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Wang-Dang-Doodle


Wang-Dang-Doodle
Composer(s): Willie Dixon
Performer(s): Howlin' Wolf;
and various other artists



Tell Automatic Slim , tell Razor Totin' Jim
Tell Butcher Knife Totin' Annie, tell Fast Talking Fanny
A we gonna pitch a ball, a down to that union hall
We gonna romp and tromp till midnight
We gonna fuss and fight till daylight
We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long
All night long, All night long, All night long

Tell Kudu-Crawlin' Red, tell Abyssinian Ned
Tell ol' Pistol Pete, everybody gonna meet
Tonight we need no rest, we really gonna throw a mess
We gonna to break out all of the windows,
we gonna kick down all the doors
We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long
All night long, All night long, All night long

Tell Fats and Washboard Sam, that everybody gonna to jam
Tell Shaky and Boxcar Joe, we got sawdust on the floor
Tell Peg and Caroline Dye, we gonna have a time
When the fish scent fill the air, there'll be snuff juice everywhere
We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long
All night long, All night long etc.

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À Toi (Léo Ferré)


À Toi
Composer(s): Jean Ferrat - Maurice Vandair
Performer(s): Léo Ferré



La forêt qui s'élance au ciel comme une verge
Les serments naufragés qui errent sur la berge
Les oiseaux dénoncés que le chasseur flamberge

Les diamants constellés qui fuient les pâles couches
Tous les yeux de la rue qui crèvent sur ta bouche
Le pavé que tu foules et ma voix que tu touches

Les amants accolée muets comme la cire
Les culottes des femmes où le monde se mire
Les fauves repentis qui rendent des martyrs

Le ventre des pendus qui coule des potences
Les noces pathétiques où les larmes sont rances
Les émigrants qui n'ont jamais de pain d'avance

Les mains transfigurées qui règlent la tzigane
Baudelaire et Shakespeare au chevet des profanes
Les chevaux condamnés et leur dernière avoine

La voix pour commander à mille couturières
Un lit avec le Parthénon comme litière
Le cathéchisme de la joie la vie entière

Des violons barrissant les complaintes futures
Des tonnes de crachat sur la Critiquature
Le vent du large et des bûchers pour les clôtures

Des langues pour parler aux Chinois faméliques
Des poumons pour souffler au ventre des phtisiques
Des javas pour brouiller les chants patriotiques

Le ruisseau qui jouit jusqu'au Havre sans trêve
Le malheureux le chien qui meurt l'homme qui crève
Le sang des femmes qui sont mortes sans un rêve

Les cheveux élagués qui cherchent des caresses
Le remords amical du prêtre qui confesse
Les yeux des tout-petits riboulant de tendresse

L'orgue de la nature au souffle de violettes
Les rendez-vous mystérieux sous la voilette
Le numéro que tu voulais à la roulette

Les portes de secours battant sur les étoiles
Les Vendredis des Robinsons des capitales
La boussole des veuves aveugles sous leur voile

Le vain espoir des mitraillés sous la mitraille
La poitrine qui bat sous les pâles médailles
Les jésus désertant le fruit de tes entrailles

Les dentelles flottant au nez de la misère
Le loup blessé à mort qu'on regarde se taire
Le chant du coq et le silence de saint Pierre

Les cœurs déchiquetés qui parlent aux fantômes
Les gens de bien qui ont désintégré l'atome
Le Capital qui joue aux dés Notre Royaume

Et Puis la majuscule ennui qui nous sclérose
Mon pauvre amour car nous pensons les mêmes choses
En attendant que l'Ange nous métamorphose...

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Wand'rin' Star


Wand'rin' Star
Composer(s): Frederick Loewe; Alan Jay Lerner
Performer(s): Lee Marvin



I was born under a wandrin' star
I was born under a wandrin' star
Wheels are made for rolling, mules are made to pack
I've never seen a sight that didn't look better looking back
I was born under a wandrin' star

Life can make you prisoner and the plains can bake you dry
Snow can burn your eyes, but only people make you cry
Home is made for coming from, for dreams of going to
Which with any luck will never come true
I was born under a wandrin' star
I was born under a wandrin' star

Do I know where hell is, hell is in hello
Heaven is goodbye forever, its time for me to go
I was born under a wandrin' star
A wandrin' wandrin' star

(Life can make you prisoner and the plains can bake you dry)
(Snow can burn your eyes, but only people make you cry)
(Home is made for coming from, for dreams of going to)
(Which with any luck will never come true)
(I was born under a wandrin' star)
(I was born under a wandrin' star)

