken 
Want ach, hij dacht: "ze heeft een vuiltje in haar oog" 
Maar toen ze na een tijdje zo diep was gezonken 
Dat ze in de kerk nog naar de preekstoel zat te lonken 
Toen kwam het ogenblik dat zij de laan uitvloog 

Zij kon het lonken niet laten, zij lonkte naar iedere man 
Dat liep veel te veel in de gaten, en oh daar kwam narigheid van 

Zij werd een danseres in 1 der minste kroegen 
Drie veren droeg zij slechts en soms geen eens geen drie 
Soms droeg zij slechts 1 veer en als de klanten 't vroegen 
Dan viel de laatste veer tot algemeen genoegen 
En bloot lonkte ze door met dubbele energie 

Zij kon het lonken niet laten, zij lonkte naar iedere man 
Dat liep veel te veel in de gaten, en oh daar kwam narigheid van 

Maar ach zij werd te oud, zij kon geen man meer strikken 
En zij werd werkster in het ouwemannen-huis 
En onder het dweilen door wierp zij nog wulpse blikken 
Zij maakte met haar lonken de ouwetjes aan 't schrikken 
En op een dag zat zij er eentje na door 't huis 

Haar emmertje met schuim en sop dat zag zij heel niet staan 
Zij struikelde en brak haar nek, 't was met haar gedaan, ja 

Zij kon het lonken niet laten, zij lonkte naar iedere man 
Oh meisjes hou toch in de gaten, oh daar komt narigheid van

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Composer(s): Nat Simon; Jimmy Kennedy
First release by: The Four Lads - 1953
Covered by multiple other artists



Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

So, take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istanbul

Istanbul

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

So, take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istanbul

Nikita
Composer(s): Elton John; Bernie Taupin
Performer(s): Elton John;
and various other artists



Hey Nikita is it cold
In your little corner of the world
You could roll around the globe
And never find a warmer soul to know

Oh I saw you by the wall
Ten of your tin soldiers in a row
With eyes that looked like ice on fire
The human heart a captive in the snow

Oh Nikita You will never know anything about my home
I'll never know how good it feels to hold you
Nikita I need you so
Oh Nikita is the other side of any given line in time
Counting ten tin soldiers in a row
Oh no, Nikita you'll never know

Do you ever dream of me
Do you ever see the letters that I write
When you look up through the wire
Nikita do you count the stars at night

And if there comes a time
Guns and gates no longer hold you in
And if you're free to make a choice
Just look towards the west and find a friend

Israel
Composer(s): Manuel Alejandro
Performer(s): Raphael



Cruzaré mi barba
Besaré mi tierra
Y abriré mil surcos
Sin descanso de sol a estrellas
Y al llegar la pascua en primavera
Yo le diré a mi hermano pobre
Siéntate a mi mesa
Come de este fruto de Israel
No me iré ya nunca
De mi tierra herida
Y uniré mis manos
A las manos de aquel que lucha
Moriré tranquilo
Cuando el mundo nos deje en paz
Cuando las fronteras sean verdaderas
Las que Dios nos quiso dar
Israel, mi pueblo
Israel, mi historia
Llanto y sueño eterno
Gloria a Israel

Niki Hoeky
Composer(s): Jim Ford; Pat Vegas; Lolly Vegas
Performer(s): P.J. Proby;
and various other artists



Down in Louisiana
Down in Cajun land
Folks got something goin'
Goes something like
Folks come an git'cha tootsie

I wants to t'tie ya puppe'tame me
Gonna dig ya on a scoobydoo
Gonna gitcha on'a scubadie
Ooh boog-a-boo you
You ooh boog-a-boo you, little boy
Get hip to the consultation of the boolawee
Umm hmm, umm

Said, golly, golly miss Molly
Everything's copesetic now
Boog-a-boo, look at you
What I'd like to do to you boy
Ooh boog-a-boo you
You ooh boog-a-boo you, little boy
Get hip to the consultation of the boolawee
Umm hmm, hmm

