Those WereThe Days
Aquellos Fueron Los Dias
An Jenem tag
Le Temps De Fluers
Turn Turn Turn
Goodbye
Sparrow
Happiness Runs
"Show Business"
Water Paper And Clay
Heritage
Fields Of St Etienne
When I am Old One Day
Silver Threads & Golden Needles
Lirazel
Lion Tamer
True Love
Night in the City
Earth Song
Ocean Song
The Wind
How Come The Sun
Martha
Theres Got to be more
Y Blodyn Gwyn
Wrap Me In Your Arms
Let My Name Be Sorrow
If You Love Me
Knock Knock Who's There
I'm going To Fall In Love
Think About Your Children
Inch Worm
Someone To Watch Over Me
International
Wheres Jack
Jefferson
Silver Birch & Weeping Willow
Y Deryn Pur
Beyond The Fields We Know
Streets of London
Morning of my life
Coming Of the Roads
Mary had a baby
QUELLI ERANO GIORNI
Temma Harbour
Lord Of The Reedy River
Voyage Of The Moon
The Game
Prince En Avignon
Love Is The Sweetest Thing
Young Love
The Puppy Song
The Honeymoon Song
For All My Days
Kew Gardens
Lontano Dagli Occhi
Change we must
Three Ravens
Bugeilo'r Gwenith Gwyn
Dafydd y Garreg Wen
Que Sera Sera
Listen To The Ocean
A big thanks to Dave Hughes for all his help with the recent up-dates to this page

Those were the days
Gene raskin

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A TAVERN WHERE WE USED TO RAISE A GLASS OR TWO. REMEMBER HOW WE LAUGHED AWAY THE HOURS THINK OF ALL THE GREAT THINGS WE WOULD DO.

CHORUS: THOSE WERE THE DAYS MY FRIEND, WE THOUGHT THEY'D NEVER END WE'D SING AND DANCE FOR EVER AND A DAY WE'D LIVE THE LIFE WE'D CHOOSE WE'D FIGHT AND NEVER LOSE FOR WE WERE YOUNG AND SURE TO HAVE OUR WAY......LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA. THOSE WERE THE DAYS, OH YES, THOSE WERE THE DAYS

THEN THE BUSY YEARS WENT RUSHING BY US, WE LOST OUR STARRY NOTIONS ON THE WAY. IF BY CHANCE I'D SEE YOU IN THE TAVERN WE'D SMILE AT ONE ANOTHER AND WE'D SAY,

CHORUS

JUST TONIGHT I STOOD BEFORE THE TAVERN NOTHING SEEMED THE WAY IT USED TO BE IN THE GLASS I SAW A STRANGE REFLECTION WAS THAT LONELY WOMEN REALLY ME?

CHORUS

THROUGH THE DOOR THERE CAME FAMILIAR LAUGHTER. I SAW YOUR FACE AND HEARD YOU CALL MY NAME , OH MY FREIND WE'RE OLDER BUT NO WISER , FOR IN OUR HEARTS THE DREAMS ARE STILL THE SAME..............

CHORUS

 

AQUELLOS FUERON LOS DIAS
Gene Raskin / Doris Band
Erase una vez una taberna
donde comenzamos a vivir
con un vaso mas tal vez recuerdas
que soñamos con el porvenir
fueron los dias que
reimos sin porque
bailando al son de un canto sin final
alli nació el amor
que ayer nos dió valor
para vivir soñando un ideal.

Luego muchos años nos llevaron
por un camino tu por otro yo
y si alguna vez nos encontramos
dirás por ese tiempo que pasó
fueron los dias que
reimos sin porque
bailando al son de un canto sin final
alli nació el amor
que ayer nos dió valor
que tiempos que de mundo sin igual
alli nació el amor
que ayer nos dió valor
para vivir soñando un ideal.

 

AN JENEM TAG (German)
(Those Were the Days)
Words by (H. Korn) 
courtesy of Jurgen Hucksted

Es war so ein Tag wie jeder andere
und doch mir schien daß er ganz anders war
denn du und ich wir gingen durch den Frühling
und ringsum war die Welt so wunderbar

An jenem Tag mein Freund da haben wir gemeint
die Zeit blieb stehn allein nur für uns zwei
doch ehe wir nachgedacht und alles wahrgemacht
da war der Tag für uns schon längst vorbei

La, la...

Und der Sommer kam ins Lamd gezogen
und es war ein langer heißer Tag
doch für mich ist er so schnell verflogen
als ich mit dir im Grase lag

An jenem Tag mein Freund da haben wir gemeint
die Zeit blieb stehn allein nur für uns zwei
doch ehe wir nachgedacht und alles wahrgemacht
da war der Tag für uns schon längst vorbei

La, la...

Und es wurde Herbst licht sind die Bäume
und mir blieb der Blumen welker Rest
verweht sind mit dem Wind auch unsere Träume
und keiner von uns beiden hielt sie fest

An jenem Tag mein Freund da haben wir gemeint
die Zeit blieb stehn allein nur für uns zwei
doch ehe wir nachgedacht und alles wahrgemacht
da war der Tag für uns schon längst vorbei

La, la...

Es war so ein Tag wie jeder andere
und doch ich weiß es gibt ihn niemals mehr
denn für alles was wir heut versäumen
gibt es morgen keine Wiederkehr

An jenem Tag mein Freund da haben wir gemeint
die Zeit blieb stehn allein nur für uns zwei
doch ehe wir nachgedacht und alles wahrgemacht
da war die Zeit für uns schon längst vorbei

La, la...

LE TEMPS DES FLEURS (French)
(Those Were the Days)
Words by Eddy MARNEY
Courtesy of Jurgen Hucksted

Dans une taverne du vieux Londres
Où se retrouvaient des étrangers
Nos voix criblées de joie montaient de l'ombre
Et nous écoutions nos cæurs chanter.

C'était LE TEMPS DES FLEURS
On ignorait la peur
Les lendemains avaient un goût de miel
Ton bras tenait mon bras
Ta voix suivait ma voix
On était jeun's et l'on croyait au ciel

La... La... La...

On était jeun's et l'on croyait au ciel
Et puis sont venus les jours de brume
Avec des bruits étrangers et des pleurs
Combien j'ai passé de nuits sans lune
A chercher la taverne dans mon cæur.

Tout comme au temps des fleurs
Où l'on vivait sans peur
Où chaque jour avait un goût de miel
Ton bras tenait mon bras
Ta voix suivait ma voix
On était jeun's et l'on croyait au ciel

La... La... La...

On était jeun's et l'on croyait au ciel
Je m'imaginais chassant la brume
Je croyais pouvoir remonter le temps
Et m'inventais des clairs de lune
Où tous deux nous chantions comme avant

La... La... La...

Ton bras etc...

Et ce soir je suis devant la porte
De la taverne où tu ne viendras plus
Et la chanson que la nuite m'apporte
Mon cæur déjà ne reconnaît plus

C'était LE TEMPS DES FLEURS

Etc...

Those Were The Days (Russian ) to be added

 

 

Turn Turn Turn
Pete Seeger

TO EVERYTHING TURN TURN TURN, THERE IS A SEASON TURN TURN TURN, AND A TIME TO EVERY PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN.

A TIME TO BE BORN, A TIME TO DIE A TIME TO PLANT A TIME TO REEP, THE TIME TO KILL, A TIME TO HEAL, A TIME TO LAUGH, A TIME TO WEEP.

TO EVERYTHING TURN TURN TURN, THERE IS A SEASON, AND A TIME TO EVERY PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN.