When I get to heaven, tie me to a tree
For I'll begin to roam and soon you'll know where I will be
I was born under a wandrin' star
A wandrin' wandrin' star

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À Toi (Joe Dassin)


À Toi
Composer(s): Pierre Delanoë - Claude Lemesle
Performer(s): Joe Dassin



À toi
À la façon que tu as d'être belle
À la façon que tu as d'être à moi
À tes mots tendres un peu artificiels
Quelquefois
À toi
À la petite fille que tu étais
À celle que tu es encore souvent
À ton passé, à tes regrets
À tes anciens princes charmants

À la vie, à l'amour
À nos nuits, à nos jours
À l'éternel retour de la chance
À l'enfant qui viendra
Qui nous ressemblera
Qui sera à la fois toi et moi

À moi
À la folie dont tu es la raison
À mes colères sans savoir pourquoi
À mes silences et à mes trahisons
Quelquefois
À moi
Au temps que j'ai passé à te chercher
Aux qualités dont tu te moques bien
Aux défauts que je t'ai caché
À mes idées de baladin

À la vie, à l'amour
À nos nuits, à nos jours
À l'éternel retour de la chance
À l'enfant qui viendra
Qui nous ressemblera
Qui sera à la fois toi et moi

À nous
Aux souvenirs que nous allons nous faire
À l'avenir et au présent surtout
À la santé de cette vieille terre
Qui s'en fout
À nous
À nos espoirs et à nos illusions
À notre prochain premier rendez-vous
À la santé de ces milliers d'amoureux
Qui sont comme nous

À la vie, à l'amour
À nos nuits, à nos jours
À l'éternel retour de la chance
À l'enfant qui viendra
Qui nous ressemblera
Qui sera à la fois toi et moi

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Wandering Spirit


Wandering Spirit
Composer(s): Mick Jagger; Jimmy Ripp
Performer(s): Mick Jagger



When all the twelve Apostles try to ring me on the phone
Take a message but I won't return their call
For I have no eyes to see him and I thought I lost my way
And I know I've lost the keys to your door

And I climbed the highest mountain and I looked down on the sea
And I saw a ship a-sail to the shore
I took a passage to the East and I journeyed to the West
I made love from Battambang to Baltimore

I said, oh, am I running in a race
I said, oh, am I getting anyplace
I said, oh, can I make it

I'm a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit, yes I am a restless soul
I'm a wandering spirit, there's no place that I can call my own

I was a glutton at the banquet and I spilt the finest wine
Trod the pyramids and ruins of Angkor
I kissed the Mona Lisa and I breakfasted with kings
And I touched the nerves of nature in the raw

I said, oh, am I running in a race
I said, oh, take that smile right off your face
I said, oh, I can't make it

I'm a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit, no escape, no parole
I'm a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit, there's no place that I can call my home

I said, oh, am I running in a race
I said, oh, take that smile right off your face
I said, oh, I can't make it

I'm a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit, looking for a place to go

I'm a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit, no escape, no parole
I'm a wandering spirit, I'm a lost and lonely soul

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A Timeless Place


A Timeless Place
Composer(s): Norma Winstone - Jimmy Rowles
Performer(s): Jeri Brown & Jimmy Rowles
and multiple other artists



The window looked out onto a pattern never ending
A flower and trees and little paths far descending
To the garden far below us, the pavilions in the sunlight
Where the peacocks proudly grace the scene
The vision, a timeless place, another way of living
You moved in so close I really thought that you were giving
I allowed myself a moment to believe that you could love me
To reflect upon what might have been
The summer sky I saw reflected in the colour of your eyes
But somehow I could never peel away the layers of disguise
I'm drowning now, I'm slowly sinking in a sea of blue and green
Where what you are is never seen
How can anybody know you?
I still hear the ringing of the church bells in the morning
The peacocks still call out their sad and bitter warning
Take a final look around you
Hold the memory forever
Find a quiet place inside where
You can listen to the things your heart is saying
Beauty's only an illusion, here your truth is an intrusion
A mirage is all it's ever been

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Waltzing Matilda


Waltzing Matilda
Composer(s): A.B. "Banjo" Paterson
Performer(s): John Williamson;
and various other artists



Oh! there once was a swagman camped in a Billabong
Under the shade of a Coolabah tree
And he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"

Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, my darling?
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
Waltzing Matilda and leading a water-bag
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water-hole
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
And he sang as he stowed him away in his tucker-bag
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me"

Down came the Squatter a-riding his thoroughbred
Down came Policemen -- one, two and three
"Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tucker-bag?
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!"

