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03 Jun 99 - 10:27 AM (#83669) Subject: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Shack Most song titles in this thread have been converted to links. --JoeClone, 19-Sept-2002. An old friend used to sing a song that started "When you are in love; it's THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR. ..." I seem to remember it was sung to the melody of "Blue Danube Waltz," or some other well known waltz. Does anybody know this song and something about it? What are some other waltzes with pretty lyrics that would be fun to sing? WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS and TENNESSEE WALTZ don't do much for me. I do love MOCKIN' BIRD HILL. What do y'all think? |
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03 Jun 99 - 10:40 AM (#83676) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Wolfgang MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER (lyrics by John Croziat) MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER (lyrics by Ron Kavana) Wolfgang |
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03 Jun 99 - 10:43 AM (#83677) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Wolfgang lyrics for loveliest night here: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/2194/faq2/Section_3/3.1.19-3.1.19.1.html Wolfgang |
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03 Jun 99 - 12:59 PM (#83710) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Les B I see that Wolfgang has pointed to the lyrics for the "loveliest night" -- As I remember there was a thread on that awhile ago, and I think we know the tune in the states as SOBRE LAS OLAS / OVER THE WAVES. There's also Bill Monroe's KENTUCKY WALTZ and a whole bunch of other "state" waltzes that have pretty tunes with varying quality words: ie, Colorado, Montana, Arizona, etc. |
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03 Jun 99 - 01:07 PM (#83717) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Bob Schwarer Try THE BLUE SKIRT WALTZ. There was a thread on it some time back. Also, check out Cajun music. Lots of waltzes. Bob S. |
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03 Jun 99 - 01:14 PM (#83721) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Frank of Toledo WINGS OF A DOVE.........SATISFIED MIND.................... GOODNIGHT IRENE...........I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY... and LAST NIGHT I HAD THE STRANGEST DREAM and so many others.............. |
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03 Jun 99 - 07:14 PM (#83805) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: John in Brisbane A serious song with thought provoking lyrics and a great tune is BACK-YARD ABORTION WALTZ. I posted the lyrics some time ago, and must do the same with the tune.
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03 Jun 99 - 10:31 PM (#83833) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: harpgirl I like THE WALTZ OF THE WIND...harpgirl |
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03 Jun 99 - 11:14 PM (#83837) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: DonMeixner Cold River Waltz and SLIEVENAMON Don |
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03 Jun 99 - 11:47 PM (#83843) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Sandy Paton A lot of people do THE STAR OF THE COUNTY DOWN as a waltz. Purists may object, but it sure is pretty. Sandy |
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04 Jun 99 - 10:25 AM (#83954) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Roger the zimmer She-who-must-be-obeyed had a significant birthday last year and talked me into taking her to St Lucia. Different music every night including a couple of instrumental only sessions from local dance band ( guess), [called "Shic Shac" or something similar, led by a youngish bloke on fiddle and the rest were elderly (well, older than me) on tenor banjo, four string guitar as bass, skin drum/tambourine and the oldest, a blind chap with a toothpick permanently attached who did some mean rhythms with a shaker (one of those tubes filled with seeds). They played mostly local tunes in strict dance tempo but always began with the Tennessee Waltz! |
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04 Jun 99 - 10:49 AM (#83959) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: John Hindsill WALTZING WITH BEARS |
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04 Jun 99 - 11:05 AM (#83966) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Uilleand THE ASH GROVE in the waltz book or the arrangement by Benjamin Britten. The Waltz Book and the Waltz Book II are great resources for these. There are several with lyrics. Also there are lyrics to Ashokan Farewell.
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05 Jun 99 - 02:04 AM (#84162) Subject: Tune Add: TOMBIGBEE WALTZ From: Ron Steed There are no lyrics to the THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER (GUM TREE CANOE) as far as I know, but it sure is pretty...
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05 Jun 99 - 02:15 AM (#84163) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Ron Steed Well, I stand corrected. Lyrics for the TOMBIGBEE Waltz are in the Mudcat database! |
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05 Jun 99 - 03:34 AM (#84178) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Helen THE ROSE OF TRALEE, and BELIEVE ME IF ALL THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS - both by Thomas Moore. Helen |
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07 Jun 99 - 03:34 PM (#84658) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: pam At a recent session in Berkeley, someone sang one of the sweetest waltzes I've ever heard. I think it's name was WALLFLOWER WALTZ, and the chorus was something close to... Teach me to walk on air Moving without a care Dance with me if you dare Teach me to waltz My apologies to the writer if he/she is in eyeshot, please set me straight. Does anyone recognize this little jewel? If not, I'll talk to some folks who were at the session and see if I can reconstruct it in Mudville. Believe me, it's worth staying tuned for... :) Pam |
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08 Jun 99 - 11:28 AM (#84939) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Indy Lass AFTER THE BALL Beautifully sung by Frances Black. |
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08 Jun 99 - 10:15 PM (#85057) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Matthew B. I agree with Star of the County Down as one of my favorite waltzes, but I also happen to think that the sea shanty Rio Grande is just as beautiful and waltzable. |
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09 Jun 99 - 12:52 AM (#85108) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: ddw in windsor One of my favorite waltzes has always been SPINNING WHEEL. Also Ian Tyson does a number of beautiful waltzes on his six Cowboyography albums. I heard somewhere that cows love waltzes and the cowboys used to sing them to calm the animals. |
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09 Jun 99 - 01:01 AM (#85109) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: ddw I forgot to mention that one of the prettiest of Ian's cowboy waltzes -- tho' he didn't write it -- is NIGHT RIDER'S LAMENT. Also Marty Robbins did a lot of cowboy songs with waltz rhythms and great lyrics. ddw |
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09 Jun 99 - 11:33 PM (#85406) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Gloria Tham I like Frances Black's version of "After the Ball". And I do have English lyrics to "The Blue Danube" so if anyone wants it, give me a holler and I'll post it.. Still looking for lyrics to "Tales from the Vienna Woods" (or that can be sung to it. |
