Dinsdag 14 juni 1988
Singing The Blues
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Singing The Blues
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Dinsdag 14 juni 1988
Personality (Johnny Mercer)
Personality
Composer(s): Johnny Burke; Jimmy Van Heusen
Performer(s): Johnny Mercer;
and various other artists
When Madam Pompadour was on a ballroom floor
Said all the gentlemen "Obviously,"
"The madam has the cutest personality"
And think of all the books about Du Barry's looks
What was it made her the toast of Paree?
She had a well-developed personality
(What did Romeo see in Juliet?)
(Or Figaro in Figarette?)
(Or Jupiter in Juno?)
You know!
And when Salome danced and had the boys entranced
No doubt it must have been easy to see
That she knew how to use her personality
(A girl can learn to spell and take dictation well)
(And never sit on the boss's left knee)
(Unless she's got a perfect personality)
(A girl can get somewhere in spite of stringy hair)
(Or even just a bit bowed at the knee)
(If she can show a faultless personality)
Why are certain girls offered certain things
Like sable coats and wedding rings?
By men who wear their spats right?
(That's right!)
(So don'tcha say "I'm smart and have the kindest heart"
(Or "what a wonderful sister I'd be")
Just tell me how you like my
Mercer> "Rufff!!
(Personality)
Baby, you've got the cutest
Personality!!
Maandag 13 juni 1988
Anouschka
Anouschka
First performance by: Inge Brück - 1967
Musst nicht weinen, kleine Anouschka
Er kommt wieder, kleine Anouschka
Wenn der Frühling kommt, wenn die Blumen blühn
Ist er wieder bei dir
Deine Augen, kleine Anouschka
Sind voll Tränen, kleine Anouschka
Doch die Welt ist weit, es verrinnt die Zeit
Tränen trocknet der Wind
Wenn es die wahre Liebe ist
Wird alles wieder gut
Dann kommt er auch zurück
Denn er denkt an dich, immer zu an dich
Anouschka
Soviel Freude, kleine Anouschka
Wirst du haben, kleine Anouschka
Wenn der Frühling kommt, wenn die Blumen blühn
Euer Leben beginnt
Lalalala lalalala...
Lalala lalala...
Dann kommt er auch zurück
Denn er denkt an dich, immer zu an dich
An dich
Maandag 13 juni 1988
Persona No Grata
Persona No Grata
Composer(s): Mario Pupparo
Performer(s): Raphael
Tú nunca cambias de música
Sólo cambias de instrumento
No hablo por boca de otros
Lo he aprendido sufriendo
Esperando a que abrieras la puerta
Y mirando tu pelo revuelto
Y tú siempre esquivando mis ojos
Y el adentro escondido en silencio
Tú engañando, yo sufriendo
Te declaro
Persona no grata
Te retiro
Mi amor por estafa
Y no voy a escuchar tus disculpas
No te creo ni media palabra
Que perdona y perdona
Aquí no hay perdón que valga
No, no, no, no
Tú nunca cambias de música
Sólo cambias de instrumento
No hablo por boca de otros
Lo he aprendido sufriendo
Esperando en la calle desierta
Y mordiendo mis uñas y el tiempo
Y tú siempre inventando pretextos
Y yo siempre callando y creyendo
Tú engañando y yo sufriendo
Te declaro
Persona no grata
Te retiro
Mi amor por estafa
Zondag 12 juni 1988
Singing In The Rain
Singing In The Rain
Composer(s): Arthur Freed; Nacio Herb Brown
Performer(s): Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards
and multiple other artists
I'm singin' in the rain
Just singin' in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again!
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above
The sun's in my heart and I'm ready for love!
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
Come on with your rain
I've got a smile on my face!
I'll walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
Just singin', singin' in the rain!
Why am I smiling and why do I sing?
Why does December seem sunny as Spring?
Why do I get up each morning to start
Happy and head-up with joy in my heart?
Why is each new task a trifle to do?
Because I am living a life full of you!
