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House Of The Rising Sun


House Of The Rising Sun
((Adapted from: The Rising Sun Blues (Traditional) - 17th Century))
Composer(s): Alan Price
Performer(s): Libby Holman - 1942
and multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1964 - Le Pénitencier (by Johnny Hallyday)
1964 - Kuca Izlazeceg Sunca (by Miodrag Jevremovic)
1965 - La Casa Del Sole (by I Marcellos Ferial)
1989 - La Casa Del Sol Naciente (by Alejandra Guzmán)



There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin for many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
Sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gambling' man
Down in New Orleans

Now, the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he'll be satisfied
Is when he's all drunk

Oh, Mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the house of the Rising Sun

Well, I've got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm going back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin for many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

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Black Strap Molasses


Black Strap Molasses
Composer(s): Carmine Ennis; Marilou Harrington
Performer(s): Jane Wyman, Jimmy Durante,
Groucho Marks, & Danny Kaye



All:
Black strap molasses and the wheat germ bread
Makes you live so long you wish you were dead
You add some yogurt and you'll be well fed
With black strap molasses and the wheat germ bread

Jane Wyman:
My grandpa's older than the old grey mare
He sits a-rockin' in his rockin' chair
But now he's got a smile that he can't lose
Grandma's sittin' knittin' baby shoes

All:
From eatin' black strap molasses and the wheat germ bread
Makes you live so long you wish you were dead
You add some yogurt and you'll be well fed
With black strap molasses and the wheat germ bread

Jimmy Durante:
I gave up cherry pie and T-bone steak
Chicken fricassee and ice cream cake
I don't need vitamins or pills at All
I even mix it with my Hadacol

All:
I'm eatin' black strap molasses and the wheat germ bread
Makes you live so long you wish you were dead
You add some yogurt and you'll be well fed
With black strap molasses and the wheat germ bread

Groucho Marx:
My nerves were jumpy and I'd walk the floor
I never got to sleep till after four
But since I'm eatin' right I feel okay
I'm sleepin' every night and half the day

All:
From eatin' black strap molasses and the wheat germ bread
Makes you live so long you wish you were dead
You add some yogurt and you'll be well fed
With black strap molasses and the wheat germ bread

Danny Kaye:
Now I was thinner than a pencil line
Had no muscles and I had no spine
But now I'm friskier than a pup
All you have do is prop me up

All:
Just feed me black strap molasses and the wheat germ bread
Makes you live so long you wish you were dead
You add some yogurt and you'll be well fed
With black strap molasses and the wheat germ bread

GM: I know a fella who is ninety-two
JW: Doctors told the guy that he was through
DK: But now that the doctor has been proven wrong
JD: He's got more hop in him than Hopalong

All:
From eatin' black strap molasses and the wheat germ bread
Makes you live so long you wish you were dead
You add some yogurt and you'll be well fed
With black strap molasses and the wheat germ bread

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Le Pêcheur (Georges Brassens)


Le Pêcheur
Composer(s): Georges Brassens
Performer(s): Georges Brassens



On dirait un fanatique
De la cause halieutique
Avec sa belle canne et
Son moulinet
Mais s'il pêche, c'est pour rire
Et l'on peut être certain
Que jamais sa poêle à frire
Vit le plus menu fretin

La pêche, à ce qu'on raconte
Pour lui n'est en fin de compte
Qu'un prétexte, un alibi
On connaît pis
Un truc, un moyen plausible
De fuir un peu son chez-soi
Où sévit la plus nuisible
Des maritornes qui soient

Avec une joie maligne
Il monte au bout de sa ligne
Tout un tas d'objets divers
Des bouts de fer
Des paillassons, des sandales
Des vieilles chaussett's à clous
Des noyés faisant scandale
Aussitôt qu'on les renfloue

Si, déçu par une blonde
Pensant faire un trou dans l'onde
Tu tiens plus à te noyer
Qu'à te mouiller
Désespéré, fais en sorte
D'aller piquer ton plongeon
De peur qu'il ne te ressorte
À l'écart de son bouchon