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09 Jun 99 - 11:51 PM (#85409) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: bseed(charleskratz) Anne Murray has a nice waltz: "COULD I HAVE THIS DANCE (For the Rest of My Life)." It was on the soundtrack of the movie Urban Cowboy. --seed |
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10 Jun 99 - 12:16 AM (#85411) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Jory Nash "No Kinda Dancer" by Robert Earl Keen is a good walting tune. Also "The Waltzing Fool" by Lyle Lovett. Damn, but them Texas songwriters can dance a good song. Cheers, Jory Nash |
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08 Nov 02 - 03:04 PM (#821695) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: sharyn Two things: One, the waltz Pam mentions is called "Wallflower Waltz." It has no chorus (I should know -- I wrote it). It's on my cassette recording I Am Your Winter Lover," which features traditional and original material. Two, Richard Thompson's WALTZING'S FOR DREAMERS is a good singable waltz. |
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08 Nov 02 - 03:13 PM (#821701) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: GUEST,Whitewater Believe it or not, the Chieftains did a lovely version of The Tennessee Waltz, although whoever is singing I do not care for. I also love 'You Look so Good in Love' by George Strait. And there is one by the Judds-- 'Momma, He's Crazy." I'm not sure if it technically IS a waltz but I believe you can sing it to the 1-2-3 rhythm. At least, I think you can! Whitewater |
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08 Nov 02 - 03:44 PM (#821727) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: SINSULL Jed Marum does a lovely "Maggie" on his CD. So very pretty. |
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08 Nov 02 - 04:05 PM (#821737) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Merritt Here's a mix of old and new: ~ IN THE PINES ~ THE BRAND NEW TENNESSEE WALTZ - Jesse Winchester ~ SWEET BABY JAMES - James Taylor ~ STEWBALL ~ Pocket Full Of Gold - Vince Gill - orig. is just another Nashville cheatin' song with a great tagline; better to write with your own lyrics - Merritt |
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08 Nov 02 - 04:41 PM (#821767) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Midchuck Stan Rogers' TINY FISH FOR JAPAN. Peter. |
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08 Nov 02 - 04:45 PM (#821771) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Kim C That's Tom Jones singing Tennessee Waltz with the Chieftains. Star of the County Down was popularly played as a waltz in the 19th century. |
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08 Nov 02 - 09:32 PM (#821954) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Genie SWEET IS THE MELODY is a lovely waltz by Iris Dement, which you can hear at prairiehome.org Other waltz tunes I like are: Midnight On The Water SOMEWHERE MY LOVE (LARA'S THEME) from Dr. Zhivago MY FAVORITE THINGS TUMBALALAIKA DIE LORELEI THE ANNIVERSARY SONG (by Al Jolson et al., based on a waltz by Ivanici) Ah, Mari! (Oe, Mari!) ROSIN THE BEAU COME BACK, PADDY REILLY MOUNTAINS OF MOURNE TRAMPS AND HAWKERS UN CANADIEN ERRANT Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen - Yiddish FINJAN (or Hafinjan) -- Hebrew DE COLORES MY YIDDISHE MOMME CIELITO LINDO SCARBOROUGH FAIR ALWAYS (Irving Berlin) THE BAND PLAYED ON Melody Of Love Norwegian Wood NOW IS THE HOUR / HAERE RA SUNRISE, SUNSET Matchmaker Goodnight, My Someone and some we may not think of as waltzes: DARK AS A DUNGEON The Star-Spangled Banner HOME ON THE RANGE TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME I believe the Austrian title for the "Over The Waves" (Loveliest Night Of The Year) waltz is "Donauwellen," though the composer (not one of the Strausses) escapes my recollection. |
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08 Nov 02 - 09:44 PM (#821963) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Mudlark I've always liked the Brand New Tennessee Waltz, by Jesse Winchester... |
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08 Nov 02 - 09:48 PM (#821966) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: GUEST,Richie One of my favorites is SWEET BUNCH OF DAISIES which I recorded as a guitar solo for Mel Bay Pub. on American Fiddle Tunes. The lyrics are in the DT somewhere or I can post. Another good one on American Fiddle Tunes is "Wednesday Night Waltz." I believe Kenny Baker has a version. -Richie |
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08 Nov 02 - 09:49 PM (#821967) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: denise:^) One of my favorites is KEWEENAW LIGHT (Craig Johnson)--but I find I've got a lot of explaining to do if I try to sing it outside of Michigan... |
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08 Nov 02 - 11:05 PM (#822011) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: GUEST,Al There are some nice verses to the COWBOY WALTZ and they are not in the DT. Maybe tomorrow when I'm not so tired I will post them. Al |
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08 Nov 02 - 11:32 PM (#822021) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Hrothgar Coalbrook Band in Newcastle (NSW) play a beautiful arrangement of PLAISIR D'AMOUR as a waltz. |
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08 Nov 02 - 11:57 PM (#822029) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: pattyClink "They Were You" (when the moon was young, when the month was May) from the Fantasticks, I believe is in waltz time (but I'm rhythmically challenged so doublecheck). Certainly falls into the 'lovely' category. Course, the competition for "pretty lyrics" is fierce around here, what with Stewball and Rosin the Bow contending. |
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09 Nov 02 - 02:32 AM (#822059) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Genie Patty, I guess I read the thread title differently. I took "Pretty waltzes with lyrics" to mean "pretty melodies that also have lyrics to them." In other words, I was focusing on pretty waltz tunes, not pretty poems set to waltz tunes. As for Rosin The Bow, there are dozens of songs set to it. If we're also looking for "pretty lyrics," do they have to be inspirational or romantic poetry for the lyrics to be "pretty?" (I kinda like "Stewball.") Other pretty waltz tunes that have nice lyrics are: MR BOJANGLES A DAISY A DAY (Jud Strunk) TRY TO REMEMBER (also from The Fantasticks) Wish Me A Rainbow |
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09 Nov 02 - 08:42 AM (#822161) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Amos Jed Marum's LETTER FROM LILAC ACRES is one of the prettiest set of lyrics you could want and has a very sweet waltz to it. A |
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09 Nov 02 - 11:27 AM (#822242) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Glen Reid For my money,the old time waltz, that literally sends chills up my spine is the beautiful PARLEZ-MOI D'AMOUR MON AMOUR (Speak To Me Of Love). I could be wrong,but I think its French-Canadian in origin and the best version I ever heard was recorded by Catherine McKinnon in her Singalong Jubilee days, on an album called "Voice of an Angle" |
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09 Nov 02 - 11:40 AM (#822254) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Alice QUEEN MARY'S ESCAPE FROM LOCHLEVEN (aka Arran Boat Song). Sheet music is in the Lester Levy archive. |