Niki, Niki, Niki Hoeky
Your pappy's doing time in the pokey
Your sisters on a trip
Your momma got hip
Little boy you're lookin' ok
You ooh boog-a-boo you
You ooh boog-a-boo you, little boy
Get hip to the consultation of the boolawee

I'm talking bout your boola
Talking bout that wee
I'm talking bout your boola
Talking bout that wee
Well get hip to the consultation of the boolawee

Niki, Niki, Niki
Niki, Niki, Niki
Niki, Niki, Niki
Niki, Niki, Niki Hoeky
Niki Hoeky

Isn't This A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain)?
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
First performance by: Fred Astaire - 1935
Covered by multiple other artists



The weather is frightening
The thunder and lightning
Seem to be having their way
But as far as I'm concerned, it's a lovely day
The turn in the weather
Will keep us together
So I can honestly say
That as far as I'm concerned, it's a lovely day...
And everything's okay

Isn't this a lovely day to be caught in the rain
You were going on your way, now you've got to remain

Just as you were going, leaving me all at sea
The clouds broke, they broke and oh what a break for me

I can see the sun up high, though we're caught in a storm
I can see where you and I could be cozy and warm

Let the rain pitter patter
But it really doesn't matter 
If the skies are gray
Long as I can be with you, it's a lovely day

Night Time In Little Italy
Composer(s): Joe McCarthy; Fred Fisher
Performer(s): Frisco Jazz Band



When the day has gone to sleep lights begin to shine 
To a latin haunt I creep a place that I called mine 
There's laughter and joy and the music is grand 
In my Bohemia Land

When the Cello sweetly hums 
Some sweet melody 
Through each little strain there comes a voice of Italy 
Eat, drink and be merry you'll hear each one say
Life's worth a living that way

Night time down town in little Italy
(Chillie Billie, Bee)
Down 'round my old Mulberry 
You'll hear the mandolins play
For Mariutcha
(Hutch-a-cootcha, Cootcha) 
When she rolls those big black eyes at me 
I want to be in Napoli 
where dark win will make you happy as can be
(Baby on your knee) 
You're one of the family 
When they sing, chillibillibi
you leave your home and mother 
everybody eat and drink and love each other
When it's night time down in Little Italy

Isn't She Lovely?
Composer(s): Stevie Wonder
First release by: Stevie Wonder - 1976
Covered by multiple other artists



Isn't she lovely
Isn't she wonderful
Isn't she precious
Less than one minute old
I never thought through love we'd be
Making one as lovely as she
But isn't she lovely made from love

Isn't she pretty
Truly the angel's best
Boy, I'm so happy
We have been heaven blessed
I can't believe what God has done
through us he's given life to one
But isn't she lovely made from love

Isn't she lovely
Life and love are the same
Life is Aisha
The meaning of her name
Londie, it could have not been done
Without you who conceived the one
That's so very lovely made from love

Nightshift
Composer(s): Franne Golde; Dennis Lambert; Walter Orange
Performer(s): The Commodores



Marvin, he was a friend of mine
And he could sing a song, his heart in every line
Marvin, sang of the joy and pain
He opened up our minds, and I still can hear him say

Aw talk to me so you can see what's going on
Say you will sing your songs forevermore (evermore)

Gonna be some sweet sounds coming down on the nightshift
I bet you're singing proud, oh I bet you'll pull a crowd
Gonna be a long night, it's gonna be all right on the nightshift
Oh you found another home, I know you're not alone on the nightshift

Jackie (Jackie), hey whatcha doing now
It seems like yesterday when we were working out
Jackie (Jackie, oh) you set the world on fire
You came and gifted us, your love it lifted us higher and higher

Keep it up and we'll be there at your side
Oh say you will sing your songs forevermore (evermore)

Gonna be some sweet sounds coming down on the nightshift
I bet you're singing proud, oh I bet you'll pull a crowd
Gonna be a long night, it's gonna be all right on the nightshift
Oh you found another home, I know you're not alone on the nightshift

