Zaterdag 19 april 1997
Abide With Me
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Abide With Me (aka Eventide)
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Zaterdag 19 april 1997
We Fit Together
We Fit Together
Composer(s): Joe Belmaati; Michael Hansen; Marchell Remeeus
Performer(s): O-Town
I've been waiting for the stars to come out
Dinner it was fine
But I can't lie cause I've been waiting
For you to come back to mine
I've been thinking of you 24-7 and 365
And now the girl from Ipanema she's here lying by my side
I've got you now and I just wanna
Show you how to play
Goosebumps on your body guide the way
Chorus:
I wanna go all night
Ain't no stopping til the break of dawn
I wanna go inside
Every corner, girl you really turn me on
I wanna go knock-knock-knock, our bodies to the beat
And when the morning comes
We're letting the sun shine, and stay in bed
It can't separate us, we fit together...
I can feel you coming closer
Dancing in the dark
I touch your lips and kiss your shoulder
Send a letter to your heart
I can't explain to which extreme I'm feeling you
How many triple-x dreams that's been starring you
I've got you now and I just wanna
Show you how to play
Goosebumps on your body guide the way
Mid-8
I won't get nothing done of what
I ought to do
It doesn't really matter to me
I am here with you
I can't explain to what degree I'm feeling you
How many triple X dreams I've had starring you
Vrijdag 18 april 1997
Abergavenny
Abergavenny
Composer(s): Jack Geller - Frere Manston
Performer(s): Marty Wilde; Shannon
Taking a trip up to Abergavenny
Hoping the weather is fine
If you should see a red dog running free
Well, you know he's mine
A chase in the hills up to Abergavenny
I've got to get there and fast
If you can't go
Then I promise to show you a photograph
Ah, passing the time with paradise people
Paradise people are fine by me
Sunshine forever, lovely weather
Don't you wish you could be.....
Taking a trip up to Abergavenny
Hoping the weather is fine
If you should see a red dog running free
Well, you know he's mine
Ah, passing the time with paradise people
Paradise people are fine by me
Sunshine forever, lovely weather
Don't you wish you could be.....
A chase in the hills up to Abergavenny
I've got to get there and fast
If you can't go
Then I promise to show you a photograph
A little photograph, a little photograph
Up to Abergavenny
La-la-la-la......
Vrijdag 18 april 1997
We Don't Want The Bacon (What We Want Is A Piece Of The Rhine)
We Don't Want The Bacon
(What We Want Is A Piece Of The Rhine)
Composer(s): Howard Carr; Harry Russell; Jimmie Havens
Performer(s): Ben Lessey
If you read your history, why it will show
That we have always held our own with any kind of foe
We've always brought the bacon home, no matter what they done
But we don't want the bacon now, we're out to get the Hun
We don't want the bacon, we don't want the bacon
What we want is a piece of the Rhine
We'll feed "Bill the Kaiser" with our Allied appetizer
We'll have a wonderful time
Old Wilhelm Der Gross will shout "Vas is Los?"
