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Thread #150544 Message #3508595
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
25-Apr-13 - 06:50 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/ADD: Take the Water or the Wine
Subject: ADD: The Water or the Wine (Newell, Hadjidakis)
Joe - as luck has it, Spotify now have a test version of a client for Linux, so I've loaded it on my working machine and signed up. The song is fine here, so here are the lyrics.
I found the composers on a photo of the Beverley Sisters single, and assuming that the Hajidakis is Manos Hadjidakis, the wikipedia article says "n 1959, Hatzidakis met Nana Mouskouri, his first "ideal interpreter", a skilled vocalist who shaped the sounds of his music", so it's not unlikely that she sang the song.
Mick
TAKE THE WATER OR THE WINE
(Newell, Hadjidakis)
Chorus:
Take the water or the wine
Choose the rich man or the poor man
Take the water or the wine
But be sure that you're in love.
There is a song they always sing in Athens
Whenever girls are undecided who to choose.
They always say to every girl in Athens
You win a rich man, but perhaps your heart will lose.
Chorus
Perhaps your love can only bring you roses,
But who can say just what a simple rose is worth.
Maybe one day if you will take his roses
Your love will make of him the richest man on earth.
Chorus
Chorus
Water or wine
Water or wine
Source: The Beverley Sisters, LP: Green Fields. Also 45:Columbia DB 4762, 1961