A TIME OF LOVE, A TIME OF HATE, A TIME OF WAR A TIME OF PEACE, THERE IS A TIME YOU MAY EMBRACE, THERE IS A TIME TO REFRAIN FROM EMBRACING.

TO EVERYTHING TURN TURN TURN, THERE IS A SEASON, AND A TIME TO EVERY PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN.

A TIME TO GAIN, A TIME TO LOSE, A TIME TO REND, A TIME TO SOW, A TIME OF LOVE, A TIME OF HATE, A TIME OF PEACE I SWEAR ITS NOT TO LATE.

TO EVERYTHING TURN TURN TURN, THERE IS A SEASON TURN TURN TURN, AND A TIME TO EVERY PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN, AND A TIME TO EVERY PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN...

 

Goodbye
Paul McCartney

PLEASE DON'T WAKE ME UP TOO LATE, TOMORROW COMES AND I WILL NOT BE LATE,
LATE TODAY WHEN IT BECOMES TOMORROW I WILL LEAVE TO GO AWAY

CHORUS
GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOODBYE. GOODBYE MY LOVE GOODBYE, DO DO DO ETC....
SONGS THAT LINGERED ON MY LIPS EXCITE ME NOW AND LINGER ON MY MIND.
LEAVE YOUR FLOWERS AT MY DOOR I LEAVE THEM FOR THE ONE WHO WAITS BEHIND.

CHORUS

FAR AWAY MY LOVER SINGS A LONELY SONG AND CALLS ME TO HIS SIDE,
WHEN THE SONG OF LONELY LOVE INVITES ME ON I MUST GO TO HIS SIDE.

CHORUS

 

Sparrow
B Gallager & G Lyle

ON SUNDAY MORNING EVERYONE WILL LEAVE THE HOUSE DRESSED FOR THE SUNDAY SERVICE
AND THROUGH THE STREETS I USED TO KNOW, THEY GO, TO MEET THEIR FRIENDS.
AND SO THEY TAKE THE FAMILY SEAT, FATHER PRAYS SO EARNESTLY FORGETTING ALL AROUND
HIM WHEN ELENOR SINGS IN THE CHOIR ITS LIKE A LARK IN SUMMER.

THE SPARROW SINGS, THE SPARROW FLIES, WITH MIGHTY WINGS HE REACHES, AS HIGH AS ANY OTHER BIRD HE SHALL INHERIT ALL THE EARTH
THE SPARROW SINGS, THE SPARROW FLIES, WITH MIGHTY WINGS HE REACHES, AS HIGH AS ANY OTHER BIRD HE SHALL INHERIT ALL THE EARTH

A WEALTH OF SILENCE WILL DESCEND UPON THE TOWN
IN COLOURS OF THE EVENING
THE THOUGHT HAS TROUBLED ME BEFORE, I KNOW, ALON
I NEED A SONG TO FILL EACH MOMENT
I HAD TO FIND IT OUT MY WAY
THEY COULDNT STOP ME LEAVING
AS THOUGH THEY KNEW, BUT COULD NOT DAY
THEY LET ME GO BELEIVING

THE SPARROW SINGS, THE SPARROW FLIES, WITH MIGHTY WINGS HE REACHES, AS HIGH AS ANY OTHER BIRD HE SHALL INHERIT ALL THE EARTH

THROUGH THE BLUE AND HAZY DRIFT OF AFTER DEW,
A SAXOPHONE IS MOANING I RAISE AND STEP INTO THE COOL
NIGHT AIR

 

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF
Y Blodyn Gwyn
(The White Flower)
Music E.J Hughes words by R.H Jones

DAINTY SNOWDROP WHY SO EARLY? THESE ARE NOT THE FLOWERING DAYS,
LISTEN TO THE NORTH WIND HOWLING SEE THE SNOW ON MEADS AND BRAES,
LISTEN TO THE NORTH WIND HOWLING DAINTY SNOWDROP, WHY SO EARLY
THESE ARE NOT THE FLOWERING DAYS

TENDER SNOWDROP, WHY SO EARLY? I'LL ADVISE THEE TO THY GAIN,
LEST THE WINTRY BLAST DESTROYS THEE HURRY BACK TO BED AGAIN.
NAY, I LOVE MY EARLY RISING UP BEFORE THE SUN COMES ROUND,
AT THE DAWN YOU'LL HEAR ME CALLING, CALLING OTHERS FROM THE GROUND.

FORTH THEY COME, THESE EARLY RISERS LEAPING TO THE GARDEN LAWN.
OTHERS SLEEP DESPITE MY CALLING, SLEEP TO MISS THE SILENT DAWN.
FORTH THEY COME THESE EARLY RISERS, LEAPING TO THE GARDEN LAWN,
OTHERS SLEEP DESPITE MY CALLING, SLEEP TO MISS THE SILENT DAWN.

 

Wrap me in your arms
Harlan Collins

UNDERSTAND I AM AFRAID ON MY FEET, SHOW ME A SEAT, AND GIVE ME A CHANCE
TO RECOVER MY STRENGTH AND AT LENGTH I WILL JOIN IN THE DANCE,
AS YOU CAN SEE I'M ALL OUT OF TIME , SO SCARED TO STAND, SWING WITH THE BAND,
WONT YOU GIVE ME YOUR HAND, YOU SEEM SO STRONG AND HANDSOME TO ME WE'LL DANCE...

CHORUS: WRAP ME IN YOUR ARMS AGAIN, YOUR TOUCH IS SO MUCH,
IT'S ENOUGH. WRAP ME IN YOUR ARMS AGAIN I'M DANCING MY WAY INTO LOVE.
I MUST CONFESS I'VE BEEN ON THE FLOOR OFTEN BEFORE BUT MEN STEPPED
ON MY TOES AND NOW GOD ONLY KNOWS I WAS BOUND TO COME ROUND
TO THIS BIG ROMANCE NOW WE'LL DANCE

CHORUS

 

Let my name be sorrow
Martine Habib & Bernard Estardy

WHEN I WATCH YOU SADLY GOING WHEN ALL YOU CAN SAY IS NO, LET MY NAME BE SORROW LET MY NAME BE SORROW.

WHEN I LONG TO SEE YOU SMILING WHEN YOUR FEAR JUST WON'T LET GO, LET MY NAME BE SORROW, LET MY NAME BE SORROW.

WHEN THE DAWN IS SOFTLY SHOWING DARKNESS LINGERS ON YOUR BROW, LET MY NAME BE SORROW, LET MY NAME BE SORROW.

WHEN THE ROSES WE WERE GROWING, LOSE THEIR PETALS ONE BY ONE, LET MY NAME BE SORROW, LET MY NAME BE SORROW.

ONCE WE HAD LAUGHS AS BIG AS LIES, WE HAD LIES AS SWEET AS YOU, TILL ONE MORNING FOR US TWO ALL WAS OVER........

 

If you love me (I wont care)
Music M Monnet, french Lyrics Edith Piaf
English lyrics G Parsons

IF THE SUN SHOULD TUMBLE FROM THE SKY IF THE SEA SHOULD SUDDENLY RUN DRY, IF YOU LOVE ME REALLY LOVE ME LET IT HAPPEN I WON'T CARE.