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09 Nov 02 - 12:07 PM (#822276) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Genie Allistair McGillivray's SONG FOR THE MIRA is lovely in both lyric and tune. Glen, your post reminded me of another French song, "Plaisir D'Amour." A couple of other from American archives: MEXICALI ROSE BEAUTIFUL DREAMER (Stephen Foster) JUANITA Wunderbar (from Kiss Me, Kate) |
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09 Nov 02 - 12:10 PM (#822282) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Jim McLean I have seen my song MASSACRE OF GLENCOE featured on a few Scottish ceilidh band LPs as a waltz. I think it works. Jim McLean |
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09 Nov 02 - 08:52 PM (#822513) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Genie RAINBOW CONNECTION |
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10 Nov 02 - 03:55 PM (#822843) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Genie DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES |
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10 Nov 02 - 11:43 PM (#823075) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: mg MOCKIN' BIRD HILL...actually an old Finnish tune I believe..mg |
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11 Nov 02 - 12:47 AM (#823113) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Mark Clark Greg Brown's IOWA WALTZ is a very pretty waltz with lyrics. Joe Offer posted that back in 1999 in a thread titled State Waltzes. - Mark |
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11 Nov 02 - 12:56 AM (#823119) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Genie Speaking of state waltzes, "Beautiful Ohio" is a very pretty one. (Yeah, I know it's about the river, not the state.) There's also CAROLINA MOON and "Allegheny Moon." A really pretty Irish (?) folk tune waltz is MO MARY. Genie |
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11 Nov 02 - 02:23 AM (#823143) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Genie Shack, I hesitated to mention "Ashokan Farewell," till now, because, while I find it a beautiful waltz, I did not think it had lyrics. But if you check the various forum threads on that tune/song, you'll find both lyrics (2 "authorized" sets of lyrics) and links to audio files. Genie |
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11 Nov 02 - 04:09 AM (#823155) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Scabby Douglas YE BANKS AND BRAES O' BONNIE DOON - when singing it I like to loosen the rhythm a little, but it works well as a waltz Easy and Slow Cheers Steven |
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11 Nov 02 - 04:32 AM (#823162) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Genie BTW, The Rose Of Tralee is not by Thomas Moore, but by Mordaunt Spencer. And Scabby, I totally agree that "...Bonnie Doon" is a beautiful waltz. |
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11 Nov 02 - 10:47 AM (#823345) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Louie Roy Starlite Waltz WALTZING WITH A BROKEN HEART THE WALTZ YOU SAVED FOR ME Waltzing with tears in my eyes Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone (HE'LL HAVE TO GO) LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART HUSH-A-BYE, MA BABY (THE MISSOURI WALTZ) Cabri Waltz |
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11 Nov 02 - 04:38 PM (#823616) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: mg DARK ISLAND ROCKS OF MERASHEEN |
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11 Nov 02 - 07:51 PM (#823768) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Janie The Carter Family's "Kitty Waltz" is a favorite of mine. |
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12 Nov 02 - 04:43 AM (#824007) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Genie I like Neil Diamond's PLAY ME (if you sing "brought" instead of "brang" in that one horrid line). It's a very lilting melody with (excepting that "brang" thing) beautiful lyrics. |
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12 Nov 02 - 12:58 PM (#824298) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Merritt This is too country for some, but it sounds good acousticized and simplyfied - "Too Far Gone" written by Billy Sherill, on Emmylou Harris' Pieces of the Sky album (197?) - Merritt |
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23 Nov 02 - 12:22 AM (#833220) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: GUEST,Al OK, as promised, here are the lyrics I know to the Cowboy Waltz |
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22 Feb 09 - 06:16 PM (#2573273) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: open mike GIVE ME THE ROSES WHILE I LIVE sung by the Carter Family.. possibly written by Cornelius |
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23 Feb 09 - 05:54 PM (#2574161) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Stringsinger The Irish song GIVE ME YOUR HAND / TABHAIR DOM DO LÁMH has lyrics. How 'bout ONE MORNING IN MAY (The Nightingale Song)? Jean Ritchie does a version of THE CUCKOO which could be metered down to a waltz. There are actually two versions of this that could be waltzed to. I don't know if there are lyrics to A GHAOTH ANDEAS / SOUTH WIND but it's a pretty tune. I think "The Rose of Tralee" is 3/4. Chauncy Olcott's MY WILD IRISH ROSE and he may have written the lyrics for WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING. |
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23 Feb 09 - 05:56 PM (#2574165) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Stringsinger One of the most beautiful folk melodies as a waltz is DOWN IN THE VALLEY. I've always liked "Beautiful Ohio". |
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23 Feb 09 - 06:36 PM (#2574200) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: KathWestra Stringsinger, there are definitely lyrics to South Wind. Archie Fisher recorded them on his wonderful(and still available)1977(?)Folk-Legacy record, "The Man with the Rhyme." Glad this thread has been resurrected. I'm leading a workshop at the NEFFA Festival just outside Boston, Mass. in April 2009 called "Waltz Time." I've billed it as "Songs about waltzing--or that you could waltz to". The list is long! |
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23 Feb 09 - 06:38 PM (#2574201) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Barry Finn Here's the lyrics to South Wind it's in the DT Frank. Barry |
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24 Feb 09 - 03:44 AM (#2574424) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Haruo I've always enjoyed Ĉe Kongresa Balo (MIDI). Don't know who it's by, and the lyrics are in Esperanto (not a drawback for my purposes), and my MIDI doesn't do it justice, but I enjoy it. Haruo |
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24 Feb 09 - 08:18 AM (#2574573) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Jack Campin ANNIE McKELVIE |
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24 Feb 09 - 01:31 PM (#2574833) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Artful Codger "Waltzing with You" is delightful, in both the instrumental and vocal versions. It's from the soundtrack music Jay Ungar and Molly Mason provided for the movie Brother's Keeper. The soundtrack CD is also titled "Waltzing with You". I caught a brief quotation from "Ashokan Farewell" snuck into it; a sort of inside joke? |