Quand un goujon le taquine
Qu'un gardon d'humeur coquine
Se laisse pour badiner
Hameçonner
Le bonhomme lui reproche
Sa conduite puérile
Puis à sa queue il accroche
Un petit poisson d'avril

Mais s'il attrape une ondine
L'une de ces gourgandines
Femme mi-chair mi-poisson
Le polisson
Coup de théâtre - dévore
Tout cru le bel animal
Une cure de phosphore
Ça peut pas faire de mal

Quand il mourra, quand la Parque
L'emmènera dans sa barque
En aval et en amont
Truites, saumons
Le crêpe à la queue sans doute
L'escorteront chagrinés
Laissant la rivière toute
Vide, désempoissonnée

Lors, tombés dans la disette
Repliant leurs épuisettes
Tout penauds, tout pleurnicheurs
Les vrais pêcheurs
Rentreront chez eux bredouilles
Danser devant le buffet
Se faisant traiter d'andouilles
Par leur compagne
Bien fait!

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Black Star


Black Star
Composer(s): Sherman Edwards; Donald Meyer; Sid Wayne
Performer(s): Elvis Presley



Every man has a black star
A black star over his shoulder
And when a man sees his black star
He knows his time, his time has come

Black star don't shine on me, black star
Black star keep behind me, black star
There's a lot of livin' I gotta do
Give me time to make a few dreams come true
Black star

When I ride I feel that black star
That black star over my shoulder
So I ride in front of that black star
Never lookin' around, never lookin' around

Black star don't shine on me, black star
Black star keep behind me, black star
There's a lot of livin' I gotta do
Give me time to make a few dreams come true
Black star

One fine day I'll see that black star
That black star over my shoulder
And when I see that old black star
I'll know my time, my time has come

Black star don't shine on me, black star
Black star keep behind me, black star
There's a lot of livin' I gotta do
Give me time to make a few dreams come true
Black star

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Le Pêcheur (André Bourvil)


Le Pêcheur
Composer(s): Marc Fontenoy
Performer(s): André Bourvil



Bourvil, un Pêcheur et un groupe de Filles:

B: Dites monsieur le pêcheur, ça mord?
P: Chut! Vous faites sauver le poisson!
B: Du poisson? J'en ai jamais vu
Y'en a peut-être mais faut pas faire de bruit, hein?
P: Chut, la barbe!
B: Ah! Mais je ne vais pas vous déranger: pêchez, pêchez..
F: Le pêcheur au bord de l'eau, abrité sous son chapeau, est heureux et trouve la vie belle
Tandis que flotte son bouchon, il sifflote une chanson
A côté, le regardant, y'a un brave paysan...
B: C'est moi!
F: ... qui rigole derrière sa moustache
B: Car je sais que dans ce coin, on attrape jamais rien
Pom pom pom, même quand on est malin!
P: Chut
B: Alors monsieur ça mord?
P: Ah non, ça va pas très fort
B: Ah, il faut être patient: ici l'poisson n'est pas gourmand
P: J'vais mettre un autre ver
B: Moi, je m'en vais boire un verre
Ca donne chaud de vous regarder faire
F: Installé sur un pliant, le pêcheur attend longtemps, mais l'poisson ne veut pas s'laisser prendre
Le soleil est déjà haut
B: J'crois vous allez avoir chaud
Moi, je m'en vais, salut et à bientôt
P: Ah! Quel raseur, quelle barbe!
B: Oh bah, dites donc, j'suis sur mes terres
et puis faut pas m'embêter, hein!
F: Au loin passent des tas de péniches, les filles lui crient: "Oh hé!"
B: Silence les filles, il pêche
F: Mais de tout cela il se fiche, il est pas là pour s'amuser
B: C'est vrai
Le pêcheur au bord de l'eau, abrité sous son chapeau, voudrait bien ne pas rentrer bredouille
Il a beau être outillé, pas moyen d'en attraper
P: Encore lui! Oh quel casse-pieds!
B: Tiens, vous êtes toujours là
Et alors, comment que ça va?
P: Ca va mal! Y'a rien à faire aujourd'hui! Aie Aie Aie
B: Ce poisson, moi j'le connais, il ne fait que ce qu'il lui plait!
Attention! Cette fois je crois qu'ça y est
F: Tout au bout de sa ligne, le pêcheur qui s'indigne, croit qu'il vient d'attraper...
Devinez quoi?
B: Un vieux soulier!
Oh ça c'est rigolo, c'est un des godillots que j'ai perdu, l'année dernière dans l'eau!
F: Le pêcheur est dégoûté, il s'en va le nez baissé
P: Prenez là! Puisque c'est votre chaussure
Aie Aie Aie
B: J'vous remercie mais tant qu'à faire, j'voudrais l'autre pour faire la paire
Revenez demain, puisque c'est un bon coin...
Pom pom pom, on taquinera l'goujon
F: Pom pom pom, on taquinera l'goujon

