Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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The Village Of St. Bernadette Composer(s): Eula Parker Performer(s): Andy Williams; Jack Jones; Vera Lynn
I've travelled far, the land and the sea Beautiful places I happened to be One little town I'll never forget Is Lourdes, the village of St. Bernadette
Ave, ave, ave Ma-ri-a Ave, ave, ave Ma-ri-i-ia
There, like a dream, this wonderful night I gazed at the grotto aglow in the light A feeling divine swept over me there I fell to my knees as I whispered the prayer
Ave, ave, ave Ma-ri-a Ave, ave, ave Ma-ri-i-ia
Now I am home, I'm happy to be Telling of places I've travelled to see One little town I'll never forget Is Lourdes, the village of St. Bernadette
Coming Up Composer(s): Paul McCartney First release by: Paul McCartney
Want a love to last forever One that will never fade away I want to help you with your problem Stick around, I say
Coming up, coming up, yeah Coming up like a flower Coming up, I say
You want a friend you- can rely on One who will never fade away And if youre searching for an answer Stick around. I say
Its coming up, its coming up Its coming up like a flower Its coming up. yeah
You want some peace and understanding So everybody can be free I know that we can get together We can make it, stick with me
Its coming up, its coming up Its coming up like a flower Its coming up for you and me
Coming up, coming up Its coming up, its coming up, I say Its coming up like a flower Its coming up I feel it in my bones
You want a better kind of future One that everyone can share Youre not alone, we all could use it Stick around were nearly there
Its coming up, its coming up everywhere Its coming up like a flower Its coming up for all to share Its coming up, yeah Its coming up, anyway Its coming up like a flower Coming up
Rock Of Faith Composer(s): Clive Nolan; John Wetton Performer(s): John Wetton
Sanctuary When all hope deserted me This will forever, always be Something so close to me
My Rock of Faith
Pulling me Like the heat of the sun Calling to Mercury Now till eternity Before my eye
Ill never stand alone, for I Have the foundation stone I knew So as my spirits rise anew Then with all speed To the path That will lead Surely back to You
Strangely now How the airs getting cold Shadows appear on the wall The feeling of old Lifting me up again
The Very Thought Of You ((French Version: Obsession (Julien Clerc) - 2003)) Composer(s): Ray Noble First release by: Ray Noble and His Orch. - 1934 Covered by multiple other artists
The very thought of you and I forget to do The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do I'm living in a kind of daydream I'm happy as a king And foolish though it may seem To me that's everything
The mere idea of you, the longing here for you You'll never know how slow the moments go till I'm near to you I see your face in every flower Your eyes in stars above It's just the thought of you The very thought of you, my love
The mere idea of you, the longing here for you You'll never know how slow the moments go till I'm near to you I see your face in every flower Your eyes in stars above It's just the thought of you The very thought of you, my love
Coming On Strong Composer(s): David Wilkins Performer(s): Brenda Lee
Coming On Strong Coming On Strong I can feel the heartahces Coming On Strong
I can feel the teardrops The pain and sorrow Ever since you've been gone They've been Coming On Strong
Pain [pain] Come on in [come on in] Hello sorrow, I see you're back again [back again] Teardrops [teardops] glad you dropped by [you dropped by] Cause you can help drown my pride
And since you're here [da da da] The time seems to fly [da da da] To let you know you're gonna be with me Til I lose my mind
But you've been gone [da da da] Much too long [da da da] And I can feel the heartaches Coming On Strong
Only thing you left me Was misery for company Memories of a love gone wrong That keep Coming On Strong [Coming On Strong]
Rock 'N Roller Composer(s): Eric Faulkner; Stuart "Woody" Wood Performer(s): Bay City Rollers; Nixon's Head
I get my kicks from rock and roll A 12 bar boogie gonna bless my soul Wanna dance to that rhythm Get down to that rockin' beat I don't wanna play no heavy jazz With high class music And its stuffed shirt nights 'Cos I wanna be a rock 'n roll star And make my money out of playin' guitar
*'Cos I'm a rock and roller I'm gonna rock it, gonna roll all over I'm gonna shake it to the midnight stroller And rock the night away *repeat
I don't wanna play no Memphis soul I don't want funk - just rock and roll Gonna dance to the rhythm get down to that rockin' beat Make my name in the headline news There I'm busted singin' the blues I must find myself a rock 'n roll band I'll play my music just as fast as I can
*chorus Okay people Get your rockin' shoes on Stroll us with the Rock and roller
Rock and Roller yes I'm a rock and roller Yes I'm a rock and roller
Dolittle: The Day That I Became A Vet'rinarian I Had A Sudden Overwhelming Wish To Be A Pure And Simple Vegetarian And Give Up Eating All That Meat And Fish
Tommy I Think That's Marvellous!