But the swagman he up and he jumped in the water-hole
Drowning himself by the Coolabah tree
And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the Billabong
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"

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A Time For Us


A Time For Us ((aka What Is A Youth? (by Glen Weston) - 1968))
((Adapted from: Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet (aka In Capulet's Tomb) (by Nino Rota) - 1968))
Composer(s): Larry Kusik - Eddie Snyder - Nino Rota
Performer(s): Shirley Bassey - 1968
and multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:1968 -
1969 - Um Momento Para Nós (by Agnaldo Timóteo)
2001 - Ai Giochi Addio (by Andrea Griminelli & Luciano Pavarotti)
2006 - Un Giorno Per Noi (by Josh Groban)



A time for us, some day there'll be
When chains are torn by courage born of a love that's free
A time when dreams so long denied can flourish
As we unveil the love we now must hide

A time for us, at last to see
A life worthwhile for you and me

And with our love, through tears and thorns
We will endure as we pass surely through every storm
A time for us, some day there'll be a new world
A world of shining hope for you and me

For you and me

And with our love, through tears and thorns
We will endure as we pass surely through every storm
A time for us, some day there'll be a new world
A world of shining hope for you and me

A world of shining hope for you and me

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Waltz Time Medley


Waltz Time Medley
Performer(s): Willie P. Bennett



My heart wants to speak
But my conscience is weak
Is there any place other
Than your place or mine
I could hold you right now
But could I hold you forever
If waltz time keeps ticking away

Now it really doesn't matter
It's just me and you
And if we don't do it now
There'll be nothing to do
'Cause love is a dance
One foot after the other
And waltz time keeps ticking away

Ove is a journey
One foot after the other
A chance to discover
A flame you can't smother
Without love
I am a stranger
And waltz time keeps ticking away

Love is a journey
One foot after the other
A chance to discover
A flame you can't smother
Without love
I am a stranger
And waltz time keeps ticking away

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What Is A Youth?


What Is A Youth? ((aka A Time For Us (by Shirley Bassey) - 1968))
((Adapted from: Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet (aka In Capulet's Tomb) (by Nino Rota) - 1968))
Composer(s): Larry Kusik - Eddie Snyder - Nino Rota - Eugene Walter
Performer(s): Glen Weston - 1968

Versions In Other Languages:
1969 - Um Momento Para Nós (by Agnaldo Timóteo)
2001 - Ai Giochi Addio (by Andrea Griminelli & Luciano Pavarotti)
2006 - Un Giorno Per Noi (by Josh Groban)



What is a youth? Impetuous fire
What is a maid? Ice and desire
The world wags on
a rose will bloom....
It then will fade
so does a youth
so does the fairest maid
Comes a time when one sweet smile
has a season for a while....
Then love's in love with me
Some they think only to marry
others will tease and tarry
Mine is the very best parry
Cupid he rules us all
Caper the cape, but sing me the song
Death will come soon to hush us along
Sweeter than honey... and bitter as gall
Love is a pastime that never will pall
Sweeter than honey and bitter as gall
Cupid rules us all

A rose will bloom....
It then will fade
so does a youth
so does the fairest maid

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Waltz Of My Heart


Waltz Of My Heart
Composer(s): Ivor Novello
Performer(s): Lesley Garrett;
and various other artists



The lark is singing on high
The Sun's ashine in the blue
The Winter is driven away
And Spring is returning anew

Who cares what sorrow may bring
What storms may tear us apart
No sadness can kill the wonder and thrill
Of that waltz in my heart

Waltz of my heart haunting and gay
Calling enthrallingly, waltzing away
Ring out your bells for me, ivory keys
Weave out your spell for me, orchestra please

Chorus of wings, thrilling the sky
While you're inspiring me, time hurries by
Joy finds a fire in me, soon as you start
Sweeping your strings, waltz of my heart

The lark is singing on high
The Sun's ashine in the blue
The Winter is driven away
And Spring is returning anew

Who cares what sorrow may bring
What storms may tear us apart
No sadness can kill the wonder and thrill
Of that waltz in my heart

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Ai Giochi Addio


Ai Giochi Addio ((aka Un Giorno Per Noi (by Josh Groban) - 2006))
((Adapted from: Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet (aka In Capulet's Tomb) (by Nino Rota) - 1968))
Composer(s): Larry Kusik - Eddie Snyder - Nino Rota - Elsa Morante
Performer(s): Andrea Griminelli & Luciano Pavarotti - 2001