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24 Feb 09 - 01:53 PM (#2574849) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Artful Codger Also, I would appreciate pointers to lyrics for "Cabri Waltz", like first line or chorus, who's sung it... |
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24 Feb 09 - 02:13 PM (#2574866) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: bfdk Australian Wongawilli do a little beauty called 'And When They Dance'. It's on their MySpace. |
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24 Feb 09 - 04:05 PM (#2574969) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Kenny B (inactive) OLD FLAMES (CAN'T HOLD A CANDLE TO YOU) as sung by by Dolly Parton |
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21 Apr 09 - 12:43 AM (#2615394) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: GUEST sheet music to waltzing with you |
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21 Apr 09 - 08:17 PM (#2616032) Subject: Pretty waltzes with lyrics: Annie's Song From: Genie John Denver's "Annie's Song" is another waltz with lovely tune and lyrics. |
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22 Apr 09 - 04:49 AM (#2616171) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: cptsnapper " Living Too Close To The Ground " by the Everly Brothers |
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22 Apr 09 - 04:58 AM (#2616174) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Will Fly If you go back to the original version of ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? and sing slowly it with the original verse (which no-one ever sings), you'll find it's a delightful sentimental waltz from the 1920s. The only version of the complete thing that I know of on record is by Leon Redbone. Well worth a listen. Performing it live is fun, because no-one ever knows what the verse is leading into and, when you launch into the chorus, you can almost hear them thinking, "Oh - that's what it is!" |
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22 Apr 09 - 10:48 AM (#2616279) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Mark Ross Utah Phillips wrote some heartbreaking lyrics to a fiddle tune called WHISTLERS' WALTZ, which he learned from hanging out at the fiddle contest in Weiser,Idaho. It's sometimes called RUSTY McDRELL after the fiddler who he heard play the tune(or maybe McDrell wrote it). Rosalie Sorrels put it in her fine collection WAY OUT IN IDAHO. Unfortunately, my copy is still buried in a box under my bed, impossible to reach at the moment. Anyway, the tune is a Hestitation Waltz and Utah wrote some beautiful words. Mark Ross |
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22 Apr 09 - 06:29 PM (#2616567) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: GUEST,CupOfTea, no Cookies Waltzing's for Dreamers is just one of Richard Thompson's songs in waltz time, though the most apropros for waltzing. Others of his include HOW WILL I EVER BE SIMPLE AGAIN as well as somewhat facetious: We'll Sing Halleluia . Along with Waltzing's for Dreamers , I'm very fond of songs ABOUT dancing, as well, like LOG DRIVER'S WALTZ, and DIDN'T I DANCE Constitutionally, I just prefer to sing in 3/4 time - it's the bulk of what I sing. Not all are great for waltzing, because of the lyrics, but I have fond memories of when Dick Swain used to sing (the song that now makes me cringe, but it was NEW and FUN! in those days) Waltzing with Bears at the end of contra dances. I wish more contra dance bands and English Country Dance bands (and, yes, those for waltz dances) would sing waltzes. They make the dancing even more memorable, IMHO. Awhile back I tried to start a thread about dance tunes that have lyrics. It's more difficult to get those across to a group of dancers who need to hear/listen to the caller. Yet, over a decade since his death, many of us have vivid memories of our friend Josh Stier singing the lyrics to Liliburlero as we danced it on autopilot. Joanne in Cleveland |
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23 Apr 09 - 02:09 AM (#2616752) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Abdul The Bul Bul ......AND THE BAND PLAYED WALTZING MATILDA Al |
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25 Apr 09 - 12:26 AM (#2618321) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: CupOfTea And the band played Waltzing Matilda. is one *I* would never use for dancing. I don't know where you'd find an audience where no one would know the lyrics, or the story in the lyrics. This is a powerful song. (In the thread about songs that have touched/moved people -don't remember exactly how it was listed - there's a significant viceral response to this song listed there.) That the tune is "pretty" doesn't make where it comes from any the less significant, nor make it any more suitable for dance anywhere the song is known. YMMV Joanne in Cleveland |
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25 Apr 09 - 08:05 PM (#2618767) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Joe_F "The Loveliest Night of the Year" is *not* singable TTTO "Blue Danube". However, the latter, in my childhood did have some rather insipid English words, of which I remember the following fragments: River so blue, Of marvelous hue, . . . . . . You open my eyes To ... paradise, Alive is my soul, Is my soul, To my heart the spring has come. |
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25 Apr 09 - 09:18 PM (#2618790) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: GUEST,DANJOE 'THE BRIDGES OF PARIS' HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ETC. |
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26 Apr 09 - 01:46 AM (#2618872) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: open mike back in 2002, glen Reid wrote: "For my money,the old time waltz, that literally sends chills up my spine is the beautiful "Parlez-Moi D'amour" (Speak To Me Of Love). I could be wrong,but I think its French-Canadian in origin and the best version I ever heard was recorded by Catherine McKinnon in her Singalong Jubilee days, on an album called "Voice of an Angle" i presume he meant Voice of an Angel.... I just realized that the old camp tune that we used to sing in Girl Scouts, RISE UP O FLAME is in waltz tempo. Rise up, oh flame, by thy light glowing. Show to us beauty, vision, and joy. ... i think it is sung as a round. |
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15 Sep 09 - 10:43 PM (#2724540) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: sharyn Way back in this thread Pam mentioned my song, "The Wallflower Waltz." Joe Offer has kindly posted a link to a recent recording of this on the thread "New CD:'Paris' by Sharyn Dimmick" If you want to hear me sing it, check it out. Sharyn |
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16 Sep 09 - 08:43 PM (#2725124) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Joe_F It's a bit late to follow up on this, but (open mike:) "Parlez-moi d'amour" was written by Jean Lenoir, who was French, not French-Canadian. I looked up the words to it some time ago because a couple of lines were (mis)quoted in Arthur Koestler's _Age of Longing_. I was startled by the news that it is a waltz, and looked up a couple of performances on the Web (I had never heard the tune). It is true that the refrain is in 3/4 time, but the rest is irregular in meter, and it's hard to imagine anyone waltzing to it. << Across the street the woman was now singing full blast: "Parlez-moi d'amour Dites-moi [sic] des choses tendres..." To judge by the voice she must have been an elderly, wispy-haired charwoman, probably engaged in sweeping the dust and the cigarette stumps from the threadbare carpet down under the cupboard, where they could not be seen, only smelled. >> |