Hey, I'm singin' in the rain
Just singin' in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again!
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above
The sun's in my heart and I'm ready for love!
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
Come on with your rain
I've got a smile on my face!
I'll walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
Just singin', singin' in the rain!
Zondag 12 juni 1988
Person To Person
Person To Person
Composer(s): The Average White Band; Alan Gorrie; Hamish Stuart
Performer(s): The Average White Band
Telephone line, bad connection
And I'm half asleep
Makin' conversation with you should be easy
But it ain't
Wish you could be with me
There would be no problem
Our communication's bad
And I want to see you again
Person to person, face to face
Person to person, one to one
Person to person, touching hands
Person to person, that's what love demands
Six weeks, long time to be without you sugar
But what can I do
Working hard on the other side of the world
Might as well be on the moon
Wish that I could write it all down
And put it in a letter to you
Feelin' like I do right now
Won't make it any better to you
Just got to be
Person to person, face to face
Person to person, one to one
Person to person, we can't replace
Person to person, that's just how it gets done
Person to person, line to line
Person to person, just keepin' time
Zaterdag 11 juni 1988
Varjoon-Suojaan
Varjoon-Suojaan
First performance by: Fredi - 1967
Varjoon alta polttavan auringon
varjoon tieltä tuskien päästävä on
Suojaan alta hehkuvan taivahan
suojaan luokse vihreän keitahan
Yllä auringon hohde
alla on polttava maa
mielessä varjoisa kohde
jonne yksin kulkea saan
Varjoon alta polttavan auringon
varjoon pian pois minun päästävä on
Suojaan alta hehkuvan taivahan
suojaan alle lehmuston tuuhean
Varjoon valokeilojen julkeain
varjoon tahdon seurasta kuuluisain
Suojaan luota polttavan rakkauden
suojaan luokse kaipauksen hiljaisen
Rauhaton eloni on vain
kaiken nyt kestää mä saan
Jo mainetta kylliksi sain
rauhaa mä kaipailen vaan
Varjoon valokeiloista tahdon pois
varjoon yksinäistä vain siellä ois
Suojaan tahdon viimeinkin rauhaisaan
silloin vasta onneni vihdoin saan
Zaterdag 11 juni 1988
Perros
Perros
Composer(s): Luis Eduardo Aute
Performer(s): Luis Eduardo Aute
Dice mi perro a veces
que los perros no saben hablar
que algunos hombres parecen
perros que quieren hablar
Vrijdag 10 juni 1988
Singing A Happy Song
Singing A Happy Song
Performer(s): Dorsey Brothers Orch.
Any wonder I’m happy, any wonder I smile
If you follow my advice, you’ll never go wrong
Anyone can be happy, making living worthwhile
If you open up your heart and sing a song
The sun’s shining, there’s no hiding
Your hat’s lined with a silver lining
And you’re happy when you’re singing a happy song
You hear the birds singing and bells ringing
And you’ll find what a joy they’re bringing
‘Cause you’re happy when you’re singing a happy song
Are, are you ready now – come on and sing
Doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah, te, it’s just the easiest thing
The sun’s shining, there’s no hiding
Your hat’s lined with a silver lining
And you’re happy when you’re singing a happy song
Vrijdag 10 juni 1988
Perrine Était Servante
Perrine Était Servante
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Les Compagnons de la Chanson; Annie Cordy
Perrine était servante
Perrine était servante
Chez Monsieur le Curé, digue donda dondaine
Chez Monsieur le Curé, digue donda dondé!
Son amant vint la vouère
Son amant vint la vouère
Un soir après l'dîner...
Perrine, ô ma Perrine
Perrine, ô ma Perrine
J'voudrais bien t'embrasser...
Oh! grand nigaud qu't'es bête
Oh! grand nigaud qu't'es bête
Ça s'fait sans s'demander!...
V'la M'sieur l'curé qu'arrive
V'la M'sieur l'curé qu'arrive
Où j'va t'y bien m'cacher? ...
Cache-toi dedans la huche!