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Black Slacks


Black Slacks
Composer(s): Joe Bennett; Jimmy Denton
Originally performed by: Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
Covered by various other artists



B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks
B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks
B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks
B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks
B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks
Pegged cool, daddy-o
When I put em on
I'm a rarin' to go

When I go places, I just don't care
You'd know why when you see what I wear
Black slacks, pegged 14
Black slacks, really are keen
Black slacks, pegged cool, daddy-o
When I put 'em on
I'm a rarin' to go

Man you oughta' see me with my derby on
I know that you would say, he's gone
Black slacks, mostly in the head
Black slacks, uh, that's what I said
Black slacks, I'm the cat's pajamas
I always run around with the crazy little mamas

Well, the girls all look when I go by
It's what I wear that makes 'em sigh
Black slacks, I wear a red bow-tie
Black slacks, they say, my, oh, my
Black slacks, with a cat's chain
Down to my knees
I ain't nothin' but a real cool breeze

Black slacks
B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks
B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks
B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks
B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks
Pegged cool, daddy-o
When I put 'em on
I'm a rarin' to go
When I put 'em on
I'm a rarin' to go
When I put 'em on
I'm a rarin' to go

Black slacks
B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks
B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks
B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks
B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks

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Le Pays D'où Je Viens


Le Pays D'où Je Viens
Composer(s): Louis Amade - Gilbert Bécaud
Performer(s): Gilbert Bécaud



Le pays d'où je viens
N'est fait que de silence
Donnez, donnez-moi la main
Bonjour, bonjour cette chance
Peut-être un jour, demain
Le traîneau des vacances
Vous emmènera enfin
Aux croisées des chemins
Du pays d'où je viens

Dans ce pays, jolis dame des neiges, je t'emporterai
Que tourne le manège d'un amour qui naît
D'une floconnée dans l'immensité
Peut-être un jour, demain
Des traîneaux en partance
T'emmèneront enfin
Au pays qui est le tien
Le pays d'où je viens

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Black Sky


Black Sky
Composer(s): Steve Cash
Performer(s): Ozark Mountain Daredevils



well I sure take it with me wherever I go
and you might like to see it but it never does show
like a wind in the valley that never does blow
like the grass in the back that you never did mow
it's a black sky formin' on the ridge
it's a woman waitin' standin' on the bridge
it's the price that you pay for walkin' on the ledge
it's everything you do and nothin' that you did

well you might see me drivin' in the wrong side of town
and you might see me shinin' when the rain's comin' down
like a diamond that's hidin' in the lost and found
like a coon that's runnin' from a red bone hound
it's a black sky formin' on the ridge
it's a woman waitin' standin' on the bridge
it's the price that you pay for walkin' on the ledge
it's everything you do and nothin' that you did

well the wood keeps burnin' in the old wood stove
and the cows keep goin' where they done been drove
and a light keeps glowin' in a dead man's cove
and a loom keeps spinnin' where the weave gets wove
it's a black sky formin' on the ridge
it's a woman waitin' standin' on the bridge
it's the price that you pay for walkin' on the ledge
it's everything you do and nothin' that you did

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Le Patineur


Le Patineur
Composer(s): Étienne Roda-Gil - Julien Clerc
Performer(s): Julien Clerc; Isabelle Boulay



Dans une ville où je passais...
Bien au nord du mois de Juillet
Sur un grand lac, un lac gelé
Un homme en noir glissait, glissait

Il avait un drôle d'habit noir
Qui avait dû faire les grands soirs
De l'Autriche et de la Hongrie
Quand elles étaient réunies

C'était un échassier bizarre
Il ne sort pas de ma mémoire
Sur une jambe et jusqu'au soir
Il glissait là sur son miroir...