IF IT SEEMS THAT EVERTHING IS LOST, I WILL SMILE AND NEVER COUNT THE COST, IF YOU LOVE ME, REALLY LOVE ME LET IT HAPPEN DARLING I WON'T CARE

SHALL I CATCH A SHOOTING STAR, SHALL I BRING IT WHERE YOU ARE IF YOU WANT ME TO I WILL. YOU CAN SET ME ANY TASK, I'LL DO ANYTHING YOU ASK, IF YOU'LL ONLY LOVE ME STILL

WHEN AT LAST OUR LIFE ON EARTH IS THROUGH I WILL SHARE ETERNITY WITH YOU. IF YOU LOVE ME, REALLY LOVE ME THEN WHATEVER HAPPENS I WON'T CARE

 

Knock Knock who's there
Geoff Stephens & John Carter

TEARS OF RAIN RUN DOWN MY WINDOW PANE, I'M ON MY OWN AGAIN GOOD EVENING SORROW, SIT AND DREAM OF HOW THINGS MIGHT HAVE BEEN, AND AS I CLOSE MY EYES I GET THE STRANGEST FEELING........

CHORUS:KNOCK KNOCK WHO'S THERE ? COULD THIS BE LOVE THATS CALLING, THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN WIDE... KNOCK KNOCK WHO'S THERE ? NOW AS THE NIGHT IS FALLING TAKE OFF YOUR COAT AND COME INSIDE.

CLIMB THE STAIR AND THEN I SAY A PRAYER FOR SOMEONE WHO COULD SHARE MY SITUATION, BUT INSTEAD AS I LAY DOWN MY HEAD I HAVE TO LEAVE IT ALL TO MY IMAGINATION..

CHORUS: KNOCK KNOCK ETC

 

I'm Going to fall in love again
Cyril Ornadel & Hal Shaper

I'M NOT ONE TO FALL ON MY FACE , THE MOMENT THAT WE FALL OUT, YOU COULD SAY MY ATTITUDE IS I KNOW WHAT LIFES ABOUT, SO IF WE TRY AND THINGS GO WRONG I'LL STILL BE GLAD WE MET, BUT I'M GOING TO FALL IN LOVE AGAIN THE VERY FIRST CHANCE I GET, HMM... VERY FIRST CHANCE I GET.

I KNOW SOME WHO ARE GLOOMY AND GLUM WHENEVER LOVE DISAPPEARS, BUT HAPPINESS IS A BEAUTIFUL THING AND BETTER BY FAR THAN TEARS, IF LOVE SHOULD DIE I'D HEAVE A SIGH AND LEAVE WITH SOME REGRET. BUT I'M GOING TO FALL IN LOVE AGAIN THE VERY FIRST CHANCE I GET.

IF ALL THE TEARS THAT WOMEN HAVE SHED WERE LAID ON A RAILROAD TRACK I'D SAY AT A GUESS WELL MORE OR LESS THEY'D REACH TO THE MOON AND BACK, SO IT ISN'T AS THOUGH I'D THINK THAT YOU'D BE EASY TO FORGET, BUT I'M GOING TO FALL IN LOVE THE VERY FIRST CHANCE I GET. HMMM...VERY FIRST CHANCE I GET.

SO IT'S NO DISGRACE TO FALL ON YOUR FACE IF SOMEBODY LETS YOU DOWN. DON'T BE THE KIND TO WASTE YOUR TIME WEARING A GREAT BIG FROWN. SO IF WE FIND THAT THINGS GO WRONG ALTHOUGH I'D BE UPSET, I'M GOING TO FALL IN LOVE AGAIN THE VERY FIRST CHANCE I GET. HMMM.................VERY FIRST CHANCE I GET

 

Think about your children
T Wilson, M Wilson & E Brown

A CHILD ISN'T BORN WITH A PREJUDICED MIND, HE ONLY LEARNS WHAT HE SEES, OR WHAT IS TAUGHT TO HIM,

CHORUS: THINK ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN MOTHER HELP ALL MANKIND DON'T LET THE WEIGHT OF HATE WEIGH THE WORLD DOWN........

HERE WE ARE IN THIS WORLD TOGETHER, WE WERE MEANT TO LIVE WITH EACH OTHER, TELL THE CHILD THE TRUTH IT'S YOUR OWN SON, AND EVERYBODY WILL KNOW ABOUT FREEDOM

I CAN SEE A GOOD DAY COMING MORE OF LOVE AND NO TIME FOR HATING, THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR DEBATING AND EVERYBODY WILL KNOW ABOUT FREEDOM.

CHORUS: HELP MEN LOVE ONE ANOTHER, WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO, REALLY GOT TO GET THERE FAST, IT'S A SHAME IT EVER HAD TO BE BUT WE CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST, THINK ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN MOTHER SAVE ALL MANKIND DON'T LET THE WEIGHT OF HATE WEIGH THE WORLD DOWN....

 

Temma Harbour
Philamore Lincoln

IN A GIANT LEMON TREE, ALONE MY FRIEND AND ME , WE BOTH CLIMB DOWN AND CROSS THE SAND UNTIL WE REACH THE SEA, AND THE WAVES COME HIGHER AND HIGHER AS WE SWAY AND DANCE, AND THE WAY I FEEL MAKES ME WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE.

CHORUS: SING A SONG OF TEMMA HARBOUR CLIMB A COCONUT TREE, CATCH A FISH AND LIGHT A FIRE DRINK SOME WINE WITH ME AND IF YOU SAY YOU LIKE ME, AND I LIKE YOU, WE CAN LIVE AND DREAM TOGETHER IN A WORLD THATS NEW... SUNSHINE SUNSHINE....

IN A TREE HOUSE HERE WE LAY, ABOVE THE BLUE SEA SPRAY, THE TIDE ROLLS IN AND ON THE WIND GUITARS BEGIN TO PLAY, AND THE WAVES COME HIGHER, HIGHER AS WE SWAY AND DANCE AND THE WAY I FEEL MAKES ME WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE...

CHORUS:

 

Lord of the Reedy River
Donovan Leitch

SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH A SWAN HER EYES WERE FILLED WITH FEATHERS, HE FILLED HER WITH SONG, IN THE REEDY RIVER, IN THE REEDY RIVER,

SHE IN HER BOAT LONG HOURS, HE IN HIS ROYAL PLUMAGE, SHE THREW HIM SOME FLOWERS, IN THE REEDY RIVER, IN THE REEDY RIVER,

BLACK WAS THE NIGHT AND STARRY, SHE LOOSENED UP HER GARMENTS AND LET FALL HER HAIR..IN THE REEDY RIVER, IN THE REEDY RIVER,

SADLY THEY MOAN AND SIGH, WHILST IN EVENING TWILIGHT, TWO SWANS GLIDE AND FLY, O'ER THE REEDY RIVER. O'ER THE REEDY RIVER.... SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH A SWAN

 

Voyage of the Moon
Donovan Leitch

THE MOON IS LIKE A BOAT MY LOVE, OF LEMON PEEL AFLOAT MY LOVE, AND WITH A SAIL OF GAUZE MY LOVE , SHE SEEMS TO SLIGHTLY PAUSE, UPON HER SILENT WAY ALL ON HER STARRY WAY

I SEE HER PEARLY DECKS MY LOVE SET IN WITH DIAMOND SPECKS MY LOVE, I SEE HER PEARLY MAST MY LOVE, FAR FROM HER SEA-SHELL PAST AND SOFTLY DOES SHE SWAY ALL ON HER STARRY WAY.

OF SILK THEY HAVE BEEN SPUN MY LOVE, HER ROPES THAT LIMPLY RUN MY LOVE, DOWN TO HER CARVED PROW, MY LOVE, DOWN TO HER MERMAID PROW, AND GENTLY DOES SHE SWAY ALL ON HER STARRY WAY

SHE SEEMS TO LINGER LONG MY LOVE AS IF SPELLED BY A SONG MY LOVE BUT NO SHE TARRIES NOT MY LOVE HER JOURNEY UNFORGOT SHE MAKES HER STARRY WAY SHE MAKES HER STARRY WAY

ALL IN THE SEA OF SKY MY LOVE, THE MOONSHIPS SAIL AND FLY MY LOVE, AND MANY ARE THEIR KIND MY LOVE, THO' ALL NEED BUT ONE WIND, TO MAKE THEIR STARRY WAYS, TO MAKE THEIR STARRY WAYS.