The Hindenburg line will sure look like a dime
We don't want the bacon, we don't want the bacon
What we want is a piece of the Rhine
When this trouble started they said we did not have a chance
They could not figure out how we could get our men to France
But we defied the U-boats, for our motto is to win
We've got them into France right now, they're headed for Berlin
We don't want the bacon, we don't want the bacon
What we want is a piece of the Rhine
We'll crown "Bill the Kaiser" with a bottle of Budweiser
We'll have a wonderful time
We'll defeat the submarine, their Hindenberg machine
There won't be any stop, when we go over the top
We don't want the bacon, we don't want the bacon
What we want is a piece of the Rhine
Donderdag 17 april 1997
Aber Die Liebe Bleibt
Aber Die Liebe Bleibt
((Adapted from: L'amour En Héritage (by Nana Mouskouri) - 1984))
Composer(s): Vladimir Cosma - Pierre Delanoë - Michael Kunze
Performer(s): Nana Mouskouri - 1985
Versions In Other Languages:
1984 - Only Love (by Nana Mouskouri)
1985 - Come Un'eredità (by Nana Mouskouri)
1986 - Liefde Alleen (by Liliane Saint-Pierre)
1986 - La Dicha Del Amor (by Nana Mouskouri)
1986 - Rakkaus (by Lea Laven)
1986 - Najljepši Poklon Tvoj (by Tereza)
Zeit wird raum, aber die liebe bleibt
Zeit wird Raum, aber die Liebe bleibt
Wunsch wird Traum, aber die Liebe bleibt
Wenn uns auch das Leben vieles nahm
Was ich von dir bekam das werd ich nie verlieren
Der Schmerz vergeht, aber die Liebe bleibt
Und gibt der Hoffnung einen Sinn
Was die Welt in goldene Bücher schreibt
Macht nicht wirklich reich, aber die Liebe bleibt
Manchmal bin ich wie ein Vogel im Wind
Frierend im Schnee und vom Sonnenschein blind
Und wenn ich doch noch Geborgenheit find
Denn weil du mir nah bist
Ja wird nein, aber die Liebe bleibt
Wahrheit - Schein, aber die Liebe bleibt
Gehst du auch nie wieder neben mir
Was ich erhielt von dir werden wir bald erleben
Die Spur vergeht aber die Liebe bleibt
Und gibt der Sehnsucht einen Halt
Was im Strom der Zeit vorübertreibt
Wird Erinnerung, aber die Liebe bleibt
Zeit wird Raum, aber die Liebe bleibt
Wunsch wird Traum, aber die Liebe bleibt
Wenn uns auch das Leben vieles nahm
Was ich von dir bekam das werd ich nie verlieren
Der Schmerz vergeht, aber die Liebe bleibt
Und gibt der Hoffnung einen Sinn
Was die Welt in goldene Bücher schreibt
Macht nicht wirklich reich, aber die Liebe bleibt
Donderdag 17 april 1997
We Don't Talk Anymore
We Don't Talk Anymore
German Title: Ich Werde Geh'n Heute Nacht
Composer(s): Alan Tarney
Performer(s): Cliff Richard;
and various other artists
Used to think that life was sweet
Used to think we were so complete
I can't believe you'd throw it away
Used to feel we had it made
Used to feel we could sail away
Can you imagine how I feel today
Well it seems a long time ago
You were the lonely one
Now it comes to letting go
You are the only one
Do you know what you've done
It's so funny how we don't talk anymore
It's so funny why we don't talk anymore
But I ain't losing sleep
And I ain't counting sheep
It's so funny how we don't talk anymore
Oohh, we don't talk
Well it really doesn't matter to me
I guess you're leaving was meant to be
It's down to you now you wanna be free
Well I hope you know which way to go
You're on your own again
Don't come crying to me
When you're the lonely one
Remember what you've done
It's so funny how we don't talk anymore
It's so funny why we don't talk anymore
But I ain't losing sleep
And I ain't counting sheep, no, no, no
It's so funny how we don't talk anymore
Oohh, We don't talk
Oohh, We don't talk
But I ain't losing sleep
No, I ain't counting sheep
It's so funny how we don't talk anymore
But I ain't losing sleep
And I ain't counting sheep
It's so funny how we don't talk............