Cache-toi dedans la huche!
I' n'saura pas t'trouver! ...
Il y resta six s'maines
Il y resta six s'maines
Elle l'avait oublié! ...
Au bout de six semaines
Au bout de six semaines
Les rats l'avaient bouffé! ...
Ils avaient rongé son crâne
Ils avaient rongé son crâne
Et puis tous les doigts de pied ...
On fit creuser son crâne
On fit creuser son crâne
Pour faire un bénitier...
On fit monter ses jambes
On fit monter ses jambes
Pour faire deux chandeliers...
Voilà la triste histoire
Voilà la triste histoire
D'un jeune homme à marier...
Qu'allait trop voir les filles
Qu'allait trop voir les filles
Le soir après l'dîner! ...
Donderdag 9 juni 1988
Quel Coeur Vas-Tu Briser
Quel Coeur Vas-Tu Briser
First performance by: Géraldine - 1967
Quel coeur vas-tu briser
Maintenant que le mien
A cessé de battre pour toi?
Quel coeur vas-tu briser
Puisque je n'ai plus rien
Rien de toi que des mots sans voix?
Quel coeur vas-tu briser
Et lui donnant l'espoir
D'une vie de rêve pour deux?
Quel coeur vas-tu briser
En lui donnat à croire
Que toi seul peux le rendre heureux', heureux'
C'est si facile de faire croire
À des chemins semés de fleurs
Surtout lorsqu'on parle à un coeur
Qui ne demande qu'à y croire
Quel coeur vas-tu briser
Maintenant que le mien
Ne croit plus en rien, ni en toi'
Quel coeur vas-tu briser
Pour le seul plaisir, vain
De sentir qu'il vit sous ta loi?
Quel coeur vas-tu briser
Pour suivant ton chemin
En croyant que tu vis ta vie?
Quel coeur vas-tu briser
Tout le long de ta vie
Le tien, le tien, le tien
Donderdag 9 juni 1988
Permiteme Vida
Permiteme Vida
Composer(s): León Gieco
Performer(s): León Gieco
Baila y baila la ilusion
de que mañana todo ira mejor
pisan los charcos
de mi corazon cargado
de ausencia y de soledad, ahh ahhh ahhh
Salta y salta la esperanza
de que que pasado todo habra cambiando
eso digo yo que soy
uno cualquiera que vive
del lado que desespera
Juega y juega torturando
esta historia macabra que nunca termina
permitime vida
tomar tu fantasia
en torno a tu melancolia
Woensdag 8 juni 1988
Singin' A Country Song
Singin' A Country Song
Composer(s): Don Devaney
Performer(s): Dick Curless
When I go out at night I know it won't be very long
Till I find a bar where the jukebox plays a country music song
I'll get a roll of quarters and pick out my favorite song
And I'll sit there drinkin' a beer, singin' along, singin' along with
Hey Mister Fiddle Man, strike up that fiddle band
And anything Hank Thompson sings, 'cause he's my number one man
And Jim Ed Brown reminds me time to Pop A Top again
Then Haggard sings about Carolyn, I wish I could sing like him
Then Jerry Lee and Bobby McGee, till that roll of quarters is gone
Drinkin' a beer, singin' a country song
When I stay home at night, I turn the record player on
I never watch the TV set unless Hee Haw is on
Well I get to hear Buck Owens and then Roy Clark sing a song
And I sit there drinkin' a beer, singin' along, singin' along with
Hey Mr Fiddle Man, strike up that fiddle band
And there's nothin' like old Charley Pride to bring a country song
alive
Then Jim Ed Brown reminds me time to Pop A Top again
And that lucky Conway Twitty gets to sing with Loretta Lynn
Then Jerry Lee and Bobby McGee and me singin' along
Drinkin' a beer, singin' a country song
Let's keep it country
Singin' a beer and drinkin' a country song
Ain't nothin' like it
Drinkin' a beer singin' a country song
Woensdag 8 juni 1988
Permissive Twit
Permissive Twit
Composer(s): Gilbert O'Sullivan
Performer(s): Gilbert O'Sullivan: Big Jim Sullivan
Oh Heaven help our Linda
She's really done it now
What's more it's all so obvious
I mean her stomachs sticking out
If father tells me' mother
She's bound to have a fit
Followed by a neat convulsion
Thanks to our permissive twit
She thinks his name was Ronald
Or was it Sid or Len
The only thing that's certain
Is that it wasn't Bill or Ben
Our parish priest God bless him