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20 Sep 09 - 02:15 AM (#2727113) Subject: Lyr Add: SOUS LES PONTS DE PARIS/UNDER THE BRIDGES From: Jim Dixon The French version is much more serious than the English UNDER THE BRIDGES OF PARIS English words, Dorcas Cochran; 1952. How would you like to be Down by the Seine with me? Oh, what I'd give for a moment or two, Under the bridges of Paris with you! Darling, I'd hold you tight, Far from the eyes of night, Under the bridges of Paris with you. I'd make your dreams come true. [Recorded by Eartha Kitt, Dean Martin, and several others.] SOUS LES PONTS DE PARIS Words: Jean Rodor; music, Vincent Scotto; 1914. Pour aller a Surennes, ou bien à Charenton Tout le long de la Seine, on passe sous les ponts Pendant le jour, suivant son cours, Tout Paris en bateau défile, L'coeur plein d'entrain, ça va, ça vient, Mais l'soir, lorsque tout dort tranquille, Sous les ponts de Paris, lorsque descend la nuit, Tout' sortes de gueux se faufilent en cachette Et sont heureux de trouver une couchette. Hôtel du courant d'air, où l'on ne paye pas cher, L'parfum et l'eau c'est pour rien, Sous les ponts de Paris A la sortie d'l'usine, Julot rencontr' Nini Ça va t-il la Rouquine, c'est la fête aujourd'hui. Prends ce bouquet, quelqu's brins d'muguet C'est peu mais c'est tout' ma fortune, Viens avec moi, j'connais l'endroit Où l'on craint mêm' pas l'clair de lune Sous les ponts de Paris, lorsque descend la nuit Comm' il n'a pas d'quoi s'payer un' chambrette Un couple heureux vient s'aimer en cachette Et les yeux dans les yeux, faisant des rêves bleus Julot partag' les baisers de Nini, sous les ponts de Paris Rongée par la misère, chassée de son logis L'on voit une pauvre mère, avec ses trois petits Sur leur chemin, sans feu ni pain Ils subiront leur sort atroce, Bientôt la nuit la maman dit : Enfin ils vont dormir mes gosses Sous les ponts de Paris, un' mère et ses petits Viennent dormir là tout près de la Seine Dans leur sommeil ils oublieront leur peine Si l'on aidait un peu, tous les vrais miséreux Plus de suicid's ni de crim's dans la nuit, sous les ponts de Paris. To go to Surennes or to Charenton all along the Seine one passes under the bridges during the day following its course all of Paris, in a line of boats the cheerful heart goes and comes but at night while everyone tranquilly sleeps, under the bridges of Paris when night falls all kinds of rogues sneak into hiding and are happy to find a berth in a drafty hotel where one doesn't pay much the perfume and the water are for nothing under the bridges of Paris on leaving the factory Julot meets Nini the redhead is OK(?) It's a party today take this bouquet someone's stalks of lily it's not much, but it's my fortune come with me I know a place where one fears not even the moonlight under the bridges of Paris when night falls as he doesn't have enough to afford a bedroom a happy couple goes to make love in secret and in each other's eyes making blue dreams Julot exchanges kisses with Nini under the bridges of Paris plagued by poverty driven from her lodgings one sees a poor mother and her three little ones on their way without heat or bread they suffer their terrible fate soon that night the mother says: finally they go to sleep, my kids under the bridges of Paris a mother and her little ones go to sleep there near the Seine in their sleep they forget their pain if we would help them a little all the real needy no more suicides or crimes in the night under the bridges of Paris |
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20 Sep 09 - 11:27 AM (#2727324) Subject: Lyr Add: ALLEGHENY MOON (Manning, Hoffman) From: Jim Dixon ALLEGHENY MOON Dick Manning, Al Hoffman Allegheny moon, I need your light To help me find romance tonight, So shine, shine, shine. Allegheny moon, your silver beams Can lead the way to golden dreams, So shine, shine, shine. High among the stars so bright above, The magic of your lamp of love Can make him mine. Allegheny moon, it's up to you. Please see what you can do For me and for my one and only love. Shine, shine, shine. Shine, shine, shine. Shine on me tonight, Allegheny moon. [Recorded by Patti Page (1956) and Anne Murray (1993).] |
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20 Sep 09 - 11:32 AM (#2727326) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Joe_F A curious partial example is "Love's Old Sweet Song", in which the stanzas are 4/4 but the refrain is 3/4. Does that ever get played at dances, with the dancers shifting nimbly from a foxtrot to a waltz? My experience with dances is small. |
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20 Sep 09 - 11:39 AM (#2727331) Subject: Lyr Add: ANNIE'S SONG (John Denver) From: Jim Dixon ANNIE'S SONG John Denver Cherry Lane Music Co., 1974. You fill up my senses like a night in a forest, Like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain. Like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean, You fill up my senses. Come fill me again. Come let me love you. Let me give my life to you. Let me drown in your laughter. let me die in your arms. Like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean, Come let me love you. Come love me again. |
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20 Sep 09 - 11:47 AM (#2727336) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Ron Davies I'm very partial to "I'll Be All Smiles Tonight". A great story, good melody, and the waltz tempo seems to heighten the poignancy. |
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20 Sep 09 - 11:54 AM (#2727346) Subject: Lyr Add: BEAUTIFUL OHIO (Macdonald, Earl) From: Jim Dixon From the sheet music at Indiana University: BEAUTIFUL OHIO Words, Ballard Macdonald. Music, Mary Earl. New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., 1918. VERSE: Long, long ago Someone I know Had a little red canoe In it room for only two Love found its start Then in my heart And like a flower grew. CHORUS: Drifting with the current down a moonlit stream While above the heavens in their glory gleam And the stars on high Twinkle in the sky Seeming in a paradise of love divine Dreaming of a pair of eyes that looked in mine Beautiful Ohio, in dreams again I see Visions of what used to be. [When the above chorus is repeated, it is sung as counterpoint to a simpler version of the chorus:] Drifting in the moonlight While the heavens gleam Ah—— Ah—— Seeming deep in love Dreaming of your eyes Beautiful Ohio In my dreams used to be. [Recorded by Glenn Miller, Chet Atkins, Percy Faith, Kate Smith, Hank Snow, and many others.] |