Woensdag 16 april 1997
Rakkaus
Rakkaus
((Adapted from: L'amour En Héritage (by Nana Mouskouri) - 1984))
Composer(s): Vladimir Cosma - Pierre Delanoë - Chrisse Johansson
Performer(s): Lea Laven - 1986
Versions In Other Languages:
1984 - Only Love (by Nana Mouskouri)
1985 - Aber Die Liebe Bleibt (by Nana Mouskouri)
1985 - Come Un'eredità (by Nana Mouskouri)
1986 - Liefde Alleen (by Liliane Saint-Pierre)
1986 - La Dicha Del Amor (by Nana Mouskouri)
1986 - Najljepši Poklon Tvoj (by Tereza)
Rakkaus muistoja synnyttää
rakkaus menneitä säilyttää
maailmaan nuoruutta hehkuvaan
riensimme kulkemaan
sua niin kuin silloin muistan
kun rakkaus merkitsi kaikkea
elämään pohjan loit sä vain
hengitin kuin osa oisin sua
sydän rinnassain arkana tunteistain
Lämpöä päivät ja yöt tulvillaan
kankailla kauneus haaveiden maan
itkut ja naurut ja toiveemme nuo
kehyksiin jäi eilisiin
Rakkaus muistoja synnyttää
rakkaus menneitä säilyttää
täyttäen toistemme tyhjyyden
elimme loppuun sen
sua niin kuin silloin muistan
Kun rakkaus merkitsi kaikkea
elämään pohjan loit sä vain
hengitin kuin osa oisin sua
sydän rinnassain arkana tunteistain
(2x)
Woensdag 16 april 1997
We Didn't Start The Fire
We Didn't Start The Fire
Composer(s): Billy Joel
Performer(s): Billy Joel
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe, Rosenbergs
H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom,
Brando, The King And I and The Catcher in the Rye
Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye!
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser aand Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, dacron
Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around The Clock"
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place, trouble in The Suez!
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River Kwai
Lebanon, Charlse de Gaulle, California baseball
Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide
Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, space monkey, Mafia
Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo!
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger In A Strange Land
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Lawrence Of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
JFK blown away, what else do I have to say?
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodsto, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
Wheel Of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore!!!!
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...?
Dinsdag 15 april 1997
Liefde Alleen
Liefde Alleen
((Adapted from: L'amour En Héritage (by Nana Mouskouri) - 1984))
Composer(s): Vladimir Cosma - Pierre Delanoë - Mary Boduin
Performer(s): Liliane Saint-Pierre - 1986
Versions In Other Languages:
1984 - Only Love (by Nana Mouskouri)
1985 - Aber Die Liebe Bleibt (by Nana Mouskouri)
1985 - Come Un'eredità (by Nana Mouskouri)
1986 - La Dicha Del Amor (by Nana Mouskouri)
1986 - Rakkaus (by Lea Laven)
1986 - Najljepši Poklon Tvoj (by Tereza)
Liefde alleen
Deel van herinnering
Liefde alleen
Deel van de eeuwigheid
Hoe voor mij 't leven opnieuw begon
Met enkel licht en zon
En ik zie jou nog voor me
Toen liefde kwam
Hevig als laaiend vuur
Alles werd eindeloos en puur
Ik was jong
M'n hart en ziel zo vrij
'k Werd een deel van jou
En jij een deel van mij
Licht was de klank van ons eeuwig bestaan
Ieder gebaar, ieder woord, elke traan
Tedere kleuren vol warmte als jij
Leefde in mijn gedachten
Liefde alleen
Deel van herinnering
Liefde alleen
Deel van de eeuwigheid
Elke dag was weer een nieuw verhaal
Met weer een nieuwe taal
En ik zie jou nog voor me
Toen liefde kwam
Hevig als laaiend vuur
Alles werd eindeloos en puur
Ik was jong
M'n hart en ziel zo vrij
'k Werd een deel van jou
En jij een deel van mij
Tedere kleuren vol warmte als jij
Leefde in mijn gedachten
Liefde alleen
Deel van herinnering
Liefde alleen
Deel van de eeuwigheid
Elke dag was weer een nieuw verhaal
Met weer een nieuwe taal
En ik zie jou nog voor me
Toen liefde kwam
Hevig als laaiend vuur
Alles werd eindeloos en puur
Ik was jong
M'n hart en ziel zo vrij
'k Werd een deel van jou
En jij een deel van mij
Dinsdag 15 april 1997
We Could Be So Good Together
We Could Be So Good Together
Composer(s): John Densmore; Robbie Krieger;
Ray Manzarek; Jim Morrison
Performer(s): The Doors
We could be so good together
Ya, so good together
We could be so good together
Ya, we could, I know we could
Tell you lies
I tell you wicked lies
Tell you lies
Tell you wicked lies
Tell you 'bout the world that we'll invent
Wanton world without lament
Enterprise, expedition
Invitation and invention
Ya, so good together
Ah, so good together
We could be so good together
Ya, we could, know we could
Alright!