AND THERE WILL COME A TIME MY LOVE, O MAY IT BE IN MINE MY LOVE WHEN MEN WILL PROUDLY RISE MY LOVE AND FORGE TO SAIL THE SKIES, MOONSHIPS FROM ALL THE SPHERES, MOONSHIPS FROM ALL THE SPHERES

THE MEN BE BATHED IN LIGHT MY LOVE, THE WOMEN CLOTHED IN WHITE MY LOVE, ALL IN THAT WONDEROUS FLEET MY LOVE, AS EACH THE OTHER MEETS, WILL SMILE AND SOFLTY SING, WILL SMILE AND SOFTLY SING.

AND ON SOME DISTANT SAND MY LOVE, MOON SHIPS WILL GENTLY LAND MY LOVE, FAIR FOLK WILL MEET THEM THERE MY LOVE, WITH FLOWING GOLDEN HAIR, AND GREAT WILL BE THEIR JOY AND GREAT WILL BE THEIR JOY.

THE MOON IS LIKE ABOAT MY LOVE OF LEMON PEEL AFLOAT MY LOVE, AND WITH A SAIL OF GAUZE MY LOVE SHE SEEMS TO SLIGHTLY PAUSE ...

 

The Game
George Martin

I WONDERED WHY ALL THE GOOD THINGS HAPPENED TO PASS ME BY,
LIFE WAS THE GAME WE PLAYED (UM---UM)
YOU CAME ALONG AND YOU TOUCHED MY HEART WITH YOUR LONELY SONG.
THIS WAS THE GAME WE PLAYED (UM---UM)
THEN YOU'D GONE AND THE GOOD THINGS HAPPENED TO TURN OUT WRONG.
LIFE WAS THE GAME WE PLAYED YOUR WAY (UM----UM)
SO AFRAID FRIGHTENED THAT ONE DAY YOUR LOVE WOULD SLIP AWAY FROM ME.
LOSING MY HEART I KNOW I LET YOU GO..............

 

UN PRINCE EN AVIGNON 
F. Thomas - J.M. Rivat - J.P. Bourtayre

Il était un prince en Avignon
Sans royaume, sans chanteau ni donjon
Là-bas tout au fond de la province
Il était un prince

Et l'enfant que j'étais
Cueillait pour lui bien des roses
En ce temps le bonheur était peu de choses

Il était un prince en Avignon
Sans royaume, sans chanteau ni donjon
Mais ces mots nous chantaient les campagnes
Des grands rois d'Espagne

Quand le soir descendait
On devenait spectateurs
Et la ville avec lui n’était plus qu'un coeur

Il nous emportait dans son empire
Nous attendrissait d'un sourire
Combien je l'aimais, combien je rêvais
Et puis vers ma ville je m'en retournais

Il était un prince en Avignon
Sans royaume, sans château ni donjon
Là-bas tout au fond de la province
Il était un prince
Un prince

 

Love is the sweetest thing
Ray Noble

LOVE IS THE SWEETEST THING, WHAT ELSE ON EARTH COULD EVER BRING, SUCH HAPPINESS TO EVERYTHING, THAN LOVES OLD STORY

LOVE IS THE GREATEST THING, THE OLDEST YET THE LATEST THING,
I ONLY HOPE THAT FATE CAN BRING, LOVES STORY TO YOU

LOVE IS THE SWEETEST THING

 

Happiness Runs

(the pebble and the man)
Donovan Leitch

LITTLE PEBBLE UPON THE SAND NOW YOUR LYING HERE IN MY HAND, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN HERE, LITTLE HUMAN UPON THE SAND WHERE I'M LYING HERE IN YOUR HAND, YOU TO ME ARE BUT A PASSING BREEZE.

THE SUN WILL ALWAYS SHINE WHERE YOU STAND, DEPENDING IN WHICH LAND YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF NOW YOU HAVE MY BLESSING GO YOUR WAY....

LA LA LA.....

HAPPINESS RUNS IN A CIRCULAR MOTION, FALTERS LIKE A LITTLE BOAT UPON THE SEA, ALL OUR SOULS ARE DEEPER THAN YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN HAVE EVERYTHING IF YOU LET YOUR SELF BE. EVERYBODY IS A PART OF ANYTHING ANYWAY YOU CAN HAVE EVERYTHING IF YOU LET YOUR SELF BE .....

HAPPINESS RUNS, HAPPINES RUNS, HAPPINESS RUNS, HAPPINESS RUNS

HAPPINESS RUNS IN A CIRCULAR MOTION, FALTERS LIKE A LITTLE BOAT UPON THE SEA, ALL OUR SOULS ARE DEEPER THAN YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN HAVE EVERYTHING IF YOU LET YOUR SELF BE

LA LA LA .....LET YOURSELF BE.

 

Inch worm
Frank Loesser

TWO AND TWO ARE FOUR, FOUR AND FOUR ARE EIGHT, THAT ALL YOU HAVE ON YOUR BUSINESS LIKE MIND. TWO AND TWO ARE FOUR FOOR ARE EIGHT HOW CAN YOU BE SO BLIND..

INCH WORM, INCHWORM MEASURING THE MARIGOLDS, YOU AND YOUR ARITHMATIC, YOU'LL PROBABLY GO FAR.

INCHWORM, INCHWORM MEASURING THE MARIGOLDS, SEEMS TO ME YOU'D STOP AND SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE .

INCHWORM, INCHWORM MEASURING THE MARIGOLDS, SEEMS TO ME YOUD STOP AND SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE

 

Young Love
C Joyner & R Carty

THEY SAY FOR EVERY BOY AND GIRL THERES JUST ONE LOVE IN THIS WHOLE WORLD AND I.... KNOW I.....FOUND MINE. THE HEAVENLY TOUCH OF YOUR EMBRACE, TELLS ME NO-ONE CAN TAKE YOUR PLACE EVER.....IN MY HEART..

YOUNG LOVE FIRST LOVE FILLED WITH TRUE DEVOTION, YOUNG LOVE OUR LOVE WE SHARE WITH DEEP EMOTION.

JUST ONE KISS FROM YOUR SWEET LIPS WILL TELL ME THAT YOUR LOVE IS REAL, AND I CAN FEEL THAT ITS TRUE, WE WILL VOW TO ONE ANOTHER THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER LOVE FOR YOU OR FOR ME...

YOUNG LOVE FIRST LOVE, FILLED WITH TRUE DEVOTION, YOUNG LOVE, OUR LOVE WE SHARE WITH DEEP EMOTION...

YOUNG LOVE FIRST LOVE ......

 

The Puppy Song
Harry Nilsson

DREAMS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN WISHES AND A WISH IS JUST A DREAM YOU WISH TO COME TRUE....

IF ONLY I COULD HAVE A PUPPY I'D CALL MYSELF SO VERY LUCKY. JUST TO HAVE SOME COMPANY TO SHARE A CUP OF TEA WITH ME, I'D TAKE THAT PUPPY EVERYWHER. LALA LA, ... I WOULDNT CARE, WE WOULD STAY AWAY FROM CROWDS AND SIGNS THAT SAID NO DOGS ALLOWED, ...OH WE ....I KNOW HE'D NEVER BITE ME, OH NO. WE... I KNOW HE'D NEVER BITE ME ...OH NO.