Versions In Other Languages:
1968 - A Time For Us (by Shirley Bassey)
1968 - What Is A Youth? (by Glen Weston)
1969 - Um Momento Para Nós (by Agnaldo Timóteo)



Ai giochi addio per sempre, sì
non sono più cose per te
ai giochi addio

Chissà perchè nemmeno tu
ancora spiergatelo non puoi

Tu attendi un ospite
favoloso e incognito
non sai che nome ha

Forse il suo nome è dolcezza
ma forse invece è amaro
Forse il suo nome è splendore
ma forse invece è oscuro

Tu vuoi scoprire i suoi misteri
e al suo confronto tutto ti annoia

I suoi regali fantastici attendi
come le notti dell'Epifania
Rimani sveglio pensando chissà
che mai ti porterà

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Waltz Down The Aisle


Waltz Down The Aisle
Composer(s): Cole Porter



When those bells start to chime to commemorate the happy time
When at last, you can trust yourself to me
For a change, I suggest, that our marriage not be like the rest
But a great deal less long and less gloomy

For our bridemaids we'll choose only dancers from reviews
And only ushers who can turn somersaults
And the old wedding march, so pretentious and so arch
Will give way to a lively waltz

When we waltz down the aisle
Won't the neighbours have the vapours
When we two start the style
Of a waltz down the aisle

What a crush, what a rush
Delegations, populations
Will be there wearing a smile
When we waltz down the aisle

Just a moment of delaying
Then the organ starts to boom
What is that thing he's playing
Why it's "here comes the bride and the groom"

Off we go, to and fro
To the altar, and the halter
What a treat, for the rank and file
When we waltz down the aisle

Just a moment of delaying
Then the organ starts to boom
What is that thing he's playing
Why it's "here comes the bride and the groom"

Off we go, to and fro
To the altar, and the halter
What a treat for the rank and file
When we waltz down the aisle

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Un Giorno Per Noi


Un Giorno Per Noi ((aka Ai Giochi Addio (by Andrea Griminelli & Luciano Pavarotti) - 2001))
((Adapted from: Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet (aka In Capulet's Tomb) (by Nino Rota) - 1968))
Composer(s): Larry Kusik - Eddie Snyder - Nino Rota - Cheope
Performer(s): Josh Groban - 2006

Versions In Other Languages:
1968 - A Time For Us (by Shirley Bassey)
1968 - What Is A Youth? (by Glen Weston)
1969 - Um Momento Para Nós (by Agnaldo Timóteo)



Un giorno sa, per noi verra
La liberta di amarci qui senza limiti
E fiorira il sogno a noi negato
Si svelera l'amor celato ormai
Un giorno sai, per vivere
La vita che ci sfugge qui

L'amore in noi superera
Gli ostacoli e le maree delle avversita (dell'ostilita)
E ci sara anche per noi nel mondo Un tempo in cui l'amore vincera
Per te per me

L'amore in noi superera
Gli ostacoli e le maree delle avversita (dell'ostilita)
E ci sara anche per noi nel mondo Un tempo in cui l'amore vincera
Un tempo in cui l'amore vincera

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Waltz At Maxim's


Waltz At Maxim's
Composer(s): Alan Jay Lerner; Frederick Loewe
Performer(s): Hank Jones;
and various other artists



She's so gay tonight
She's like spring tonight
She's a rollicking, frollicking thing tonight
So disarming, soft and charming
She is not thinking of me
No, she's not thinking of me

In her eyes tonight
There's a glow tonight
They're so bright they could light
Fountainbleu tonight
She's so gracious
So vivacious
She is not thinking of me

Bless her little heart
Crooked to the core
Acting out a part
What a rollicking, frollicking bore!

She's such fun tonight
She's a treat tonight
You could spread her on bread
She's so sweet tonight
So devoted, sugar-coated
That it's heart-warming to see
Oh, she's simmering with love
Oh, she's shimmering with love
Oh, she's not thinking of me!

She is not thinking of me
Someone has set her on fire
Is is Jacques?
Is it Paul or Leon?
Who's turning her furnace up higher?
Oh she's hot but it's not
For Gaston!

Oh, she's gay tonight
Oh, so gay tonight
A gigantic romantic cliche tonight
How she blushes
How she gushes
How she fills me with ennui!
She's so ooh la la la la
So untrue la la la la!
Oh, she's not thinking of me!