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20 Sep 09 - 01:28 PM (#2727421) Subject: Lyr Add: DONAU SO BLAU / DANUBE SO BLUE From: Jim Dixon The original music was described thus: AN DER SCHÖNEN BLAUEN DONAU (ON THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE), Opus 314, 1866 by Johann Strauss (1825-1899) These versions with English words were listed at the Indiana University web site, but images of the sheet music are not available: SUMMER WINDS, BLOW Lyrics by Edith S. Tillotson, 1925: "Blow, soft winds, blow. Blow, soft winds, blow...." BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE Lyrics by Max C. Freedman, 1932: "Danube so blue, my heart is with you, as I sit once more...." BLUE DANUBE WALTZ Lyrics by Jerry Castillo, 1935: "Beautiful theme music supreme reminds me of the one I love...." BLUE DANUBE REVERIE Lyrics by Louis O'Connell, 1946: "Oft in my lonely hours I stray, in phantom dreams Blue Danube...." These are the closest thing to "official" lyrics I could find, from Wikipedia: Lyrics by Franz von Gernerth: DONAU SO BLAU Donau so blau, so schön und blau, durch Tal und Au wogst ruhig du hin, dich grüßt unser Wien, dein silbernes Band. knüpft Land an Land und fröhliche Herzen schlagen an deinem schönen Strand. Weit vom Schwarzwald her eilst du hin zum Meer, spendest Segen allerwegen, Ostwärts geht dein Lauf, nimmst viel Bruder auf: Bild der Einigkeit für alle Zeit! Alte Burgen Seh'n nieder von den Höh'n, grüssen gerne dich von ferne und der Berge Kranz, hell vom Morgen glanz, spiegelt sich in deiner Wellen Tanz. Die Nixen auf dem Grund, die geben's flüsternd kund, was alles du erschaut, seit dem über dir der Himmel blaut. Drum schon in alter Zeit ward dir manch Lied geweiht; und mit dem hellsten Klang preist immer auf's Neu dich unser Sang. Halt an deine Fluten bei Wien, es liebt dich ja so sehr! Du findest, wohin du magst zieh'n, ein zweites Wien nicht mehr! Hier quillt aus voller Brust der Zauber heit'rer Lust, und treuer, deutscher Sinn streut aus seine Saat von hier weithin. DANUBE SO BLUE Danube so blue, so bright and blue, through vale and field you flow so calm, our Vienna greets you, you silver stream through all the lands you merry the heart with your beautiful shores. Far from the Black Forest you hurry to the sea giving your blessing to everything. Eastward you flow, welcoming your brothers, A picture of peace for all time! Old castles looking down from high, greet you smiling from their steep and craggy hilltops, and the mountains' vistas mirror in your dancing waves. The mermaids from the riverbed, whispering as you flow by, are heard by everything under the blue sky above. The noise of your passing is a song from old times and with the brightest sounds your song leads you ever on. Stop your tides at Vienna, it loves you so much! Whenever you might look you will find nowhere like Vienna! Here pours a full chest the charms of happy wishes, and heartfelt German wishes are flown away on your waters. |
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20 Sep 09 - 02:37 PM (#2727470) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Artful Codger Hmm, my recent post to this thread seems to have disappeared! Joe: According to the liner notes to Adieu False Heart, by the Zozo Sisters (Linda Rondstadt and Ann Savoy), 2005, "Parlez-moi d'amour" was written by Jean Bernard Neuburger, and is copyrighted by Southern Music Publishing, Inc. Beautiful recording. There are also several clips of this song on YouTube, dating back to the 30's (Lucienne Boyer and, separately, Carlos Gardel). Although the verses are sung rather freely, it is clearly in waltz time throughout (as the accompaniment in most versions demonstrates), with only a ritardando/stopping at the end of each verse, for dramatic effect. Such tempi changes are hardly foreign to waltz music for dancing--just listen to Strauss. And you would tone them down if you were performing this song for dancing. |
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20 Sep 09 - 02:50 PM (#2727484) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Gorgeous Gary Alan Bell's "Windmills" makes a great waltz, as any Clam Chowder fan will tell you. -- Gary |
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20 Sep 09 - 03:29 PM (#2727525) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: cptsnapper How about Living Too Close To The Ground as recorded by the Everly Brothers? |
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20 Sep 09 - 10:21 PM (#2727769) Subject: Lyr Add: GOODNIGHT MY SOMEONE (Meredith Willson) From: Jim Dixon GOODNIGHT MY SOMEONE Meredith Willson, from "The Music Man" 1957. Goodnight, my someone. goodnight, my love. Sleep tight, my someone. sleep tight, my love. Our star is shining its brightest light, For goodnight, my love, for goodnight. Sweet dreams be yours, dear, if dreams there be; Sweet dreams to carry you close to me. I wish they may and I wish they might. Now goodnight, my someone, goodnight. True love can be whispered from heart to heart, When lovers are parted, they say; But I must depend on a wish and a star As long as my heart doesn't know who you are. Sweet dreams be yours, dear, if dreams there be; Sweet dreams to carry you close to me. I wish they may and I wish they might. Now goodnight, my someone, goodnight. Goodnight! Goodnight! |
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20 Sep 09 - 11:04 PM (#2727778) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Ron Davies Lustige Witwe (Merry Widow) Waltz is great--especially auf Deutsch. Translations often seem insipid, unfortunately. |
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20 Sep 09 - 11:19 PM (#2727786) Subject: Lyr Add: ROZHINKES MIT MANDLEN / RAISINS AND ALMON From: Jim Dixon From The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Yiddish by Benjamin Blech (Indianapolis, IN: Alpha Books, 2000), page 295: ROZHINKES MIT MANDLEN In dem beys-hamikdosh, in a vinkl-kheyder, Zitst di almone Bas-Tsioyn aleyn. Ir ben-yokhidl, Yidele, vigt zi keseyder Un zingt im tsum shlofn a lidele sheyn: "Unter Yidele's vigele Shteyt a klor-vays tsigele, Dos tsigele iz geforn handlen, Dos vet zayn dayn baruf: Roshinkes mit mandlen; Shlof-zhe, Yidele, shlof! In dem lidl, mayn kind, ligt fil nayes Az du vest a mol zayn tsezeyt oyf der velt, A soykher vestu zayn fun ale tvues Un vest fardinen in dem oykh fil gelt." Un az du vest vern raykh, Yidele, Zolstu zikh dermonen in dem lidele: Rozhinkes mit mandlen Dos vet zayn dayn baruf, Yidele vet alts handlen. Shlof zhe, Yidele, shlof! Es vet kumen a tsayt fun vertpapirn, Kantorn veln zayn in der gantser velt; Der grester vestu zayn fun ale bankirn Un vest in dem oykh fardinen fil gelt. RAISINS AND ALMONDS In the Holy Temple, in a quiet nook, I see the widowed daughter of Zion rock Her little infant Judah. I Hear her sing this lullaby: "Under little Judah's cot Stands a snow-white little goat, The goat goes selling merchandise, Which is what you, my child, will do. Almonds and raisins Sleep, my baby, sleep. In this song, my child, it is prophesied That you will be scattered far and wide, A big corn merchant you will be, And will earn a lot of money." And when you are rich I hope you may Remember this song I sing today: Almonds and raisins are very nice, You will sell all kinds of merchandise, This is what you my child will do. Sleep, my baby, sleep. There will come a time of stocks and shares, Big offices for exchanging wares, And a big banker you will be, And will have lots of money. |
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20 Sep 09 - 11:29 PM (#2727788) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: olddude I wrote one called Spring Waltz if you are interested Spring Waltz |
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21 Sep 09 - 05:14 PM (#2728356) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Cool Beans "Come Take a Trip in My Airship." |
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21 Sep 09 - 09:43 PM (#2728525) Subject: Lyr Add: COLD RIVER WALTZ (Christopher Shaw) From: Jim Dixon Copied from http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/coldrive.htm COLD RIVER WALTZ Christopher Shaw 1. In the heart of the forest you can stand 'neath the pines, Feel the time-honored battle of a trout on the line, See the view from the high peaks 'bove the timber line, Dancing to the Cold River Waltz. / C - F C / F Dm Fm C / C C7 F Dm / G G7 C G / CHORUS: Ah-dee-ay, ah-diddly-aye-doe, hear the woods as they sing As we step to the tune of an old fiddler's strings, Glide 'cross the floor like a hawk on the wing, Dancin' to the Cold River Waltz. 2. You can hear all the stories the old timers can tell, Hear the wind in the pines, hear the old village bell. You'll be captured forever 'neath the north-country spell, Dancin' to the Cold River Waltz. CHORUS TWICE. [From "Adirondack" (1988).] |