IF ONLY I COULD HAVE A FRIEND TO STICK WITH ME UNTIL THE END, TO WALK ALONG BESIDE THE SEA, AND SHARE A BIT OF MOON WITH ME, I'D TAKE MY FRIEND MOST EVERYWHERE, LA LA LA I WOULD'NT CARE WE WOULD STAY AWAY FROM CROWDS AND SIGNS THAT SAID NO FRIENDS ALLOWED ...

OH WE.....WOULD BE SO HAPPY TOGETHER, OH YEAH....... WE BE SO HAPPY TO BE...

DREAMS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN WISHES AND A WISH IS JUST A DREAM YOU'D WISH TO COME TRUE .......

 

Someone to watch over me
George & Ira Gershwin

THERES A SOMEBODY I'M LONGING TO SEE I HOPE THAT HE TURNS OUT TO BE, SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME.

I'M A LITTLE LAMB WHO'S LOST IN A WOOD, I KNOW I COULD ALWAYS BE GOOD TO ONE WHO'L WATCH OVER ME.

ALTHOUGH HE MAY NOT BE THE MAN SOME GIRLS THINK OF AS HANDSOME, TO MY HEART HE CARRIES THE KEY.

WONT YOU TELL HIM PLEASE TO PUT ON SPEED, FOLLOW MY LEAD OH HOW I NEED SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME...

 

There's no business like show business
Irving Berlin

THE BUTCHER, THE BAKER THE GROCER THE CLERK, ARE SECRETELY UN-HAPPY MEN BECAUSE, THE BUTCHER, THE BAKER, THE GROCER, CLERK, THEIR PAID FOR WHAT THEY DO BUT NO APPLAUSE.

THEYD GLADLY KISS THEIR DREARY JOBS GOODBYE FOR ANYTHING THEATRICAL AND WHY.

THERES NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOWBUSINESS, LIKE NO BUSINESS I KNOW, EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS APPEALING EVERTHING THE TRAFFIC WILL ALLOW, NO WHERE COULD YOU GET THAT HAPPY FEELING WHEN YOU ARE STEALING THE EXTRA BOW.

THERES NO PEOPLE LIKE SHOW PEOPLE, THEY SMILE WHEN THEY ARE LOW, EVEN WHEN THEY TELL YOU THAT YOUR SHOW WILL FOLD, YOU MAY BE STRANDED OUT IN THE COLD, STILL YOU WOULD'NT CHANGE IT FOR A SACK OF GOLD, LETS GO ON WITH THE SHOW.

THE COWBOYS, THE TUMBLERS, THE WRESTLERS THE CLOWNS THE ROUSTABOUTS WHO MOVE THE SHOW AT DAWN, THE MUSIC THE SPOTLIGHT THE PEOPLE THE TOWNS, YOUR BAGGAGE WITH THE LABELS PASTED ON, THE SAWDUST AND THE HORSES AND THE SMELL. THE TOWEL YOU'VE TAKEN FROM THE LAST HOTEL.

THERES NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS, LIKE NO BUSINESS I KNOW, YOU GET WORD BEFORE THE SHOW HAS STARTED, THAT YOUR FAVOURITE UNCLE DIED AT DAWN, TALK IS THAT YOUR PA AND MA HAVE PARTED YOUR BROKEN HEARTED BUT YOU GO ON.

THERES NO PEOPLE LIKE SHOW PEOPLE THEY SMILE WHEN THEY ARE LOW, YESTERDAY THEY TOLD YOU YOU WOULD NOT GO FAR, THAT NIGHT YOU OPEN AND AND THERE YOU ARE, NEXT DAY ON YOUR DRESSING ROOM THE'VE HUNG A STAR, LETS GO ON WITH SHOW

The Honeymoon Song
M Thoedorakis

 

International
B Gallager & G Lyle

HEY JESUS, HEY IT'S ME WELL I'VE GONE INTERNATIONAL, AND BECOME VERY RATIONAL AS YOU DECREE...HEY JESUS IT'S OUR DAY, NOW I CAN BRING THEM HOME TO YOU , THO' I MAY LOSE OUT ON A FEW WHO CARE TO STRAY...

CHORUS: WE'LL MAKE THEM SEE INTERNATIONAL, WE'LL MAKE THEM BE INTERNATIONAL LIKE YOU AND ME.

HEY JESUS YOU'LL AGREE, THEYRE GOING DOWN HILL VERY FAST, AND IT DON'T LOOK AS THO' THEY'LL LAST TILL JUDGEMENT DAY.

HEY JESUS, ITS O. K, NOW WE HAVE COMMON INTERESTS AND WE CAN HELP ALONG THE REST TO BE LIKE WE

CHORUS...

 

Water Paper & Clay
M & R Sutcliffe

CHORUS: WATER PAPER AND CLAY, AIR TO CARRY YOU AND FIRE TO BURN THE WAY. WATER TO BLESS THE CHILD DRINK THE HOLY WINE, RAIN AND SEA , THE BERRY TREE, STORM AND CALM AND THE WILL TO BE KIND.

BRIGHT PAPER LEAVES WE'LL THROW, DREAM OF YOUR WEDDING DAY, ASHES AND PENS THE CONFESSION TO CLEANSE , THE PRINTED VOW AND THE UNWRITTEN WAY

CHORUS

COLD CLAY TO BURY YOU AND BRING YOU SAFE TO GROUND, SALT AND SAND THE PRACTICAL HAND THE PULL OF THE EARTH AND THE WORLD GOING ROUND

CHORUS

FIRE TO BURN AND PROVE THE CLAY, FIRE TO TURN THE GROUND, FROM THE FLAMES YOU'LL FLY AND FEEL THE AIR AND THE RUSH OF THE WIND WILL BEAR YOU DOWN

CHORUS

 

For All My Days
J Fishman & R Budd

FOR ALL MY DAYS IN MANY WAYS I'LL THINK OF ALL I'VE LIVED TO SEE, THE MOUNTAINS HIGH, CLOUDS IN THE SKY, I THANK THE LORD FOR SHARING THEM WITH ME.

THE SUMMERS GLOW THE WINTERS SNOW ARE NOT TO ME JUST SCENERY, WHEN TREE TOPS SWAY I LONG TO SAY OH THANK YOU LORD FOR SHARING THEM WITH ME...

LIFE I BELIEVE, LOVE WE RECEIVE WE SHOULD'NT TAKE TO CASUALY, FOR ALL MY DAYS IN MANY WAYS, I'LL THANK THE LORD FOR SHARING THEM WITH ME..

Where's Jack

 

Heritage
B Gallagher & G Lyle

I WISH I HAD A SONG TO SING TO TAKE YOUR TEARS AWAY AND SEE THE SMILE COME CREEPING BACK INTO YOUR EYES.

IF I HAD A DREAM TO BRING TO SEE YOU THROUGH YOUR DAY AND KEEP YOU WHILE YOUR SLEEPING, I'D PUT IT BY YOUR SIDE.

IF WE COULD ONLY STEAL TOMORROW AND PUT IT IN YOUR LIFE, THEN I'D BE SATISFIED,

CLOSE YOUR EYES MY DARLING, NEVER FEAR THE NIGHT BE SURE I'LL BE BESIDE YOU, TILL THE MORNING LIGHT, AND EVERY DAY A NEW MISTAKE GOD KNOWS WE NEED THE SIGHT, BUT STILL I TRY TO GUIDE YOU BE IT WRONG OR RIGHT, IF WE COULD ONLY STEAL TOMORROW AND PUT IT IN YOUR LIFE THEN I'D BE SATISFIED

BUT ALL I HAVE ARE THOUGHTS TO BORROW I'LL PLACE THEM IN YOUR HAND AND HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND.