Gonna miss your sweet voice that soulful voice on the nightshift
We all remember you, oh the songs are coming through
At the end of a long day it's gonna be okay on the nightshift
You found another home, I know you're not alone on the nightshift

Isn't Life Strange
Composer(s): John Lodge
Performer(s): The Moody Blues
and multiple other artists



Isn't life strange
A turn of the page
Can read like before
Can we ask for more?
Each day passes by
How hard will man try?
The sea will not wait

You know it makes me want to cry, cry, cry
Wish I could be in your heart
To be one with your love
Wish I could be in your eyes
Looking back there you were, and here we are

Isn't life strange
A word we arrange
With no thought or care
Maker of despair
Each breath that we breathe
With love me must weave
To make us as one

Isn't life strange
A turn of a page
A book without light
Unless with love we write
To throw it away
To lose just a day
The quicksand of time

Nights On Broadway
Composer(s): Barry Gibb; Maurice Gibb; Robin Gibb
Performer(s): The Bee Gees;
and various other artists



Here we are in the room full of strangers
Standing in the dark where your eyes couldn't see me 

Well, I have to follow you 
Though you didn't want me to
But that won't stop my lovin' you 
I can't stay away 

Blaming it all on the nights on Broadway 
Singin' them love songs
Singin' them straight to the heart songs
Blamin' it all on the nights on Broadway 
Singin' them sweet sounds 
To that crazy, crazy town

Now in my place 
There are so many others 
Standin' in the line
How long will they stand between us? 

Well, I have to follow you 
Though you didn't want me to
But that won't stop my lovin' you 
I can't stay away 

Blaming it all on the nights on Broadway 
Singin' them love songs
Singin' them straight to the heart songs
Blamin' it all on the nights on Broadway 
Singin' them sweet sounds 
To that crazy, crazy town

I will wait
even if it takes forever
I will wait
even if it takes a life time
Somehow I feel inside 
You never ever left my side 
Make it like it was before 
Even if it takes a life time, takes a life time

Blaming it all on the nights on Broadway 
Singin' them love songs
Singin' them straight to the heart songs
Blamin' it all on the nights on Broadway 
Singin' them sweet sounds 
To that crazy, crazy town

Isn't It Wonderful, Isn't It Swell
Composer(s): Lew Pollack; Sidney D. Mitchell
Performer(s): Will Osborne & His Orch.



Isn't it wonderful, isn't it swell
The spell of love, has so many charms
Isn't it wonderful, isn't it swell
You fell from heaven into my arms

I've been a blind one, I never knew
I'd ever find one, as lovely as you
Isn't it wonderful, can it be true
That you can see, something in me
Isn't it swell how wonderful love can be

Nights In White Satin
Italian Titles: Un Po D'Amore; Ho Difeso Il Mio Amore
Composer(s): Justin Hayward
Performer(s): The Moody Blues



Nights in white satin never reaching the end
Letters I've written never meaning to send
Beauty I'd always missed with these eyes before
Just what the truth is 
I can't say any more
'Cause I love you 
Yes I love you
Oh how I love you

Gazing at people some hand in hand
Just what I'm going through they can't understand
Some try to tell me thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be you'll be in the end
And I love you
Yes I love you
Oh how I love you, oh

Isn't It Romantic? 
Composer(s): Lorenz Hart; Richard Rodgers
First performance by: Maurice Chevalier, Rolfe Sedan, Bert Roach, Jeanette MacDonald - 1932
Covered by multiple other artists



I've never met you, yet never doubt, dear
I can't forget you, I've thought you out, dear
I know your profile and I know the way you kiss
just the things I miss on a night like this
If dreams are made of imagination
I'm not afraid of my own creation
With all my heart, my heart is here for you to take
Why should I quake? I'm not awake

Isn't it romantic?
Music in the night, a dream that can be heard
Isn't it romantic?