Matthew Meat's Very Unhealthy For You!
Dolittle Yes...
So Now I Live On Healthy Food Instead! Like Apple Cores And Parsnip Juice And Chunks Of Plain Brown Bread!
When I See My Fellow Men Consuming Sirloin Steak And I Find Myself Enjoying Tea And Dundee Cake There Is Really Only One Conclusion I Can Make I'm A Devoted Vegetarian!
No, You Don't, You Little Pig! You've Had Yours! Oh All Right, Then - But Only A Little! You See What I Mean? This Is His Tenth Meal Today!
When My Host At Dinner Offers Succulent Roast Beef Proudly I Refuse It People Stare In Disbelief Lost In Admiration As I Nibble On A Leaf A Very Noted Vegetarian!
I Don't Even Eat Horseradish, In Case I Upset The Horses!
I Stay Away From Devilled Ham On Principle! I Wouldn't Eat Roast Duckling If I Could! Will Power Has Made Me Invincible!... My Word, Those Sausages Do Look Good!
Turnip Pie And Peanuts That's The Sort Of Filth I Eat! Any Sort Of Rubbish That Is Wholesome And Discreet! Why Don't I Admit That My Hypocrisy's Complete? If I Should Live To Be A Centenarian Become Our Most Adored Humanitarian I'll Never Make A Decent Vegetarian! I'm A Cheat! I Love Meat I'm A Cheat Yes, I Am! I Love Red-Blooded Juicy Chunks Of Meat! Legs Of Lamb! Sides Of Beef 'N' Chops 'N' Steak 'N' Veal! And Pork, Of Course! - My Favourite Meal!
And Then I Hear Poor Gub-Gub Squeal! Oh Me! Oh My! A Reluctant But Sincere Vegetarian Am I!
Rock 'N' Roll Susie Composer(s): Pat Travers Performer(s): Pat Travers
Oh-Oh, Look out Here it goes I'm gonna rock Gonna rock and roll tonight I'm gonna free Gonna show my soul the light Well I'm gonna pick up Susie Don't you know it's gonna be all right Well we're gonna shake Shake our heads around Gettin' down To that raunchy sound Yeah PT's playin Rockin' this lazy town Rock and roll!!! Look out We're gonna rock We're gonna rock and roll tonight Well I'm gonna free Yeah yeah yeah! Show my soul the light Well I'm gonna pick up Susie Don't you know it's gonna be all right Well I'm gonna pick up Susie Don't you know it's gonna be all right All right!
The Vegetable Song (The Barnyard Dance) Composer(s): Carl Martin Performer(s): Steve Goodman
It was late one nite by the pale moonlight all the vegetables gave a spree they put out a sign that said the dancing's at nine and all the admission was free there was peas and greens and cabbage and beans it was the biggest crowd you ever did see and when mister cucumber struck up that number you should have heard those vegetables screams Oh little turnip top was doin' the backwards flop the cabbage is doin' the shimmy, she couldn't stop the little red beet shook its feet and the watermelon died of the cockeyed heat little tomato, agitator, shook the shimmy with the sweet potato and old man garlic dropped dead of the colic down at the barnyard dance late this morning down at the barnyard dance
Oh little turnip top was doin' the backwards flop the cabbage is doin' the shimmy, she couldn't stop the little red beet shook its feet and the watermelon died of the cockeyed heat
Little tomato, agitator, shook the shimmy with the sweet potato and old man garlic dropped dead of the colic down at the barnyard dance late this morning down at the barnyard... late this morning down at the barnyard dance
Coming Home
Composer(s): Elmore James
First release by: Elmore James & his Broomdusters - 1957
Covered by multiple other artists
Well now look for me baby 'Cause you know I'm coming home Well now look for me baby 'Cause you know I'm coming home Well I really outn't love you darlin' You know you done me wrong
Well I'm coming home to you baby And I ain't gonna leave no more Well I'm coming home to you baby and I ain't gonna leave no more Well I know I done you wrong darlin' Like I'm a knockin' at your door
I want to tell you baby Just before I leave this town I wanna tell you baby Just before I leave this town Well I'm coming home to you baby And won't stand no pushin' around
Rock 'N' Roll Suicide Composer(s): David Bowie Performer(s): David Bowie; and various other artists
Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth You pull on your finger
then another finger, then your cigarette The wall-to-wall is calling, it lingers, then you forget Ohhh, you're a rock 'n' roll suicide