Do da do do do do do bup bup de day
We could be so good together
Ya, so good together
We could be so good together
Ya, we could, know we could
Tell you lies
Tell you wicked lies
Tell you lies
Tell you wicked lies
The time you wait subtracts the joy
Beheads the angels you destroy
Angels fight, angels cry
Angels dance and angels die
Ya, so good together
Ah, but so good together
We could be so good together
Ya, we could, know we could
Maandag 14 april 1997
L'amour En Héritage
L'amour En Héritage
Composer(s): Vladimir Cosma - Pierre Delanoë
First release by: Nana Mouskouri - 1984
Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages:
1984 - Only Love (by Nana Mouskouri)
1985 - Aber Die Liebe Bleibt (by Nana Mouskouri)
1985 - Come Un'eredità (by Nana Mouskouri)
1986 - Liefde Alleen (by Liliane Saint-Pierre)
1986 - La Dicha Del Amor (by Nana Mouskouri)
1986 - Rakkaus (by Lea Laven)
1986 - Najljepši Poklon Tvoj (by Tereza)
J'ai reçu l'amour en héritage
Un matin au pays des cigales
La folie et le génie voyagent
Bien au-delà du temps
Bien par-dessus les océans
J'en ai lu j'en ai tourné des pages
Pendant mes années folles ou sages
Pour quelqu'un qu'on ne met pas en cage
C'est un beau cadeau l'amour en héritage
Et si ma vie se traduit en je t'aime
Si mes chemins ont croisé des torrents
On est toujours un oiseau de bohème
Une enfant du printemps
J'ai reçu l'amour en héritage
Un matin au pays des cigales
La folie et le génie voyagent
Bien au-delà du temps
Bien par-dessus les océans
J'en ai lu j'en ai écrit des pages
Avant de poser mes bagages
J'en ai vu tomber des pluies d'orage
Avant de trouver l'amour en héritage
J'ai reçu l'amour en héritage
Un matin au pays des cigales
La folie et le génie voyagent
Bien au-delà du temps
Bien par-dessus les océans
J'en ai lu j'en ai écrit des pages
Avant de poser mes bagages
J'en ai vu tomber des pluies d'orage
Avant de trouver l'amour en héritage
Maandag 14 april 1997
We Can Work It Out
We Can Work It Out
Composer(s): John Lennon - Paul McCartney
First release: The Beatles - 1965
Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages:
1966 - Tout Peut s'Arranger (Richard Anthony)
1966 - Nelle Mani Tue (Mike Liddell & Gli Atomi)
Try to see it my way
Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on?
While you see it your way
Run a risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone
We can work it out
We can work it out
Think of what you're saying
You can get it wrong and still you think that it's all right
Think of what I'm saying
We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night
We can work it out
We can work it out
Life is very short and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend
I have always thought that it's a crime
So I will ask you once again
Try to see it my way
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long
We can work it out
We can work it out
Life is very short and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend
I have always thought that it's a crime
So I will ask you once again
Try to see it my way
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long
We can work it out
We can work it out
Zondag 13 april 1997
Aber Dann ...
Aber Dann ...