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21 Sep 09 - 09:50 PM (#2728528) Subject: Lyr Add: KITTY WALTZ (A. P. Carter) From: Jim Dixon Copied from http://www.bluegrasslyrics.com/all_song.cfm-recordID=c116.htm KITTY WALTZ A. P. Carter 1. Waltz, Kitty, waltz. Let everybody waltz. Waltz, Kitty, waltz. Let everybody waltz. Waltz, Kitty, waltz. Let everybody waltz. The guitars are ringing. Come on and waltz. 2. The girls are singing. The guitars are ringing. Their steps are so neat, their music so sweet. Waltz, Kitty, waltz. Let everybody waltz. The guitars are ringing. Come on and waltz. 3. Boys, come on and join our band. The guitars are ringing. The music's so grand. Waltz, Kitty, waltz. Let everybody waltz. The guitars are ringing. Come on and waltz. 4. Waltz, Kitty, waltz. Let everybody waltz. Waltz, Kitty, waltz. Let everybody waltz. Waltz, Kitty, waltz. Let everybody waltz. The guitars are ringing. Come on and waltz. |
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21 Sep 09 - 10:05 PM (#2728531) Subject: Lyr Add: LIVING TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND (Everly) From: Jim Dixon Copied from http://lyrics.wikia.com/lyrics/The_Everly_Brothers:Living_Too_Close_To_The_Ground LIVING TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND As sung by the Everly Brothers 1. Listen and hear each word. Stop, or you'll miss the birds. They sing in the top of the trees. Sometimes when you look, you can't see, But up there you will know that it's round. You're living too close to the ground. 2. Come where the lights are grand. Leave now without a plan. You can get away if you choose. Confess it: you've nothing to lose, And I can show you where it's found. You're living too close to the ground. 3. Rush so you'll pass it by. Don't let it catch your eye. Don't stop; you might look a fool, Standing with love in your eyes, Trying hard to believe what you've found. You're living too close to the ground. 4. I once held her close to me, Listened and heard her breathe, Just like I have done all my life. Her heart was the image of mine. Ah, but my wings just couldn't be found. I was living too close to the ground. |
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21 Sep 09 - 10:47 PM (#2728545) Subject: Lyr Add: NO KINDA DANCER (Robert Earl Keen, Jr) From: Jim Dixon Copied from http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/r/robert_earl_keen_jr/no_kinda_dancer_crd.htm NO KINDA DANCER Robert Earl Keen, Jr. 1. The first of the month brings back the notion Of a big round white dance hall and a cool summer night. Red cherry faces set black shoes in motion To the oom-pa-pa rhythm of a German delight. CHORUS: And I tried hard to tell you I was no kinda dancer. You took my hand to prove I was wrong. You guided me gently though I thought I could never. We were dancing together at the end of the song. 2. A taut little bald man like a German war hero With buxom old matrons to a quick John Paul Jones, Drapes of crepe paper, a ball made of mirror Cast shiny reflections on a brass slide trombone. CHORUS. 3. A man was still dancing with his phantom partner Though the band had quit playing at the evening's end, And it made me feel lucky that I had a partner To teach me the dance steps and come back again. CHORUS TWICE. |
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21 Sep 09 - 11:11 PM (#2728557) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Janie Can't find a link to it that provides either lyrics or the tune, but "Mississippi Moon" by Jimmy (Jimmie) Rodgers is a nice one. I think the Carter Family recorded it, but I have it on a Carl Jones-Beverly Smith CD. |
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22 Sep 09 - 07:27 AM (#2728688) Subject: Lyr Add: THEY WERE YOU (Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt) From: Jim Dixon Copied from http://www.geocities.com/merrystar3/allysongs/TheyWereYou.htm THEY WERE YOU Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt From "The Fantasticks" (1960) When the moon was young, when the month was May, When the stage was hung for my holiday, I saw shining lights, but I never knew They were you. They were you. They were you. When the dance was done, when I went my way, When I tried to find rainbows far away, All the lovely lights seemed to fade from view. They were you. They were you. They were you. Every secret prayer, every fancy-free, Everything I dreamed for both you and me, All my wildest dreams multiplied by two, They were you. They were you. They were you. |
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22 Sep 09 - 08:38 AM (#2728727) Subject: Lyr Add: TOO FAR GONE (Billy Sherrill) From: Jim Dixon Lyrics copied from http://www.lpdiscography.com/w/West/west_countrygirl-rca.htm TOO FAR GONE (Billy Sherrill) « © '67 Al Gallico Music, BMI » I can tell that somewhere there's someone you love more than me, Someone you love more than me, And it hurts to say it but you have the right to be free. I know that's the way it should be. My friends would console me by sayin' go find someone new, Go out and find someone new, But the longer I try, the harder I cry over you. I go home and cry over you. 'Cause I'm too far gone, too far gone. I guess I've loved you too much for too long, And I'm too far gone. If ever your new love should hurt you or make you feel blue, Hurt you or make you feel blue, Just remember your old love will still be around loving you. I'll be around loving you. [Recorded by David Houston on "You Mean the World to Me" (1967); Waylon Jennings on "Only the Greatest" (1968); Dottie West on "Country Girl" (1968); Tammy Wynette on "Tammy's Greatest Hits" (1969); Roy Drusky on "I'll Make Amends" (1970); Joe Stampley on "Soul Song" (1973); Emmylou Harris on "Pieces of the Sky" (1975); Elvis Costello & the Attractions on "Almost Blue" (1981); also by Bobby "Blue" Bland, Mindy Jostyn, and Lucille Starr. [Note: there are several other songs with the same title.] |
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22 Sep 09 - 10:19 AM (#2728804) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: GUEST,leeneia Nice compositin, olddude. Thanks for posting. |
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22 Sep 09 - 11:33 AM (#2728867) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: moongoddess I like the original "Tennessee Waltz" |
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22 Sep 09 - 06:39 PM (#2729199) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Joe_F Codger: It appears from Google that Jean Lenoir and Jean Neuberger are one and the same, the former being the pseudonym under which "Parlez-moi d'amour" first appeared. |
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23 Sep 09 - 07:23 AM (#2729482) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Artful Codger Joe: That explains it. I wondered if one might be a maiden name, but since Jean wasn't a maiden... |