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A Time For Love


A Time For Love
Composer(s): Johnny Mandel - Paul Francis Webster
Performer(s): Tony Bennett - 1966
and multiple other artists



A time for summer skies
For hummingbirds and butterflies
For tender words that harmonize with love

A time for climbing hills
For leaning out of windowsills
Admiring daffodils above

A time for holding hands together
A time for rainbow coloured weather
A time of make believe that we've been dreaming of

As time goes drifting by
The willow bends and so do I
But all my friends whatever skies above
I know a time for spring
A time for fall
But best of all
A time for love

A time for holding hands together
A time for rainbow coloured weather
A time of make believe that we've been dreaming of

As time goes drifting by
The willow bends and so do I
But all my friends whatever skies above
I know a time for spring
A time for fall
But best of all
A time for love

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Waltz Across Texas Tonight


Waltz Across Texas Tonight
Composer(s): Rodney Crowell; Emmylou Harris
Performer(s): Emmylou Harris



The wind can blow cold, it moans and it cries
When it carries the sound of a thousand goodbyes
But if you listen tonight on that high, lonely plain
You'll just hear my voice as it calls out your name
You'll just hear my voice as it calls out your name

You've been on a road that just don't seem to end
Where that broken old heart of yours won't ever mend
You've crossed over bridges and bridges they burn
So many rivers and so much to learn
So many bridges and so much to learn

But the moon is so full, the stars are so bright
And my hand is steady, my touch is light
Look in my eyes, hold on real tight
And I'll waltz you my darling across Texas tonight
I'll waltz you my darling across Texas tonight

We both have known hard luck
And love that's gone wrong
When the ghosts take the shadows and
The night takes too long
We folded our cards when the hand wasn't strong
But that wheel will keep spinning long after we're gone
Yeah, that wheel will keep spinning long after we're gone

And the moon is so full, the stars are so bright
And my hand is steady, my touch is light
Look in my eyes, hold on real tight and I'll
Waltz you my darling across Texas tonight

I'll waltz you my darling across Texas tonight
Look in my eyes, hold on real tight
And I'll waltz you my darling across Texas tonight
I'll waltz you my darling across Texas tonight

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Time For Love


Time For Love
Composer(s): Ritchie Adams - Mark Barkan
Performer(s): The Archies



Sunshine, shining brightly
Clouds are smilin' up above
My heart is singing lightly
Time, time, time for love

My mind is berry pickin'
All the things I'm dreamin' of
My heart's a clock tock-tickin'
Time, time, time for love

Whoa-oa
Yesterday I was sad (so sad)
Everything looked so bad
Every hour was painted blue
Till the minute I met you

Now each day we're spendin'
We're together hand in glove
We've got never-endin'
Time, time, time, time, time for love

Whoa-oa
Yesterday I was sad (so sad)
Everything looked so bad
Every hour was painted blue
Till the minute I met you

Now each day we're spendin'
We're together hand in glove
We've got never-endin'
Time, time, time, time, time for love

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Waltz Across Texas


Waltz Across Texas
Composer(s): Ernest Tubb; Talmadge Tubb
Performer(s): Ernest Tubb



When we dance together, my world's in disguise
It's a fairy land tale that's come true
And when you look at me with those stars in your eyes
I could waltz across Texas with you

Chorus:
Waltz across Texas with you in my arms
Waltz across Texas with you
Like a storybook ending, I'm lost in your charms
And I could waltz across Texas with you

My heartaches and troubles are just up and gone
The moment that you come in view
And with your hand in mine, dear, I could dance all night long
I could waltz across Texas with you

Repeat Chorus

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A Thousand Years (Toto)


A Thousand Years
Composer(s): David Paich - Joseph Williams - Mark T. Williams
Performer(s): Toto



Day after day, I feel myself slowing down, what does it mean?
The air has changed, it's getting harder to breathe, or so it would seem
Sail me away to a distant shore, where everything's fine

A thousand years, lost in the blink of an eye
If the sky keeps fallin', the world will come tumblin' down
In a thousand years

Tell me my friend, can you imagine a place free of boundaries and lies
There's blood on the wind and it's come all of the way from faraway skies
Take me away to a different world where everything's fine

A thousand years, lost in the blink of an eye
If the sky keeps fallin', the world will come tumblin' down
In a thousand years

A thousand years, one day for every life
Just keep on going, we'll find you a home underground, in a thousand years

Sail me away to a distant shore, where everything's fine

A thousand years, lost in the blink of an eye
If the sky keeps fallin', the world will come tumblin' down
In a thousand years

A thousand years, one day for every life
Just keep on going, we'll find you a home underground, in a thousand years

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