Il patinait, il patinait...
Sur une jambe, il patinait

Et puis la nuit est arrivée
Il lui a fallu s'arrêter
Car les enfants devaient rentrer
Le spectacle était terminé

Une belle femme aux cheveux blancs
Est venue vers lui, gentiment
Mettre une canne dans sa main
Et un long manteau sur ses reins

C'était un échassier bizarre
Il ne sort pas de ma mémoire
Sur une jambe et jusqu'au soir
Il glissait là sur son miroir...

Il patinait, il patinait...
Sur une jambe il patinait

Dans une ville où je passais...
Bien au nord du mois de Juillet
Sur un grand lac, un lac gelé
Un homme en noir boîtait, boîtait...

Il patinait, il patinait...
Sur une jambe il patinait

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Black Sheep Of The Family


Black Sheep Of The Family
Composer(s): Ronnie James Dio; Steve Hammond
Performer(s): Rainbow



I've got nothing in my head, got a floor for a bed
My future's at the bottom of a teacup
I've got half a pair of shoes and no time to lose
I'm wondering when I'm gonna wise up

So, fortune, shine your light on me and my nose
Cause I need some security
You get a little bad luck and it grows and it grows
I'm the black sheep of the family

I've got half a pound of rice, a beard full of lice
Political retrogression
I've got a pocket full of dust, and eating is a must
If you want to make a good impression

So, fortune shine your light on me and my dog
Cause we need some security
While other folks are living high on the hog
I'm the black sheep of the family

Don't talk to me about society
You got to play by the rules or pay the penalty
Because there's nothing to choose between a handful of blues
Double indemnity

The whole world's wrong and my shadow's getting long
I realize this song don't mean much
I got an ache in my head
I want to go to bed
Tomorrow I don't have to wake up

So, wisdom shine your light on me and my knees
It's true what they say about familiarity
There's nothing good this way, it's true what they say!
I'm the black sheep of the family

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Le Passéiste


Le Passéiste
Composer(s): Georges Brassens
Performer(s): Georges Brassens



Tant pis si j'ai l'air infantile
Mais, par ma foi!
Ma phrase d'élection c'est: "Il
Etait une fois"
Et dans les salons où l'on cause
Tant pis si on
Fait le procès de ma morose
Délectation
Sitôt que je perds contenance
Au temps qui court
Lors, j'appelle les souvenances
À mon secours
Ne vous étonnez pas, ma chère
Si vous trouvez
Les vers de jadis et naguère
À mon chevet

Quitte à froisser la marguerite
Faut que je dise
Que tu es ma fleur favorite
Myosotis
Si les neiges d'antan sont belles
C'est qu' les troupeaux
De bovins posent plus sur elles
Leurs gros sabots
Au royaume des vieilles lunes
Que Copernic
M'excuse, pas d'ombre importune
Pas de spoutnik!
Le feu des étoiles éteintes
M'éclaire encore
Et j'entends l'Angélus qui tinte
Aux clochers morts

Que les ans rongent mes grimoires
Ça ne fait rien
Mais qu'ils épargnent ma mémoire
Mon plus cher bien!
Que Dieu me frappe d'aphasie
D'influenza
Mais qu'il m'évite l'amnésie
Tout, mais pas ça!
Tant pis si j'ai l'air infantile
Mais, par ma foi!
Ma phrase d'élection c'est: "Il
Était une fois"
Tant pis si j'ai l'air infantile
Mais, par ma foi!
Ma phrase d'élection c'est: "Il
Était une fois"

