Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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The Ballad Of Humpty Dumpty And Cinderella Composer(s): Rex Fowler Performer(s): Aztec Two-Step
She said her name was Cinderella From under her umbrella with the blues He said his name was Mr. Dumpty But she could call him Humpty if she choosed Then queried "Wasn't it a pity That dear old New York City Was more and more resembling a zoo?"
Humpty talked of birds and berries The Staten Island Ferry and the moon Cinderella showed her blisters As she told him of her sisters and her broom And how she sweated with the sweeping While they were always out and reeking of perfume
Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe? Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe?
And as the sky was clearing He asked her most endearing to the ball She said she didn't have a skirt In a voice that was quite curt but he could call But she never gave her number She just left him there to wonder by the wall
Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe? Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe?
We all know Cinderella's story Of her fortune and her glory very well And of Mr. Dumpty's fall From his perch upon the wall no need to tell But after close inspection I can't help but pose the question "Did Humpty Dumpty jump, or did he fell?"
Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe? Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe?
The Ballad Of Humpty Dumpty And Cinderella Composer(s): Rex Fowler Performer(s): Aztec Two-Step
She said her name was Cinderella From under her umbrella with the blues He said his name was Mr. Dumpty But she could call him Humpty if she choosed Then queried "Wasn't it a pity That dear old New York City Was more and more resembling a zoo?"
Humpty talked of birds and berries The Staten Island Ferry and the moon Cinderella showed her blisters As she told him of her sisters and her broom And how she sweated with the sweeping While they were always out and reeking of perfume
Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe? Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe?
And as the sky was clearing He asked her most endearing to the ball She said she didn't have a skirt In a voice that was quite curt but he could call But she never gave her number She just left him there to wonder by the wall
Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe? Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe?
We all know Cinderella's story Of her fortune and her glory very well And of Mr. Dumpty's fall From his perch upon the wall no need to tell But after close inspection I can't help but pose the question "Did Humpty Dumpty jump, or did he fell?"
Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe? Hey, hey, hey, did you lose your shoe?
Caminante, Si Vas Por Mi Tierra Composer(s): Horacio Guarany Performer(s): Horacio Guarany
Caminante si vas por mi tierra Cuentale de mis largas nostalgias Que me paso, mirando a lo lejos Esperando el dia que llegue una carta Caminante si vas por mi tierra cuéntale que mis noches son largas que me paso, escribiéndole versos que ya nadie lee, solito hasta el alba
Estribillo:
Cuéntale caminante, que es triste sentirse tan lejos de aquel festival donde un día cantaba mi pueblo las viejas canciones que hoy me hacen llorar Caminante si vas por mi tierra pregunta en los fogones mi nombre y si ves que alguien baja la vista con toda tu fuerza cántale esta zamba Caminante si vas por mi tierra pregunta por mis viejos amigos has de hallarlos juntito a un asado tras de una guitarra, en el templo del vino
Faraway Star Composer(s): Richard Carmel; David Martin Performer(s): The Chordettes
Starlight, starbright first star I see tonight
Faraway, faraway, faraway star how did you ever get up where you are I can get dizzy just looking above, you are as far as my faraway love
Faraway love, faraway love, who can be happy with faraway love Wish that I may wish that I might have me the wish that I'm wishing tonight
Faraway, faraway, faraway star how did you ever get up where you are I can get dizzy just looking above you are as far as my faraway love
Why must he seem distant from me even when we are as close as can be Powerful star, wonderfully wide let me be seen by his faraway eye When I am near, when I am near, couldn't he be more aware that I'm here We're holding hands inches apart, show me the way to his faraway heart
Faraway,faraway, faraway star how did you ever get up where you are I can get dizzy just looking above you are as far as my faraway love
Faraway, faraway, faraway star how did you ever get up where you are
The Ballad Of Gator McKlusky Composer(s): Jerry Reed Performer(s): Jerry Reed
He was raised in the swamp In the back of a slough He grew up eatin' rattlesnake meat And drinkin' homemade brew Now folks here about call him Gator And everybody knows him well Meanest man ever to hit the swamp Folks swear he come straight outta hell
Well Gator McKlusky sittin' on a stump Hammer pulled back on a twelve gauge pump Watchin' that swamp lookin' out for the law While he make the best corn liquor you ever saw
(Rock gut whiskey...)