 

The Fields of St. Etienne
B Gallagher & G Lyle

THROUGH THE FIELDS OF ST ETIENNE AMIDST THE CORN I WANDER, IN MY HAND A EAR OF CORN THE MORNING DUE HAS KISSED. HERE BENEATH THESE SKIES I LAY WITH MY LOVER WHILE THE SUMMER WINDS GATHER CLOUDS OF WAR,

AU REVOIR MY LOVE THOUGH THE REASONS PASS ME WHY WE CANT REMAIN IN THE FIELDS OF ST ETIENNE.

WAVING PROUDLY, SINGING LOUDLY, BEING YOUNG AND FOOLISH, HE WAS GOING NEVER KNOWING HE WOULD NOT RETURN, SINGING SONGS OF WAR FILLED WITH GOD AND COUNTRY MARCHING DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE BOYS THAT DAY,

AU REVOIR MY LOVE, THOUGH THE REASONS PASS ME WHY WE CANT REMAIN IN THE FIELDS OF ST ETIENNE.

REPEAT..

 

Jefferson
B Gallagher & G Lyle

SUMMERS GONE AND THE LEAVES ARE FALLING, JEFFERSON, JEFFERSON OVER HEAD SUMMER GEESE ARE CALLING, SOUTHWARD BOUND FLYING OVER MY HOME

DISTANT TRAIN MAKES MY THOUGHTS RETURN TO JEFFERSON, JEFFERSON I CAN HEAR YOUR NAME AS THE WHEELS ARE TURNING SOUTHWARD BOUND GOING DOWN TO MY HOME

GOING DOWN TO JEFFERSON, MANY TIMES I'VE MADE THIS TRIP ON MY OWN, GOING DOWN TO JEFFERSON ON MY CONSTANT WINGS OF THOUGHT I WAS BORN.

AUTUMNS FALLING AS HE IS RISING ON JEFFERSON, JEFFERSON, LEAVES ARE TUMBLING DOWN WHEN I ARRIVE IN JEFFERSON, HOME IS WHERE I BELONG

GOING DOWN TO JEFFERSON, MANY TIMES I'VE MADE THIS TRIP ON MY OWN, GOING DOWN TO JEFFERSON ON MY CONSTANT WINGS OF THOUGHT I WAS BORN.

SUMMERS GONE AND THE LEAVES ARE FALLIING JEFFERSON, JEFFERSON, OVERHEAD SUMMER GEESE ARE CALLING SOUTHWARD BOUND, TAKE ME BACK TO MY HOME, HOME...........

 

Kew gardens
Ralph McTell

THE AIR WAS COOL ON LILY POOLS, HAZY LAZY, AND HERE AND THERE HE'D STOP TO STARE ADMIRING ALL THE FLOWERS, WANDERING ROUND FOR HOURS.

THE SUN WAS WARM ACROSS THE LAWN SCENTED BLKENDED HE SAW HER LINGER AND WITH HER FINGER OPEN UP A ROSE, STANDING ON TIP TOES

SUDDENLY THE RAIN CAME FLURRYING, SENDING THE TWO OF THEM SCURRYING, HELTER SKELTER FOR THE SHELTER AND FEELING BOLDER IN THE BIG PAGODA, HE GENTLY ENQUIRED HER NAME, AND THEY WAITED TILL THE SUNSHINE CAME.

KEW GARDENS

AND FOR A WHILE THE GRIFFIN SMILED, KINDLY, BLINDLY, TILL THE EVENING BELL BROKE THE SPELL, AND SADLY THEY SAID GOODBYE AND ONE OF THE GRIFFINS CRIED.

 

Streets of London

Have you seen the old man
In the closed down market
Kicking up the papers with his worn out shoes
In his eyes you see no pride
Hands held loosely by his side
Yesterday's paper, telling yesterday's news

So how can you tell me you're lonely
And say for you that the sun don't shine
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something
To make you change your mind

Have you seen the old girl
Who walks the streets of London
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags
She's no time for talking
She just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home in two carrier bags

So how can you tell me you're lonely
And say for you that the sun don't shine
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something
To make you change your mind

In the all night cafe at a quarter past eleven
The same old man sitting there on his own
Looking at the world over the rim of his teacup
Each tea lasts an hour, and he wanders home alone

So how can you tell me that you're lonely
And say for you that the sun don't shine
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something
To make you change your mind

Have you seen the old man
Outside the seaman's mission
Memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears
In our winter city the rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero
And a world which doesn't care

So how can you tell me you're lonely
And say for you that the sun don't shine
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something
To make you change your mind

 

When I am old one day
Harvey Andrews

WHEN I AM OLD ONE DAY, CHILDREN WILL LAUGH AS I SHUFFLE ON BY, RESTING WITH EVERY STRIDE, BELIEVING THAT STEPS WERE NEVER SO HIGH.

WHEN I AM OLD ONE DAY, SURROUNDED BY PIECES OF LONG AGO, I WILL RECALL TODAY AND WONDER WHERE ALL THE HOURS GO.

WILL I SIT IN THE PARK TIME ON MY HANDS TO SOAK UP THE SUN, OR WILL I HAVE MADE MY MARK, AND STILL HAVE SOME THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.

WILL I TALK TO THE AIR, MUMBLING PHRASES TO SHADOWS THAT HIDE WITH PEOPLE WHO STOP TO STARE AND WONDER JUST WHO I SEE AT MY SIDE

WHEN I AM OLD ONE DAY WATCHING THE CHILDREN PLAYING THEIR GAME, SOMEONE MAY PASS MY WAY, AND LOOK AT MY FACE AND CALL OUT MY NAME.

THEN HE'LL REMEMBER WHEN I STOOD ON THE STAGE AND I SANG THIS SONG, AND MAYBE WE'LL BOTH TRY THEN, TO REMEMBER THE WORDS AND SING ALONG

WHEN I AM OLD ONE DAY

WHEN I AM OLD ONE DAY SURROUNDED BY PIECES OF LONG AGO I WILL RECALL TODAY AND WONDER WHERE ALL OF THE HOURS GO,

WHEN I AM OLD ONE DAY

 

Silver Birch and Weeping Willow
Ralph McTel
l

SILVER BIRCH AND WEEPING WILLOW, GLIDING SWAN AND SURFING SWALLOW I'M STANDING HERE WATCHING THE SUN GO DOWN, AND I'M WONDR'ING IF HE WILL COME.

SILVER BIRCH AND WEEPING WILLOW, HEATHER BED AND BRACKEN PILLOW, LYING HERE WATCHING THE SUN GO DOWN, AND I DONT THINK THAT HE WILL COME.

LYING HERE WATCHING THE SUN SINK, CHANGE THE RIVER TURN THE SWANS PINK, LYING HERE WATCHING THE SUN GO DOWN, AND I DONT CARE AT ALL IF HE DON'T COME.

SILVER BIRCH AND WEEPING WILLOW.....MMMMMMMMM

 

LONTANO DAGLI OCCHI
English translation
"Far from the eyes"

WHATS THE MATTER? THERE IS SOMETHING COLD IN THE AIR, THAT WINTER IS NOT, WHATS THE MATTER ? CHILDREN PLAY NO LONGER IN THE STREET THIS EVENING.

I DO NOT KNOW WHY, THE CHEERFULNESS OF MY FREINDS DOES NOT AMUSE ME ANYMORE... ONE TOLD ME THAT FAR FROM THE EYES FAR FROM MY HEART.