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Black Sheep


Black Sheep
Composer(s): Robert Altman; Daniel Darst
Performer(s): John Anderson



My daddy was a breakman on a high ball traveling train
And mama she raised four little children and our family had a good name
And papa and mama wanted all for us they never had
Big brother, little brother, sister too
No they didn't turn out half bad, 'cept meeeeee

I'm the black sheep of the family

Big brother went to college and became a doctor man
I guess he makes about a million dollars a year
Off of folks home insurance plans
He's got a big long mercedes bends [sic] and a house overlooking the town
He sits in his jacuzzi and watches the sun go down
And he feels real sorry for me, I'm the black sheep of the family

Chorus:
Yeah, I drive me a big ol' semi-truck
I'm making payments on a two-room shack
My wife she waits on tables and at night she rubs my back
And I tell her what my papa said to my mama
When he got off a high-ball train
Wake me up early, be good to my dog and teach my children to pray.

Little sister married a banker, yeah, and he owns a country club
He bought her a big ol' racing horse and a funny looking little dog
He buys her big rings of diamonds and a brand new Japanese yacht
And they like to get together and talk about all the things they got
But they never mention me, I'm the black sheep of the family

Chorus
I'm saying woman, wake me up early......(rest of chorus)

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Le Passanti


Le Passanti
((Adapted from: Les Passantes (by Georges Brassens) - 1972))
((English Version: The Passers-By (by Graeme Allwright) - 1985))
Composer(s): Georges Brassens - Antoine Pol - Fabrizio de André
Performer(s): Fabrizio de André - 1974



Io dedico questa canzone
ad ogni donna pensata come amore
in un attimo di libertà
a quella conosciuta appena
non c'era tempo e valeva la pena
di perderci un secolo in più

A quella quasi da immaginare
tanto di fretta l'hai vista passare
dal balcone a un segreto più in là
e ti piace ricordarne il sorriso
che non ti ha fatto e che tu le hai deciso
in un vuoto di felicità

Alla compagna di viaggio
i suoi occhi il più bel paesaggio
fan sembrare più corto il cammino
e magari sei l'unico a capirla
e la fai scendere senza seguirla
senza averle sfiorato la mano

A quelle che sono già prese
e che vivendo delle ore deluse
con un uomo ormai troppo cambiato
ti hanno lasciato, inutile pazzia
vedere il fondo della malinconia
di un avvenire disperato

Immagini care per qualche istante
sarete presto una folla distante
scavalcate da un ricordo più vicino
per poco che la felicità ritorni
è molto raro che ci si ricordi
degli episodi del cammino

Ma se la vita smette di aiutarti
è più difficile dimenticarti
di quelle felicità intraviste
dei baci che non si è osato dare
delle occasioni lasciate ad aspettare
degli occhi mai più rivisti

Allora nei momenti di solitudine
quando il rimpianto diventa abitudine
una maniera di viversi insieme
si piangono le labbra assenti
di tutte le belle passanti
che non siamo riusciti a trattenere

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Black Scorpio


Black Scorpio
Composer(s): Ian Hunter; P. Watts
Performer(s): Mott The Hoople



Momma's little jewel, just out of school
Fresh from the nuns that made you
Don't know why but I'm going to try
To re-in-celibate you

Momma's little jewel, you got the rules
But I'll be the one to educate you
Take what's mine, take a little time
And don't bite the hand that makes you

True when I hold you near, well I'm
Caught, even when I'm on the road
And I'm wearing my scorpio faces, when I
Come in the midnight sun

What you want I can't buy
So why don't you try it my way?
What you look for ain't in the book
I'm going to show you someday

Laugh in the evening, when I
Catch you with my watering gun now
Wearing my scorpio faces, when I
Come in the midnight sun

You won't rise, you won't shine
You won't even try boys
You've got brains, if you love changes
You'll have to play with my toys

Momma's little jewel is such a little fool
Thinks she can learn all the answers
She don't want to feel, she just want to steal
Don't want to take any chances