You're too old to lose it, too young to choose it And the clocks waits so patiently on your song You walk past a cafe but you don't eat when you've lived too long Oh, no, no, no, you're a rock 'n' roll suciide
Chev brakes are snarling as you stumble across the road But the day breaks instead so you hurry home Don't let the sun blast your shadow Don't let the milk float ride your mind They're so natural - religiously unkind
Oh no love! you're not alone You're watching yourself but you're too unfair You got your head all tangled up but if I could only make you care Oh no love! you're not alone No matter what or who you've been No matter when or where you've seen All the knives seem to lacerate your brain I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain You're not alone
Just turn on with me and you're not alone Let's turn on with me and you're not alone Let's turn on and be not alone Gimme your hands 'cause you're wonderful Gimme your hands 'cause you're wonderful Oh gimme your hands
Ladies and gentleman as far as I know theres never been a love song written for those courageous hard working tillers of the soil that feed our Nation To those down to earth beings this song is dedicated
Ive a got a garden in my heart That Mushrooms with love Whenever you Turnip
So nothing maters to me If its Okra with you Lettuce never Squash our love
And how I Radish The thought of Beans with you And how my Artichoke skips a beet
Nothing maters to me If its Okra with you Lettuce never Squash our love
Its just an old fashioned Vegetable Song folks comin down in two beet harmony
It takes Parsley you and Parsley me To make Asparagus So if Cucumber to me my Melon Collard baby Ill Carrot your heart
And how Ill Radish The thought of beans with you And how my Artichoke skips a beet
Nothing Maters to me If its Okra with you Lettuce never Squash our love Lettuce never Squash our love
Comin' Back To Me Composer(s): Marty Balin First release by: Jefferson Airplane
The summer had inhaled And held its breath too long The winter looked the same As if it had never gone And through an open window Where no curtain hung I saw you, I saw you Coming back to me
One begins to read between The pages of a look The sound of sleepy music And suddenly, you're hooked I saw you, I saw you Coming back to me
You came to stay and live my way Scatter my love like leaves in the wind You always say that you won't go away But I know what it always has been It always has been
A transparent dream Beneath an occasional sigh... Most of the time I just let it go by Now I wish it hadn't begun I saw you, I saw you Coming back to me
Strolling the hill Overlooking the shore I realize I've been here before The shadow in the mist Could have been anyone I saw you, I saw you Coming back to me
Small things like reasons Are put in a jar Whatever happened to wishes Wished on a star? Was it just something That I made up for fun? I saw you, I saw you Coming back to me
Rock 'N' Roll Singer Composer(s): Bon Scott; Angus Young; Malcolm Young Performer(s): AC/DC; The Glasspack; Mark Kozelek
My Daddy was workin' nine to five When my Momma was havin' me By the time I was half alive I knew what I was gonna be I left school and grew my hair They didn't understand They wanted me to be respected as A doctor or a lawyer man (But I had other plans)
Gonna be a rock 'n' roll singer Gonna be a rock 'n' roll star Gonna be a rock 'n' roll singer I'm gonna be a rock 'n' roll A rock 'n' roll star
Well I worked real hard and bought myself A rock 'n' roll guitar I gotta be on top some day I wanna be a star I can see my name in lights And I can see the queue I got the devil in my blood Tellin' me what to do (And I'm all ears)
Gonna be a rock 'n' roll singer Gonna be a rock 'n' roll star Gonna be a rock 'n' roll singer I'm gonna be a rock 'n' roll a rock 'n' roll star (I hear it pays well)
Well you can stick your nine to five livin' And your collar and your tie And stick your moral standards 'Cause it's all a dirty lie You can stick your golden handshake And you can stick your silly rules And all the other shit That they teach to kids in school ('Cause I ain't no fool)
Gonna be a rock 'n' roll singer Gonna be a rock 'n' roll star Gonna be a rock 'n' roll singer I'm gonna be a rock 'n' roll A rock 'n' roll star Gonna be a rock 'n' roll singer Gonna be a rock 'n' roll star Gonna be a rock 'n' roll singer I'm gonna be a rock 'n' roll A rock 'n' roll star Yes I are!