AND YOU ARE FAR FROM ME, FOR ONLY ONE WHO COMES BACK AND GIVES ME A ROSE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HHAVE FORGOTTON ME.

I KNOW NOW WHAT IS THIS BITTER SAVOUR WHICH REMAINS OF YOU, WHEN YOU ARE FAR AND I KNOW NOT WHERE YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU ARE DOING OR WHERE YOU ARE GOING, I KNOW NOT WHY.

I CAN NOT IMAGINE ANYMORE THE SMILE WHICH IS IN YOUR EYES, WHEN YOU ARE NOT WITH ME

I APOLOGISE TO ANY ITALIANS OUT THERE WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS SONG IF IT IS INCORRECT, ANYONE WHO KNOWS BETTER I WOULD BE GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU....!

_____

Lontano Dagli Occhi

Che cose? Ce nell'aria qualcosa di freddo che inverno non e. Che cose?

Questa sera i bambini per strada non giocano piu. Non so perche l'allegria degli amici di sempre non mi diverte piu; uno mi ha detto che.....

Lontano dagli occhi, lontano dal cuore e tu sei lontana, lontana da me. Per uno che torna e ti porta una rosa mille si sono scordati di te. Lontano dagli occhi, lontano dal cuore e tu sei lontana, lontana da me.

Ora so che cose questo amaro sapore che resta di te quando tu sei lontana e non so dove sei cosa fai dove vai. E so perche non so piu immaginare il sorriso che c'e negli occhi tuoi quando non sei con me.

 
 

Silver Threads and Golden Needles
by Dick Reynolds and Jack Rhodes

Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine
And I dare drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wine.
You can't buy my love with money for I never was that kind,
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine.

I don't want your lonely mansion with a tear in every room ,
All I want's the love you've promised beneath the halo moon.
But you think I should be happy with your money and your name
Sit alone and hide my sorrows while you play your cheatin' game

Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine
And I dare drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wine.
You can't buy my love with money for I never was that kind,
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine.

 

Change We Must
Jon Anderson / Vangelis

Oona-a-aya, tamara ooha, shana too aya, lay mi
Oona-a-aya, tamara ooha, shana too aya, lay mi
Oona-a-aya, tamara ooha, shana too aya, lay mi
Oona-a-aya, tamara ooha, shana too aya, lay mi
Oona-a-aya, tamara ooha, shana too aya, lay mi

coming through vision
coming through wisdom
coming together is love
giving me daytime
giving this nightime
bringing within me, this love

Oona-a-aya, tamara ooha, shana too aya, lay mi
Oona-a-aya, tamara ooha, shana too aya, lay mi

coming through wisdom
coming through freedom
coming together is love
giving me daytime
giving this nighttime
bringing within me, this love
giving me daytime
giving this nighttime
bringing within me, this love

Oona-a-aya, tamara ooha, shana too aya, lay mi
Oona-a-aya, tamara ooha, shana too aya, lay mi

(Oona-a-aya) I'm talking to the sea
(tamara ooha) I'm singing to the stars
(shana too aya) change we must
(lay mi) to live again
(Oona-a-aya) coming to the earth to the moon
(tamara ooha) I'm singing on the sky to the earth
(shana too aya) change we must, change we must
(lay mi) live again

[interlude]

Oona-a-aya, tamara ooha, shana too aya, lay mi
Oona-a-aya, tamara ooha, shana too aya, lay mi

(Oona-a-aya) we will witness this song, we will sing
(tamara ooha) we belong to the world
(shana too aya) our Mother so Devine
(lay mi) we live again
(Oona-a-aya) this is here, this is now giving time
(tamara ooha) this is love that surrounds
(shana too aya) change we must
(lay mi) to live again

Oona-a-aya, tamara ooha, shana too aya, lay mi
Oona-a-aya, tamara ooha, shana too aya, lay mi
[... to the sky]
Oona-a-aya, tamara ooha, shana too aya, lay mi
a moment in love forever
Oona-a-aya, tamara ooha, shana too aya,
shana too aya,
shana too aya, lay mi

 

Y Deryn Pur

Y deryn pur â'r adain las
Bydd i mi'n was dibrydar
O! brysur brysia at y ferch
Lle rhois i'm serch yn gynnar
Dos di ati, dywed wrthi
Mod i'n wylo'r dwr yn heli
Mod i'n irad am ei gwelad
Ac o'i chariad yn ffaelu â cherddad, O!
Duw faddeuo'r hardd ei llun
Am boeni dyn mor galad!

Pan o'wn yn hoenus iawn fy hwyl
Ddiwrnod gwyl yn gwylio
Canfyddwn fenyw lana' rioed
Ar ysgafn droed yn rhodio.
Pan y'i gwelais syth mi sefais
Yn fy nghalon mi feddyliais
Wele ddynes lana'r deyrnas
A'i gwên yn harddu'r oll o'i chwmpas
Ni fynnwn gredu un dyn byw
Nad oedd hi ryw angyles!

The Gentle Dove

O gentle dove with wings so blue
Fly quickly to my lady
And take to her a message true
While in her garden shady
Go to her and say I love her
And am trying to discover
How to meet her, fondly greet her
But if my love should fail to please her
May God forgive her beautiful face
I know that I must leave her.

With heart so gay one happy day
I walked with step so sprightly
The loveliest girl I'd ever seen
Came tripping there so lightly
On her beauty so amazing
I could only stand there gazing
Of the fairest, she the rarest
Her smile make all around her shining
She was an angel to my eyes
And for her love I'm pining.

 

The Three Ravens
Percy Grainger

There were three ravens sat on a tree, Down a down hey down hey down. And they were black as they might be, With a down. Then one of them said to his make*: "Where shall we our breakfast take?" With a down derry derry derry down down.

Down in yonder green e field, Down a down hey down hey down. There lies a knight slain under his shield; With a down. His hounds they lie down at his feet, So well they can their master keep; With a down derry derry derry down down.

"His hawks they fly so eagerly," Down a down hey down hey down, "There is no fowl dare come him nigh," With a down. [But] down there comes a fallow doe, As great with young as she might go, With a down derry derry derry down down

She lifts up his bloody head, Down a down hey down hey down. And kissed his wounds that were so red. With a down. She gat him up upon her back And carried him to earthen lake. With a down derry derry derry down down.

She buried him before the prime, Down a down hey down hey down. She was dead herself ere evensong time. With a down derry derry derry down down. [Now] God send every gentleman Such hounds, such hawks and such a leman?. With a down derry derry derry down down.

(the words Mary sings are slightly different to the above version, but this was as near as I could find on the net)

Lirazel
Johnson / Knight

Music from the wind and trees,
And breezes through the moss and grass,
At last the dance should soon begin in Elfland.
Buttercups that hide in shade
Have kissed the blade of grass they passed
The toadstool feels afool, he has his hat on.

Bouncing, prancing, foolish dancing,
Trolls decide to run and hide
Then back to back, they're back again bewildered
Without delay, it's light to play
To turn about and twist and shout
Hand in hand, the trolls resist an Elf-call.

The trolls are all dancing to their melody, so ugly,
Falling all over themselves,
Thinking themselves to be devilish elves.
The soldiers of Elfland are standing at ease, easy to please
Watching the trolls fall asleep,
I ask them all to get back on their feet.

Music comes from everywhere,
The earth below, the glow from worms
That turn in time to chiming fairy acorns.
Dandelions, pretty heather,
Stand together proud to share
The air that sings the music that it brings us.

Travellers from far unknown
Have blown the shells of twilight blue,
I think they knew full well we would be dancing.
A troll decides to wake as fairy
Winds pretend that they are things
And make the trolls a dancing tune to prance to.