Composer(s): Maria Grever - R.M. Siegel
Performer(s): Greta Keller
Es begann wie ein Spiel
Als wir zwei uns gesehen
Nein, wir fragten nicht viel
Und schon war es geschehen
Aber dann, aber dann
Als der Sturm sich gelegt
War es das aller wert
Daß wir zwei uns gehört
Trafen wir uns zu zweit
Waren wir schon so froh
Für ein Glück ohne Zeit
Irgendwann, irgendwo
Aber dann, aber dann
Als der Sturm sich gelegt
War die Angst das nicht wert
Daß wir zwei uns gehört
Jeder Tag, jede Nacht
Bin ich jetzt ohne dich
Niemals hätte ich gedacht
Du kamst aus ohne mich
Aber dann, aber dann
Es war doch etwas wert
Daß wir zwei uns gehört
Denn nun weiß ich allein
Wie mit dir wird es hier
Nie wieder sein
Zondag 13 april 1997
We Can Talk
We Can Talk
Composer(s): Richard Manuel
Performer(s): The Band
We can talk about it now
It's that same old riddle only starting from the middle
I'd fix it but I don't know how
Well, we could try to reason but you might think it's treason
One voice for all
Echoing across the hall
Don't give up on father clock
We can talk about it now
Come, let me show you how
To keep the wheels turnin' you've got to keep the engine churnin'
Did you ever milk a cow
I had the chance one day but I was all dressed up for Sunday
Everybody, everywhere
Do you really care
Pick up your heads and walk
We can talk about it now
It seems to me we've been holding something underneath our tongues
I'm afraid if you ever got a pat on the back
It would likely burst your lungs
Woh, stop me, if I should sound kinda down in the mouth
But I'd rather be burned in Canada than to freeze here in the south
Pulling that eternal plough
We've got to find a sharper blade or have a new one made
Rest awhile and cool your brow
Don't need it, no need to slave, the whip is in the grave
No salt, no trance
It's safe now to take a backward glance
The leaves have turned to chalk
We can talk about it now
We can talk about it now
Zaterdag 12 april 1997
Abendsegen
Abendsegen
((English Version: When At Night I Go To Sleep (by Charlotte Church))
Composer(s): Engelbert Humperdinck
Performer(s): Kathleen Battle
Abends, will ich schlafen gehn
Vierzehn Engel um mich stehn
Zwei zu meinen Häupten
Zwei zu meinen Füßen
Zwei zu meiner Rechten
Zwei zu meiner Linken
Zweie, die mich decken
Zweie, die mich wecken
Zweie, die mich weisen
Zu Himmels-Paradeisen
Zaterdag 12 april 1997
We Can Reach An Understanding
We Can Reach An Understanding
Composer(s): David & Rozaa
Performer(s): David Essex
You won't ever be entirely mine
But can't we meet from time to time?
We can reach an understanding
Sharing, caring
We can reach an understanding
Half your love is good enough
All or nothing, that's what I should say
But can't we find another way?
We can reach an understanding
Sharing, caring
We can reach an understanding
Half your love is good enough
If there's someone else with a claim on you
Then I shouldn't hope for too much
But I'd rather go for a day or two
Than a life without your touch
We can reach an understanding
Sharing, caring
We can reach an understanding
Half your love is good enough
We can reach an understanding
Sharing, caring...
Vrijdag 11 april 1997
A-Beggin' I Will Go
A-Beggin' I Will Go
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Ewan MacColl
Of all the trades in England the beggin' is the best
For when a beggar's tired, he can sit him down and rest
And a-beggin' I will go-o-o
And a-beggin' I will go
I've a poke for me ma'le and another for me rye
I've a bottle by me side, to drink when I am dry
I've a poke for me salt an another for me malt
I've a pair of little crutches, you should see how I can halt
I've a poke for me salt an another for me malt
I've a pair of little crutches, you should see how I can halt
I've been abeggin' seven years with me ol' wooden leg
For lame I've been, since I was born, and so I'm forced to beg
I've a poke for me salt an another for me malt
I've a pair of little crutches, you should see how I can halt
In a hollow tree I pass the night, and there I pay no rent
Providence provides for me, and I am well content
I've a poke for me salt an another for me malt
I've a pair of little crutches, you should see how I can halt
Vrijdag 11 april 1997
We Can Fly
We Can Fly
Composer(s): Bill Cowsill; Steve Duboff; Artie Kornfeld
Performer(s): The Cowsills; Loveletter
See how the fluffy clouds move by us
(See how the clouds move by)
See how the morning mist can hide us away, (hide us away)
And how the day (and how it's) is so much fun!