The Vatican Rag Composer(s): Tom Lehrer Performer(s): Tom Lehrer
Another big news story of the year concerned the ecumenical council in Rome, known as Vatican II Among the things they did, in an attempt to make the church more... commercial was to introduce the vernacular into portions of the Mass to replace Latin and to widen somewhat the range of music permissible in the liturgy But I feel that if they really want to sell the product in this secular age what they ought to do is to redo some of the liturgical music in popular song forms I have a modest example here; it's called The Vatican Rag!
First you get down on your knees Fiddle with your rosaries Bow your head with great respect And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!
Do whatever steps you want if You have cleared them with the Pontiff Everybody say his own Kyrie eleison Doin' the Vatican Rag
Get in line in that processional Step into that small confessional There the guy who's got religion'll Tell you if your sin's original If it is, try playin' it safer Drink the wine and chew the wafer Two, four, six, eight Time to transubstantiate!
So get down upon your knees Fiddle with your rosaries Bow your head with great respect And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!
Make a cross on your abdomen When in Rome do like a Roman Ave Maria Gee, it's good to see ya Gettin' ecstatic an' sorta dramatic an' Doin' the Vatican Rag!
Coming Back To Life Composer(s): David Gilmour Performer(s): Pink Floyd and various other artists
Where were you when I was burned and broken While the days slipped by from my window watching Where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless Because the things you say and the things you do surround me While you were hanging yourself on someone elses words Dying to believe in what you heard I was staring straight into the shining sun
Lost in thought and lost in time While the seeds of live and the seeds of change were planted
Outside the rain fell dark and slow While I pondered on this dangerous but I took a heavenly ride through one silence I knew the moment had arrived For killing the past and coming back to life
I took a heavenly ride trough our silence I knew the waiting had begin And headed straight... into the shining sun
Rock N' Roll Party Queen Composer(s): Warren Casey; Jim Jacobs Performer(s): Louis St. Louis
Rock 'n roll party Little girl, do you know what I mean? Pretty soon, she'll be 17 They tell me her name's Mary-Jean, rock 'n roll party queen Friday night 'n she's got a date goin' places just for stayin' out late Droppin' dimes in the record machine rock 'n roll party queen Pa pa pa pa, oh no, can I have a ball tonight? Baby baby, can I be the one, to love you with all of my might? She's the girl that all the kids love they talk about her, wherever she goes I could write a fan magazine about my rock 'n roll party queen La la la... rock 'n roll party queen Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, rock 'n roll party queen Pa pa pa pa, you should see her shake Baby baby, don't you call it puppy luck don't you want a true romance? Rockin' and rollin', little party queen We're gonna do the strawl, hey party queen You know I love you so, my party queen You're my rockin' and my rollin' party queen
Everybody do the vamp Vamp until you get a cramp Grab your tootsie, hold her tight While they're playing, just keep swaying Do a little "what not" do a little fox trot When you cuddle up don't fight Vamp and swing a long, keep a doing it Vamp and sing a song, don't you ruin it Do a nifty step, with lots of "pep" And watch your reputation Do a "Bumble Bee," buzz around a bit Shake a wicked knee, she will fall for it Vamp all night and day Keep vamping till you vamp your cares away Vamp and swing a long, keep a doing it Vamp and sing a song, don't you ruin it Do a nifty step, with lots of "pep" And watch your reputation Do a "Bumble Bee," buzz around a bit Shake a wicked knee, she will fall for it Vamp all night and day Keep vamping till you vamp your cares away Ah! Vamp the little lady, vamp the little lady vamp the little day, vamp the little lady Ah! She will like it, maybe, she will like it maybe, she will like it, maybe, oh, you pretty baby Ah! Make it good and snap, make it good and snappy make it good and snappy, make it good and snappy Ah! Guess I got to go now, guess I go to go now 'seve'rybody happy, 'sev'rybody happy, 'sev'rybody happy, sure Good!
Coming Around Again Composer(s): Carly Simon First release by: Carly Simon
Baby sneezes Mummy pleases Daddy breezes in So good on paper So romantic But so bewildering
I know nothing stays the same But if you're willing to play the game It's coming around again So don't mind if I fall apart there's more room in a broken heart
You pay the grocer Fix the toasted Kiss the host Good-bye Then you break a window burn the Soufflé Scream the lullaby
I know nothing stays the same But if you're willing to play the game It's coming around again So don't mind if I fall apart there's more room in a broken heart
And I believe in love But what else can I do I'm so in love with you
I know nothing stays the same But if you're willing to play the game It's coming around again (repeat)