While he's makin' that mash he watches and he looks Old Gator he knows that swamp like a book Somethin' out there movin' Gator whaddaya see Ain't nothin' but the snakes and the gators and me
Everything's okey-dokey in the Okefenokee That sheriff ain't snoopin' around So cook that moonshine down 'Til it's good and clear Everything's okey-dokey in the Okefenokee That sheriff he'd soon mess around with the devil Than to get his self long messin' around in here
One day he was cookin' some mash he was almost done When they spotted the law and they had to run So he headed for the swamp and they followed him in But the law might as well been a-chasin' the wind
(Look out for that snake, sheriff...)
Well they chased on back through the muck and the slime To the back of that swamp where the sun don't shine But the law won't never catch Gator my friend 'Cause he knows that swamp like the back of his hand
Watch out boys old smokey's in the Okefenokee The sheriff's out there snoopin' around So shut that business down And let's disappear Look out boys old smokey's in the Okefenokee But that sheriff he's really gonna catch the devil If he keeps on snoopin' around in here
(Gator's in the swamp, sheriff...) (Go get him...) (If you can...)
(Careful, sheriff...) (Don't let that gator bite you on your gonads...)
The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest Composer(s): Bob Dylan First release by: Bob Dylan - 1967
Well, Frankie Lee and Judas Priest They were the best of friends So when Frankie Lee needed money one day Judas quickly pulled out a roll of tens And placed them on a footstool Just above the plotted plain Sayin', "Take your pick, Frankie Boy My loss will be your gain"
Well Frankie Lee, he sat right down And put his fingers to his chin But with the cold eyes of Judas on him His head began to spin "Would ya please not stare at me that like that," he said "It's just my foolish pride But sometimes a man must be alone And this is no place to hide"
Well, Judas he just winked and said "All right, I'll leave you here But you'd better hurry up and choose Which of those bills you want Before they all disappear" "I'm gonna start my pickin' right now Just tell me where you'll be"
Judas pointed down the road And said, "Eternity!" "Eternity?" said Frankie Lee With a voice as cold as ice "That's right," said Judas Priest, "Eternity Though you might call it 'paradise'"
"I don't call it anything" Said Frankie Lee with a smile "All right," said Judas Priest "I'll see you after a while"
Well, Frankie Lee, he sat back down Feelin' low and mean When just then a passing stranger Burst upon the scene Saying, "Are you Frankie Lee, the gambler Whose father is deceased? Well, if you are There's a fellow callin' you down the road And they say his name is Priest"
"Oh, yes, he is my friend" Said Frankie Lee in fright "I do recall him very well In fact, he just left my sight" "Yes, that's the one," said the stranger As quiet as a mouse "Well, my message is, he's down the road Stranded in a house"
Well, Frankie Lee, he panicked He dropped ev'rything and ran Until he came up to the spot Where Judas Priest did stand "What kind of house is this," he said "Where I have come to roam?" "It's not a house," said Judas Priest "It's not a house... it's a home"
Well, Frankie Lee, he trembled He soon lost all control Over ev'rything which he had made While the mission bells did toll He just stood there staring At that big house as bright as any sun With four and twenty windows And a woman's face in ev'ry one
Well, up the stairs ran Frankie Lee With a soulful, bounding leap And, foaming at the mouth He began to make his midnight creep For sixteen nights and days he raved But on the seventeenth he burst Into the arms of Judas Priest Which is where he died of thirst
No one tried to say a thing When they took him out in jest Except, of course, the little neighbor boy Who carried him to rest And he just walked along, alone With his guilt so well concealed And muttered underneath his breath "Nothing is revealed"
Well, the moral of this story The moral of this song Is simply that one should never be Where one does not belong So when you see your neighbor carryin' somethin' Help him with his load And don't go mistaking Paradise For that home across the road
The Ballad Of El Goodo Composer(s): Chris Bell - Alex Chilton First release by: Big Star - 1972 Covered by multiple other artists
Years ago, my heart was set to live, oh And I've been trying hard against unbelievable odds It gets so hard in times like now to hold on But guns they wait to be stuck by, at my side is God
And there ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round Ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round
There's people around who tell you that they know And places where they send you, and it's easy to go They'll zip you up and dress you down and stand you in a row But you know you don't have to, you can just say "no"