True when I hold you near, well I'm
Caught even when I'm on the road
And I'm wearing my scorpio faces, when I
Come in the midnight sun now

Laugh in the evening, when I
Catch you with my watering gun now
Wearing my scorpio faces, when I
Come in the midnight sun now

Come in the midnight sun, when I
Come in the midnight sun, when I
Come in the midnight sun, when I
Come in the midnight sun, when I

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Les Passantes


Les Passantes
Composer(s): Georges Brassens - Antoine Pol
First release by: Georges Brassens - 1972
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In other Languages:
1974 - Le Passanti (by Fabrizio de André)
1985 - The Passers-By (by Graeme Allwright)



Je veux dédier ce poème
À toutes les femmes qu'on aime
Pendant quelques instants secrets
À celles qu'on connait à peine
Qu'un destin différent entraîne
Et qu'on ne retrouve jamais

À celle qu'on voit apparaître
Une seconde à sa fenêtre
Et qui, preste, s'évanouit
Mais dont la svelte silhouette
Est si gracieuse et fluette
Qu'on en demeure épanoui

À la compagne de voyage
Dont les yeux, charmant paysage
Font paraître court le chemin
Qu'on est seul, peut-être, à comprendre
Et qu'on laisse pourtant descendre
Sans avoir effleuré sa main

À la fine et souple valseuse
Qui vous sembla triste et nerveuse
Par une nuit de carnaval
Qui voulu rester inconnue
Et qui n'est jamais revenue
Tournoyer dans un autre bal

À celles qui sont déjà prises
Et qui, vivant des heures grises
Près d'un être trop différent
Vous ont, inutile folie
Laissé voir la mélancolie
D'un avenir désespérant

Chères images aperçues
Espérances d'un jour déçues
Vous serez dans l'oubli demain
Pour peu que le bonheur survienne
Il est rare qu'on se souvienne
Des épisodes du chemin

Mais si l'on a manqué sa vie
On songe avec un peu d'envie
À tous ces bonheurs entrevus
Aux baisers qu'on n'osa pas prendre
Aux cœurs qui doivent vous attendre
Aux yeux qu'on n'a jamais revus

Alors, aux soirs de lassitude
Tout en peuplant sa solitude
Des fantômes du souvenir
On pleure les lêvres absentes
De toutes ces belles passantes
Que l'on n'a pas su retenir

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Black Rose


Black Rose
Composer(s): Troy Seals; Eddie Setser
Performer(s): Eric Clapton



The dogs are howling at the midnight moon
I'm on my way to where the black rose blooms
The mountain's high, the night is cold
I feel the sunshine, a black rose grows

Together again, we're as common as sin, they say
We just walk around the stones they throw
Night after night, we steal away to where
Love don't see no colours in the shadows
Love don't see no colours in the shadows

Wind in the willows, wild and warm
Just like the woman lying here in my arms
The water's deep, cold and still
I love the feeling that black rose gives

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The Passers-By


The Passers-By
((Adapted from: Les Passantes (by Georges Brassens) - 1972))
((Italian Version: Le Passanti (by Fabrizio de André) - 1974))
Composer(s): Georges Brassens - Antoine Pol - Andrew Kelly
Performer(s): Graeme Allwright - 1985



I sing you a song that I offer
To all the women you love for
A moment, a brief secret time
To those that you scarcely
Had met when
A different destiny led them
To places you can't even find

To her that you saw
For an instant
Appear at
Her window quite distant
Then suddenly vanish away
Her slim silhouette
A mere outline
So gracefully faded
For all time
But filled you with joy come
To stay

To her on a train
You were travelling
Whose beautiful eyes left you
marveling
And shortened
The journey so much
Perhaps
You alone understood her
you watched her get out
But you could not
Even give her soft hand
One light touch

To women already bespoken
Who find their life's
A mere token
With someone
That seems not to care
They once
In a moment of madness
Described the unbearable
Sadness
When life holds
Our only despair

The vision once
Glimpsed and idealized
The shortest-lived hopes
Never realized
Remains in our minds
Just one day
Whatever brief happiness
Takes you
The memory
Will quickly forsake you
Of those you once met
On your way