Moving shadows write the oldest magic word
I hear the breezes playing in the trees above
while all the world is saying you were meant for love
Isn't it romantic
merely to be young on such a night as this?
Isn't it romantic?
Every note that's sung is like a lover's kiss
Sweet symbols in the moonlight
do you mean that I will fall in love per chance?
Isn't it romance?

My face is glowing, I'm energetic
The art of sewing I found poetic
My needle punctuates the rhythm of romance
I don't give a stitch if I don't get rich
A custom tailor who has no custom
is like a sailor, no one will trust 'em
But there is magic in the music of my shears
I shed no tears, lend me your ears

Isn't it romantic?
Soon I will have found some girl that I adore
Isn't it romantic?
While I sit around my love can scrub the floor
She'll kiss me every hour or she'll get the sack
and when I take a shower she can scrub my back
Isn't it romantic?
On a moonlight night she'll cook me onion soup
Kiddies are romantic
and if we don't fight we soon will have a troupe
We'll help the population
it's a duty that we owe to dear old France
Isn't it romance?

Nights Are Forever Without You
Composer(s): Parker McGee
Performer(s): Dan Seals;
and various other artists



Lyin' in bed with the radio on
Moonlight falls like rain
Soft summer nights spent thinkin' of you
When will I see you again

Chorus:
Soft and low the music moans
I can't stop thinking about you
Thinkin' 'bout you
I didn't know it would be so strong
Waiting and wondering about you
I didn't know it would last so long
Nights are forever without you

The curtains still dance with the wind and the sky
The sun'll be coming up soon
But I just can't sleep for thinkin' of you
Here alone with the moon

(repeat Chorus)

Isn't It A Pity?
(Spanish Version: No Es Una Pena? - 2008)
Composer(s): George Harrison
First release by: George Harrison - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists



Isn't it a pity, isn't it a shame
How we break each other's hearts, and
cause each other pain
How we take each other's love, without 
thinking anymore
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity 

Somethings take so long, but how do I
explain?
When not too many people can see we're 
all the same
And because of all their tears, their eyes 
can't hope to see
The beauty that surrounds them-oh
Isn't it a pity 

Nightingale
Composer(s): Richard Coburn; Vincent Rose
Performer(s): Frederick S. Manning



Somewhere the nightingale is singing from above 
he promised that he's be my messenger of love 
and I am yearning for his returning 
It seems that's all I'm thinking of

The nightingale knows why I'm feeling sad and blue 
somehow I know that he is feeling lonesome too 
that's why he's heeding my tender pleading 
and sings to her the whole night thru

Nightingale when you are singing tenderly oh tell her nightingale
That it's a lover's melody just so whenever you are singing 
she'll know the message you are bringing 
nightingale bring back my love to me

No Es Una Pena?
(Adapted from: Isn't It A Pity? - 1970)
Composer(s): George Harrison; Pedro Aznar
Performer(s): Pedro Aznar - 2008



No te pone triste?
No te da dolor?
La crueldad de unos con otros
La sombra del rencor

Como a veces sin pensar
Tomamos el amor
Y no lo retribuimos
No te pone triste?

Las cosas llevan tiempo
No es fácil de explicar
Cuando tan poca gente
Ve al otro como igual

Y sus lagrimas sin fin
Quizás ya no le dejen ver
Lo bello que es el mundo
No te pone triste?

No te pone triste?
No te da dolor?
La crueldad de unos con otros
La sombra del rencor

Como a veces sin pensar
Tomamos el amor
Y no lo retribuimos
No te pone triste?

Nighthawkin'
Composer(s): Tim Buckley
Performer(s): Tim Buckley



I was a nighthawkin' in my taxi
My fare was a shaky ol' lush
So I kicked it over and took off
Then he whipped out this switch blade
Straight outta nowhere level to my throat
He said "See reb I've been over to the war boy"
I said "I was a combat paratrooper daddy"
Well now he slupped back cool and he pocket that steel
He said "Get me down to fourth and main"