I've been built up and trusted, broke down and busted But they'll get theirs and we will get ours if you can Just-a hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Years ago my heart was set to live, oh But I've been trying hard against strong odds It gets so hard at times like now to hold on Well, I'll fall if I don't fight, and at my side is God
Far Away In Honolulu (They've Got The Tango Craze)
Far Away In Honolulu (They've Got The Tango Craze) Composer(s): Burt Leighton; Frank Leighton
Far away in Honolulu Where the natives do the tango Most every evening You can see them dance
(See them dance, see them dance) To the funny music playing You can see them all a swaying If you should go there They would put you in a trance
Should you ever take a notion That you want to cross the ocean Just take a steamboat to Hawaii land (To Hawaii, to Hawaii) Travel into Honolulu Where'll you see the Hula Hula Just watch those maidens And hear the Ukelele Band
In Honolulu where they used to dance the Hula In native costumes and pretty lays With the Ukeleles playing They start a swinging and a swaying Far away in Honolulu They've got the tango craze
Ballad Of Dwight Fry Composer(s): Alice Cooper - Michael Bruce Performer(s): Alice Cooper; The Dream Syndicate; Loretta's Doll
I was gone for fourteen days I could have been gone for more Held up in the intensive care ward Lying on the floor I was gone for all those days, but I was not all alone I made friends with a lot of people in the danger zone
See my lonely life unfold I see it every day See my lonely mind explode Since I've gone away
I think I lost some weight there, and I'm sure I need some rest Sleeping don't come very easy in a straight white vest Sure like to see that little children She's only four years old I'd give her back all of her playthings Even the ones I stole
See my lonley life unfold I see it every day See my lonely mind explode When I've gone insane
I wanna get out of here I wanna get out of here I've gotta, I've gotta get out of here You gotta let me outta here You gotta let me outta here You gotta let me outta here You gotta let me outta here I gotta get outta here Let me outta here
See my lonely life unfold I see it every day See my lonely mind explode Blow up in my face
I grabbed my hat and I got my coat, and I I ran into the street I saw a man who was choking there I guess he couldn't breathe Said to myself this is very strange I'm glad it wasn't me But now I hear those sirens calling And so I am not free
See my lonely life unfold I see it every day See my lonely mind explode When I've gone insane
Came To See Me Yesterday (In The Merry Month Of)
Composer(s): Gilbert O'Sullivan
Performer(s): Gilbert O'Sullivan
If I ask you politely What it is your going to be When you grow up you tall me A woman Came to see me yesterday In the merry month of September I took a trip to see All the things I was going to be
A famous movie star With a two hundred foot car That will only carry two people
Came to see me yesterday In the merry month of July I'll fly anywhere you want me to Just tell me when and
You won't mind if I don't find What I am looking for What I am looking for
Is a bicycle made for one Hundred people to sit on Plus a carriage made for two people Came to see me yesterday In the merry month of July I'll fly anywhere you want me to Just tell me when and
You won't mind if I don't find What I am looking for What I am looking for
Is a bicycle made far one Hundred people to sit on Plus a carriage made for two people Came to see me yesterday In the merry month of marching Side by side and back to back I think it's fair to say that's that
Far Away (Traditional) Performer(s): Demis Roussos
There's a lucky man who'll take you far away far away, so very very far away he will come some day to another land he'll take you far away far away, so very very far away this will come they say
Nobody knows, who will share all your love pure and fair but in your eyes I can see that someone will be me
Who will catch your heart my lovely who can say, who can say from tomorrow you will stay more than just a day
To another land he'll take you far away far away, so very very far away love will show the way
Nobody knows, who will share all your love pure and fair but in your eyes I can see that someone will be me
Nobody knows who will share all your love but in your eyes that someone will be me nobody knows who will share all your love pure and fair but in your eyes I can see that someone will be me nobody knows who will share all your love
The Ballad Of Curtis Loew Composer(s): Allen Collins - Ronnie Van Zant Performer(s): Lynyrd Skynyrd and multiple other artists
Well I used to wake the morning before the rooster crowed Searching for soda bottles to get myself some dough Brought 'em down to the corner, down to the country store Cash 'em in and give my money to a man named Curtis Loew