The very reverend Father Pitt
Will no doubt be preaching sermons
To our dear Permissive Twit
By now the word
Will no doubt have been heard
By almost every bleeding nosy parker in our alley
all except that is
Our own great aunt Liz
Who I hear's been deaf since the day our Grace
recorded Sally, Sally, Sally
Unless we raise the money
She'll have to let it out
What I mean is she will have to
Have it the right way wrong way about
In other words let nature
Take its course and do its bit
For the sake of those concerned with
Own dear permissive
Dear permissive twit
Dinsdag 7 juni 1988
Sing Song Swing
Sing Song Swing
Composer(s): Charles L. Cooke; Lloyd Garrett
Performer(s): Ella Fitzgerald
Choppity chop chop, chop chopsticks
Choppity chop chop, chop till six
Choppity chop chop, chops the thing
When Charlie Chingee make his sing song swing
Charlie Ching
Make his sing song swing
With a tingaling
On the ding dong ding
With a tingaling on the ding dong ding
Makee plenty sing song swing
Choppity chop chop, chop chopsticks
Choppity chop chop, chop till six
Choppity chop chop, chops the thing
When Charlie Chingee make his sing song swing
Foo Yung Foo
Makee doodle-doo
With a toot or two
On the flute bamboo
And the doodle-doo and the tingaling
Makee plenty sing song swing
Choppity chop chop, chop chopsticks
Choppity chop chop, chop till six
Choppity chop chop, chops the thing
When Charlie Chingee make his sing song swing
And a tingaling on the ding dong ding
Makee plenty sing song swing
Chop chop choppity, chop chopsticks
Chop chop choppity, chop till six
Choppity chop chop, chops the thing
When Charlie Chingee make his sing song swing
Choppa choppa choppity, chop chopsticks
Choppity choppity, chop till six
Choppity chop chop, chops the thing
When Charlie Chingee make his swing
Dinsdag 7 juni 1988
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
Composer(s): Joe Davis; Osvaldo Farrés
Performer(s): Doris Day - 1965;
and various other artists
You won't admit you love me
And so how am I ever to know?
You always tell me
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
A million times I've asked you,
And then I ask you over again
You only answer
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
If you can't make your mind up
We'll never get started
And I don't wanna wind up
Being parted, broken-hearted
So if you really love me
Say yes, but if you don't dear, confess
And please don't tell me
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
If you can't make your mind up
We'll never get started
And I don't wanna wind up
Being parted, broken-hearted
So if you really love me
Say yes, but if you don't dear, confess
And please don't tell me
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
Perhaps, perhaps, (giggle) perhaps
(giggle)
Maandag 6 juni 1988
O Vento Mudou
O Vento Mudou
Composer(s): Nuno Nazareth Fernandes; João Magalhães Pereira
First performance by: Eduardo Nascimento - 1967
Ouçam
Ouçam
E o vento mudou
Ela não voltou
As aves partiram
As folhas caíram
Ela quis viver
E o mundo correr
Prometeu voltar
Se o vento mudar
E o vento mudou
E ela não voltou
Sei que ela mentiu
P'ra sempre fugiu
Vento por favor
Traz-me o seu amor
Vê que eu vou morrer
Sem não mais a ter
Nuvens tenham dó
Que eu estou tão só
Batam-lhe à janela
Chorem sobre ela
E as nuvens choraram
E quando voltaram
Soube que mentira
P'ra sempre fugira
Nuvens por favor
Cubram minha dor
Já que eu vou morrer
Sem não mais a ter
Ouçam Ouçam ouçam Ouçam ouçam
Maandag 6 juni 1988
Perhaps Love
Perhaps Love
German Title: Liebe Ist
Composer(s): John Denver
Performer(s): John Denver;
and various other artists
Perhaps love is like a resting place, a shelter from the storm
It exists to give you comfort, it is there to keep you warm
And in those times of trouble when you are most alone
the memory of love will bring you home
Perhaps love is like a window, perhaps an open door