But feeling
Your life has been wasted
You wish with regret
That you'd tasted

And known-what
These joys might
Have been
The kisses
You dared not discover
The hearts that await
You forever
Those eyes and
Their glances unseen

When weariness lengthens
Your evenings
You people your solitude
Grieving
With phantoms
Your memory retains
You mourn absent
Lips of these countless
Fair passers-by briefly
Encountered
You didn't know how
To detain

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Black Queen


Black Queen
Composer(s): Stephen Stills
Performer(s): Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young:
Melvin Taylor & the Slack Band; Rusty Wier



This is a song about a card game
Black queen, holding hearts
Black queen, tear the game apart
Black queen, don't you know?
Can't beat aces all in a row, black queen, no you can't
Have mercy black queen
Don't you go mess with the black queen, no
Black queen, see the whole hand
Black queen, where's your black man?
Black queen, if he ain't in the hole
Black queen, you got some more to show me, black queen
Oh, get on me black queen
Oh, Lord, have mercy, black queen
She's called to beat me clean
Black queen, where's your bank roll?
Black queen, where did it go?
Black queen, the truth is hard
Black queen, you're playin' foolish cards, black queen

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Le Passager Clandestin


Le Passager Clandestin
Composer(s): Georges Moustaki - Marc Heyral
Performer(s): Danièle Rouillé



À bord de ce transatlantique
Qui fait la ligne régulière
Entre l'Europe et l'Amérique
Chargé de belles passagères
De la musique au premier pont
De beaux messieurs qui font la roue
L'œil égaré sous les jupons
Qui s'envolent par vent debout
à bord de ce transatlantique
Qui fend l'eau désinvolte et fier
Loin du champagne et d'la musique
Un clandestin fixe la mer

Une femme l'attend là-bas
Tout là-bas comme une promesse
Une femme comme il y en a
Dans le cœur d'un homme en détresse

Il reste assis, là, sans bouger
Dans la nuit de son fond de cale
Rien d'autre à faire qu'à gamberger
Compter les jours et les escales
Et les bruits de là-haut résonnent
Et lui remplissent les oreilles
Dir' que là-haut, il y a des hommes
Et puis des femm's et du soleil
Alors sa raison a craqué
Et tant pis pour ce qui arrive
Il a quand même voulu risquer
Un' promenade dans les coursives

Et la femme qui l'attend là-bas
Quel espoir la pousse à attendre
Sans seulement savoir s'il pourra
Passer son cœur en contrebande

À bord de ce transatlantique
Dans une ambiance de croisière
Il y a belote en touristique
On joue au bridge dans les premières
Le ciel est bleu la mer est sage
Mais tout à coup grand branle-bas
On a vu ceux de l'équipage
S'emparer de ce hors-la-loi
Sur l'océan comme sur la terre
Il y a les bons et les méchants
Ça ne fera qu'un fait divers
Sur l' livr' de bord du commandant

Mais la femme qui l'attend là-bas
Aura-t-elle assez de ses larmes
Pour pleurer quand ell' le verra
Débarquer entre deux gendarmes?

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Black Pearl


Black Pearl
Composer(s): Irwin Levine; Phil Spector; Toni Wine
Originally performed by: Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd.
Covered by: Horace Faith



Black pearl, precious little girl
Let me put you up where you belong
Black pearl little girl
You been in the background much too long
You been working so hard your whole life through
Tendin' other people's houses
Raisin' up their children too
Hey how about something for me and you
Here in my arms you're gonna reign supreme
No more servin' baby
They're gonna serve my queen
It's our turn for happiness and our day has come
Living for each other answering to no one

Black pearl precious little girl
Let me put you up where you belong
Because I love you
Black pearl pretty little girl
You been in the background much too long
Together we'll stand so straight and so tall
Created by love to love one and all
Hey heart to heart soul to soul
No other one could ever take your place
My world is built around
The very smile that's on your face
You'll never win a beauty show
No they won't pick you
But you're my miss America
I love you

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