Old Curt was a black man with white curly hair When he had a fifth of wine he did not have a care He used to own an old dobro, used to play it across his knee I'd give old Curt my money, he'd play all day for me
Play me a song Curtis Loew, Curtis Loew I got your drinking money, tune up your dobro People said he was useless, them people are the fools 'Cause Curtis Loew was the finest picker to ever play the blues
He looked to be sixty, and maybe I was ten Mama used to whip me but I'd go see him again I'd clap my hands, stomp my feets, try to stay in time He'd play me a song or two Then take another drink of wine
Play me a song Curtis Loew, Curtis Loew I got your drinking money, tune up your dobro People said he was useless, them people are the fools 'Cause Curtis Loew was the finest picker to ever play the blues
Yes sir
On the day old Curtis died, nobody came to pray Ol' preacher said some words, and they chunked him in the clay But he lived a lifetime playin' the black man's blues And on the day he lost his life, that's all he had to lose
Play me a song Curtis Loew, Hey Curtis Loew I wish that you was here so everyone would know People said he was useless, them people all are fools 'Cause Curtis you're the finest picker to ever play the blues
Cambodia
Composer(s): Ricky Wilde - Marty Wilde
First release by: Kim Wilde - 1981
Covered by multiple other artists
Well he was Thailand based She was an airforce wife He used to fly weekends It was the easy life But then it turned around And he began to change She didn't wonder then She didn't think it strange But then he got a call He had to leave that night He couldn't say too much But it would be alright He didn't need to pack They'd meet the next night He had a job to do Flying to Cambodia
And as the nights passed by She tried to trace the past The way he used to look The way he used to laugh I guess she'll never know What got inside his soul She couldn't make it out Just couldn't take it all He had the saddest eyes The girl had ever seen He used to cry some nights As though he lived a dream Ans as she held him close He used to search her face As though she knew the truth Lost inside Cambodia
But then a call came through They said he'd soon be home She had to pack a case And they would make a rendez-vous But now a year has passed And not a single word And all the love she knew Has disappeared out in the haze Cambodia - Don't cry now - No tears now
And now the years have passed With not a single word But there is only one thing left I know for sure She won't see his face again
Far Away Composer(s): Astrud Gilberto; Hal Shaper Performer(s): Astrud Gilberto
Far away you seem so far away When it was only yesterday That you were oh so close to me
So close that every sigh Was like the whisper of a lover's lullaby The way the ocean loves the edges of the sky As close as we could be
But now you're far away So far away you're like a distant star away And even though your hands could touch me if they tried When love has died what more is there to say
I only know you're so far away You're long ago, so far away
Far away, so far away
But now you're far away So far away you're like a distant star away And even though your hands could touch me if they tried When love has died what more is there to say
I only know you're oh so far away You're long ago and oh so far away Oh so far away
The Ballad Of Cat Ballou Composer(s): Mack David - Jerry Livingston Performer(s): Nat King Cole and multiple other artists
Well now friends just lend an ear For you're now about to hear The ballad of Cat Ballou It's a song that's newly made And Professus and The Shade And the Sunrise Kid are singin' it for you
Cat Ballou, Cat Ballou
It's a hangin' day in Wolf City, Wyomin' Wolf City, Wyomin', eighteen ninety four They're gonna drop Cat Ballou Through the gallows floor
She killed a man in Wolf City, Wyomin' Wolf City, Wyomin', killed a man it's true And that is why they're a-hangin' Hangin' Cat Ballou
She has the smile of an angel (Fights like the Devil) The eyes of an angel (Bites like the Devil) The face of an angel (I say she's the Devil) (She's mean and evil through and through)
Cat Ballou, Cat Ball-ou-ou-ou She's mean and evil through and through
With her outlaw band they're now tellin' a story Now tellin' a story how she rode the plain The wildest gal in the We-est Since Calamity Jane
And today's the day that she's goin' to glory She's goin' to glory for the way she sinned They'll be a-speedin' her soul On a wayward wind
She has the smile of an angel (Fights like the Devil) The eyes of an angel (Bites like the Devil) The face of an angel (I say she's the Devil) (She's mean and evil through and through)
Cat Ballou (Cat Ballou) Cat Ball-ou-ou-ou (Cat Ballou) She's mean and evil through and through
Cat Ballou, Cat Ball-ou-ou-ou She's mean and evil through and through