And soon all the trolls are awake, devilish, all gibberish
Asking the soldiers to dance with them, prance with them,
Beat on their drums to the dance of the day
Thousands of creatures are clapping and laughing
The elves and the goblins join with us, sing with us
Brighter the wind as the fiddlers play.

 

Beyond The Fields We Know
Johnson / Knight

Beyond the fields we know
There's a fine and shining line
And some day we will go
Where there is neither tide nor time.
Twilight falls on marble halls,
Silver spires that touch the sun,
Golden horns that faintly blow,
Beyond the fields we know,
Beyond the fields we know

Beyond the fields we know,
There's a palace made of songs
And some day we will go
Where there is neither right nor wrong.
Like the leaves, we'll ride the breeze
Through the blue until we see
Those Elfin mountains all aglow
Beyond the fields we know,
Beyond the fields we know

 

Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn
Will Hopcyn

Mi sÿdd fachgen ieuanc ffôl

Yn bÿw ar ôl fy ffansi

Myfi'n bugeilio'r gwenith gwÿn

Ac arall yn ei fedi

Pam na ddeui ar fy ôl

Rÿw ddÿdd ar ôl ei gilÿdd?

Gwaith rw i'n dy weld y feinir fach

Yn lanach lanach beunÿdd

Glanach lanach wÿt bob dÿdd

Neu fi sÿ â'm ffÿdd yn ffolach

Er mwÿn y gwr a wnaeth dy wedd

Gwna im drugaredd bellach

Cwn dy ben, gwêl acw draw

Rho imi'th law wen dirion

Gwaith yn dy fynwes bert ei thro

Mae allwedd clo fy nghalon

Tra bo dwr y môr yn hallt

A thra bo 'ngwallt yn tyfu

A thra bo calon yn fy mron

Mi fydda'n ffyddlon iti

Dywed imi'r gwir heb gêl

A rho dan sêl d'atebion

P'un ai myfi neu arall, Gwen,

Sÿdd orau gen dy galon

 

Dafydd y Garreg Wen

"Cariwch," medd Dafÿdd,

"fy nhelÿn i mi,

Ceisiaf cÿn marw

roi tôn arni hi.

Codwch fy nwÿlaw

i gyrraedd y tant;

Duw a'ch bendithio

fy ngweddw a'm plant!"

"Neithiwr mi glywais

lais angel fel hyn:

'Dafÿdd, tÿrd adref,

a chwarae trwÿ'r glÿn!'

Delÿn fy mebÿd,

ffarwel i dy dant!

Duw a'ch bendithio

fy ngweddw a'm plant!"

 

LION TAMER
Music and Words by Stephen Schwartz

I'd like to be a lion tamer,
Sequins and tights and silk top hats.
I know I could be a lion tamer,
I've always gotten along with cats.
I'd have a whip but never use it,
I'd simply hold it in my hand.
I want to be a lion tamer,
If I could be a lion tamer,
I would be someone grand.

I couldn't be a ballerina,
I never could stand on my toes.
I couldn't be a Spanish dancer,
I'd look ridiculous with a rose.
But everyone has a special calling,
Something that only he can do.
I could be such a lion tamer,
If I could be a lion tamer,
I would be special, too.

I could begin with baby leopards,
Move on to tiger cubs and then...
After I learn to handle lions,
Maybe I could work up to men...

I never wanted fancy mansions,
Butlers and footmen liveried.
I never wanted lots of money,
Money can't buy what I really need.
I never prayed for any favors,
But here I am on knobby knee.
Please let me be a lion tamer,
If I could be a lion tamer,
Wouldn't he have to
Finally
Notice me.

 

TRUE LOVE
Cole Porter

Suntanned, windblown honeymooners at last alone
Feeling far above par Oh, how lucky we are

While I give to you and you give to me true love, true love
So on and on it will always be True love, true love

For you and I have a guardian angel on high, with nothing to do
But to give to you and to give to me love forever true

For you and I have a guardian angel on high, with nothin' to do
But to give to you and to give to me love forever true love forever true

 

NIGHT IN THE CITY
Joni Mitchell

Light up, light up, light up your lazy blue eyes
Moon's up, night's up, taking the town by surprise
Night time, night time, day left an hour ago
City light time, must you get ready so slow
There are places to come from and pla-ces to go

Night in the city looks pretty to me
Night in the city look fine
Music comes spilling out into the street
Colors go flashing in time

Take off, take off, take off those stay at home shoes
Break off, shake off, take off those stay at home blues
Stairway, stairway, down to the crowds in the street
They go their way, looking for faces to greet
But we run on laughing with noone to meet

Night in the city looks pretty to me
Night in the city looks fine
Music comes spilling out into the street
Colors go waltzing in time

 

EARTH SONG
Liz Thorsen

I have climbed your crystal mountain,
and I have walked up and down your highways,
I have walked up and down your highways,
and it's a long, long time I've been wondering,
where it is that I am going.

I have seen your sun's reflection,
and I have built a boat to catch it on the water,
to catch it on the water,
and it's a long, long time I've been wondering,
what it is that I resemble.

We have gathered all together,
and we have surely loved one another,
we have surely loved one another,
and it's a long, long time we've been waiting,
for your secret night song.

Oh show me your simplicity,
and I may find you are a part of me,
and I am a part of you,
and I'm afraid, I'm afraid of your big wide rolling ocean,
oh but I want to be invisible.

I have climbed your crystal mountain,
and I have walked up and down your highways,
I have walked up and down your highways,
and it's a long, long time I've been wondering,
where it is that I am going.

 

OCEAN SONG
Liz Thorsen

When you're alone, there's no one to forgive or mend,
your mind is blind, your senses will not blend,
you feel the strain, you see the stain,
and you can't get back again,
gotta hitch a ride with a friend to the end of the ocean.

Your wisdom hides you from your fate sometimes,
looking into mirrors for signs of nursery rhymes,
you hear the call, tear down the wall,
but there's one more flight of stairs to climb,
gotta give a ride to a friend to the end of the ocean.

If sorrow's spiral leaves you looking down,
calling like some madman on the sleeping town,
don't look back, you can't turn back,
give bread to all who ask.
'cause you've found a friend to take you to the end of the ocean,
oh you've found a friend to take you to the end of the ocean,

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah aaah aaah,
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah aaah aaah,
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah aaah aaah...

 

THE WIND
Cat Stevens

I listen to the wind, to the wind of my soul,
where I'll end up, well, I think only God really knows,
I sat upon the setting sun, but never never, never never,
I never wanted water once, no never never never.

I listen to my words but they fall far below,
I let my music take me where my heart wants to go,
I swam upon the devil's lake, but never never, never never,
I never make the same mistake, no never never never

 

How Come the Sun

by Tom Paxton and D. Horowitz

How come the sun didn't make it today?
Is it tired of what it's been shining down on?
Could it be God didn't wake it today?
You couldn't blame him.
Sometimes it feels like the sun just comes up out of habit,
And goes down as quick as it can.
These days you just have to grab it as it goes by.

How come the stars didn't come out tonight?
Are they tired of what they've been shining down on?
Could it be God had a few doubts tonight?
You couldn't blame him.
Sometimes it seems like the stars are just going through motions.
They don't see the point of it all.
They shine, shine, but you get the notion, they wonder why.

Maybe the sun saw everyone pulling his neighbor's hair
He couldn't rise without the skies filling with filthy air.
Do you suppose that he knows?
That he knows, but he won't tell us.

How come the Moon just wont rise up and shine?
Is it tired of what it's been shining down on?
Coul