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24 Sep 09 - 04:17 PM (#2730659) Subject: Lyr Add: THE WALTZING FOOL (Lyle Lovett) From: Jim Dixon Copied from http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/l/lyle_lovett/the_waltzing_fool.html THE WALTZING FOOL Lyle Lovett The waltzing fool, he's got lights in his fingers. The waltzing fool, he just don't never say. The waltzing fool, he keeps his hands in his pockets And waltzes the evening away. And it's a waltz to a woman who's lying beside him. It's a waltz to a face on the wall when she's gone. It's a waltz to the rodeo. the damn thing it rides him. It's a waltz to a waltz. Now the waltzing fool, he just might be crazy, Because the waltzing fool, he keeps the moon in his car, And the waltzing fool, he says it's running On waltzes and waltzes. And it's a waltz to a woman who's lying beside him It's a waltz to a face on the wall when she's gone It's a waltz to the rodeo the damn thing it rides him It's a waltz to a waltz Just a waltz to a waltz Now the waltzing fool, they say he's been drinking, But the waltzing fool, he's just got mud on his shoes, And the waltzing fool, he knows they're all thinking. He's only an old waltzing fool. But the waltzing fool, he's got lights in his fingers. The waltzing fool, he just don't never say. The waltzing fool, he keeps his hands in his pockets, And waltzes the evening away. The waltzing fool, his hands in his pockets, He's waltzing the evening away. [From the album "Lyle Lovett" (1986).] |
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24 Sep 09 - 04:50 PM (#2730679) Subject: Lyr Add: SPOON RIVER From: Barry Finn Love this one by Micheal Smith Spoon River All of the river boat gamblers are losing their shirts All of the brave union soldier boys sleep in the dirt But you know and I know, there never was reason to hurt All of our lives were entwined to begin with, Here in spoon river. All of the calico dresses, the gingham and lace, Are up in the attic with Grandfather's derringer case, There's words whispered down in the parlour, a shadowy face, The morning is heavy with one more beginning, Here in spoon river. Come to the dance, Mary Perkins, I like you right well, The union's preserved, if you listen you'll hear all the bells, There must be a heaven, God knows that I've seen most of hell, My rig is outside, come and ride through the morning, Here in spoon river. Barry |
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24 Sep 09 - 05:22 PM (#2730704) Subject: Lyr Add: WEDNESDAY NIGHT WALTZ (Spencer Williams?) From: Jim Dixon Lyrics and chords copied from http://kristinhall.org/songbook/USFolk/WednesdayNightWaltz.html: WEDNESDAY NIGHT WALTZ* G Gdim G Gdim G Gdim G Fdim Sweetheart of mine, sweetheart divine, come have a last waltz with me. Am D G Em A7 D7 I love you so; want you to know you're mine 'til eternity. G#dim Am D7 G Em D7 We'll dance the whole waltz through while I whisper love words to you. CHORUS: G D7 G G7 C F#7 G Let's dance while they are playing the Wednesday Night Waltz. D7 G A7 D7 Let's join the couples swaying before the music halts. G D7 G G7 C F#7 G G7 Close to my heart I'll press you to prove my love is not false. C F#7 G E7 A7 D7 G Sweetheart, let me caress you to the Wednesday Night Waltz. I knew that you would love me, too; I saw it deep in your eyes. Now I'm complete; you are so sweet; you're just a wonderful prize. I love to hold you near and hear you say, "I love you, dear." CHORUS: [new words] I love a tune so mellow the Wednesday Night Waltz. And when I hear the cello, my very soul exalts. With music so entrancing, I'll never find any faults. C F#7 G E7 A7 D7 G Sweetheart, when we are dancing to the Wednesday Night Waltz. [*According to WorldCat.org, 3 university libraries have copies of sheet music titled WEDNESDAY NIGHT WALTZ, and they credit Spencer Williams as songwriter (New York City: Triangle Music Pub. Co., 1928)—but without seeing the sheet music, I can't verify that it's the right song. BMI.com has 12 listings for the same title, each with different writers. I can't tell whether these are different songs with the same title, or different lyrics to the same tune, or conflicting claims to the same song, or—? [78discography.com lists the following early recordings: Leake County Revelers, 1927 Kessinger Bros, 1928 North Carolina Hawaiians, 1928 Bar Harbor Society Orch, 1929 Bud & Joe Billings, 1929 Cruther Bros, 1929 Frank Luther & C. Robison, 1929 Harry Pomar Hotel Ansley Orch, 1929 Walter Kolomoku's Hawaiians, 1929 Carter's Orch, 1930 Fiddlin' Doc Roberts Trio, 1931 Riley Puckett, 1934 Stripling Brothers, 1934 Shelton Brothers, 1938 Wiley Walker & Gene Sullivan, 1940 Cope Brothers, 1947 Elmer Christian Bar-X Cowboys, 1947 Jack Youngblood, 1953] |
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24 Sep 09 - 05:44 PM (#2730715) Subject: Lyr Add: WISH ME A RAINBOW (Evans, Livingston) From: Jim Dixon Lyrics copied from http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/w/wishmearainbow.shtml: WISH ME A RAINBOW (Words and Music by: Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) From the film "This Property Is Condemned" 1966 Wish me a rainbow and wish me the stars. All this you can give me wherever you are. And dreams for my pillow and stars for my eyes, And a masquerade ball where our love wins first prize. Wish me red roses and yellow balloons, And caress us whirling to gay dancing tunes. I want all these treasures, the most you can give, So wish me a rainbow as long as I live. All my tomorrows depend on your love, So wish me a rainbow above. All my tomorrows depend on your love, So wish me a rainbow above. |
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25 Sep 09 - 01:31 AM (#2730894) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: Jim Dixon Lyrics copied from http://www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au/page/AUSTRALIANFOLKSONGLYRICS/ AND WHEN THEY DANCE Roy Abbott (of Mucky Duck Bush Band) CHORUS: And when they dance, their dresses spin round, They travel so light that they ne'er touch the ground, And the smile on their faces will win every crowd, The lasses who danced 'till the morning. 1. I've travelled about, yes, I've been all around, From Perth in the west, to old Sydney town, And it warms up my heart every time I look down, At the lasses who danced 'till the morning. 2. I play for the gentry; I've played for them all, From a small country gig to a debutantes' ball, And it's one thing that joins them, the big and the small, It's the lasses who danced 'till the morning. 3. At the end of the dance, the folk leave the floor. Their feet must be tired, so tender and sore, But who are the ones who call out for more? It's the lasses who danced 'till the morning. 4. So long may I travel, and far may I roam, From Darwin to Hobart, a long way from home, And I'll stare at the people who I'll never know, And the lasses who danced 'till the morning. [Graeme Murray, of Wongawilli, added verse 5:] 5. And as they dance, men turn them around, Lads all dressed up for a night on the town, In their waistcoats and moleskins, it's a smile and a bow, To the lasses who danced 'till the morning. [Recorded by— Mucky Duck Bush Band on "Three Ducking Decades" Wongawilli Colonial Dance Club on "Australian Tradition" Danny Spooner on "Emerging Tradition"] |
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25 Sep 09 - 02:06 AM (#2730903) Subject: Lyr Add: WALTZING WITH YOU (Molly Mason) From: Jim Dixon Transcribed from Dancing on the Air Radio Archive: WALTZING WITH YOU Molly Mason From the film "Brother's Keeper" All these years I've lived alone watching life just pass me by, So when you asked if I would dance, I was afraid to even try Then I heard that fiddle playin' and suddenly I knew All I wanted was a chance to be waltzing with you. Ev'rybody knew that I'd never danced before, But there we were together, gliding 'cross the floor. And all the dreams I never had, and all the love I never knew, Now I've found here in your arms while I'm waltzing with you. |
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08 Jun 10 - 06:00 PM (#2923399) Subject: RE: Pretty waltzes with lyrics From: GUEST,Calico Moonlight And Roses Springtime In The Rockies Oh What A Beautiful Morning (I'm In Love With A) Wonderful Guy (from South Pacific) |