It invites you to come closer, it wants to show you more
And even if you lose yourself and don't know what to do
the memory of love will see you through
Oh, love to some is like a cloud, to some as strong as steel
For some a way of living, for some a way to feel
And some say love is holding on and some say letting go
And some say love is everything and some say they don't know
Perhaps love is like the ocean, full of conflict, full of change
Like a fire when it's cold outside or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever and all my dreams come true
my memories of love will be of you
Oh, love to some is like a cloud, to some as strong as steel
For some a way of living, for some a way to feel
And some say love is holding on and some say letting go
And some say love is everything and some say they don't know
Perhaps love is like the ocean, full of conflict, full of change
Like a fire when it's cold outside or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever and all my dreams come true
my memories of love will be of you
Zondag 5 juni 1988
Sing You Sinners
Sing You Sinners
Composer(s): W. Franke Harling; Sam Coslow
First performance/First recording by: Lillian Roth; The Harlem Hot Chocolates - 1930/1929
Covered by multiple other artists
Once a mockingbird - he was overheard
singing out a word - to a cattle herd
'All you bovine creatures - dig what I'm layin' down!
All you sinners drop everything
Everything
Let the melody and the harmony ring
Let it ring
Lift arms up to Heaven and sing
Ring-a-ding
Sing you sinners, won't you sway & swing
What a thing
Start with clapping' y'hands all about
All about
Don't be silent - Let the Lord hear y'shout
Shout it out
And just let the music come out
Of yer snout
Sing you sinners, wontcha' sway & swing
Check it out
Dig the drift of what I mean
In a world where there's no music - Old Scratch
Satan gets his kicks - He's up to his tricks
He'll be laughing up & down the banks - He, He, He!
Of that River Styx
You're so wicked, baby, and you're depraved
You can rave
It's apparent that you have mis-behaved
To your grave
But if you should want to be saved
Jus' behave
Take a listen now to the bird . . .
Stop all that chewin' yer cud - and all that standin' in the mud there
Swing, people! Swing every chortle from yer mortal portal
I dig that everyone believes that cattle prodigies are like a sneeze
hard blowin', missin one lick of blowin' talent to show
If you sing, you gotta swing
Just remember that the day will come when you will just be steak on a plate
Folk, you know it's fate!
So dig the music of the swing-o-sphere - before yer swing arrives too late
That's a little too dark
Still, it is true, we've got breath for such a limited time
What are ya', stupid? You cows - you'd think to sing was a crime
In defence now, hence now, here comes Adele McCluck
Mrs. Mockingbird, I must say, you haven't heard the friendly bellowing swing
of our friends the cows as they shed their way from Teagarden to Fuller
Instead of spendin' every day just sneakin' around to lift another lick -
These cats work on their cow-tone so when they get up to blow a fatter bone-tone into the ozone
And, furthermore
You tweety birds are always singin' away - never givin' up a thought of what you say
We cows do - shedding takes up most of our day
So when we start & settle in to play we can say
A moo is an array of what cows have always known as the best and only way to play
What we mean to say is
Before the band will let you sing
Sing with Fletcher Henderson
You'd better get yourself to swing
Like the Bean or Satch
So your horn can blow a single note or two of deeper thinking
That's the way to swing
So set your mind upon a tone
When you're sheddin' all alone
And you will have a cornerstone
Like the bass trombone
Blow your horn and take a bow
So that you're swingin' like the cows
Pythagoras would be so proud of us
Zondag 5 juni 1988
Perfume De Gardenias