Isn't it groovy in a daydream? (Dreaming today)
Doesn't it seem the day could never end? (Could never end)
And so, my friend, we're one
Baby, it's funny how I can feel so sunny?
When you're beside me, we can fly!
Oh, we can fly!
Hey, Mr. Wind, just keep us sailing
(Keep us sailing along)
High in the sky, there's no curtaining our fun
So everyone, come on!
Hey, you on the ground!
Take a look up, and see what we've found!
Nothing to tie us, bluebirds come up to guide us
When you're beside me, we can fly!
Oh, we can fly!
We can fly!
Hey!
Everyone on the ground, let's fly!
Donderdag 10 april 1997
Abdul Abulbul Amir
Abdul Abulbul Amir (aka The Ballad Of Ivan Petrofsky Skevar)
(Adapted from: Abdulla Bulbul Ameer)
Composer(s): William Percy French
Performer(s): Frank Crumit - 1928
and multiple other artists
The sons of the Prophet are brave men and bold
And quite unaccustomed to fear
But the bravest by far in the ranks of the Shah
Was Abdul Abulbul Amir
If you wanted a man to encourage the van
Or harass the foe from the rear
Storm fort or redoubt, you had only to shout
For Abdul Abulbul Amir
Now the heroes were plenty and well known to fame
In the troops that were led by the Czar
And the bravest of these was a man by the name
Of Ivan Skavinsky Skavar
One day this bold Russian, he shouldered his gun
And donned his most truculent sneer
Downtown he did go where he trod on the toe
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir
"Young man," quoth Abdul, "Has life grown so dull
That you wish to end your career?
Vile infidel know, you have trod on the toe
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir"
"So take your last look at the sunshine and brook
And send your regrets to the Czar
For by this I imply, you are going to die
Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar"
"My friend, your remarks in the end
Will avail you but little, I fear
For you ne'er will survive to repeat them alive
Mister Abdul Abulbul Amir"
Then this bold Mameluke drew his trusty skibouk
Singing, "Allah! Il Allah! Al-lah!"
And with murderous intent he ferociously went
For Ivan Skavinsky Skavar
They parried and thrust, they side-stepped and cussed
Of blood they spilled a great part
The philologist blokes, who seldom crack jokes
Say that hash was first made on the spot
They fought all that night neath the pale yellow moon
The din, it was heard from afar
And huge multitudes came, so great was the fame
Of Abdul and Ivan Skavar
As Abdul's long knife was extracting the life
In fact he was shouting, "Huzzah!"
He felt himself struck by that wily Calmuck
Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar
The Sultan drove by in his red-breasted fly
Expecting the victor to cheer
But he only drew nigh to hear the last sigh
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir
Czar Petrovich, too, in his spectacles blue
Sauntered up in his gold-plated car
And arrived just in time to exchange a last line
With Ivan Skavinsky Skavar
There's a tomb rises up where the Blue Danube rolls
And engraved there in characters clear
Is, "Stranger, when passing, oh pray for the soul
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir"
A splash in the Black Sea one dark moonless night
Caused ripples to spread wide and far
It was made by a sack fitting close to the back
Of Ivan Skavinsky Skavar
A Muscovite maiden her lone vigil keeps
Neath the light of the cold northern star
And the name that she murmurs in vain as she weeps
Is Ivan Skavinsky Skavar
Donderdag 10 april 1997
We Can Be Together
