Antonio Jobim

Vinicius De Moraes

Happiness

Jazz

Latin

1959

Tristeza no tem fim
Felicidade sim

A felicidade como a gota
De orvalho numa p'tala de flor
Brilha tranquila
Depois de leve oscila
E cai como uma l'grima de amor

A felicidade do pobre parece
A grande ilus'o do carnaval
A gente trabalha o ano inteiro
Por um momento de sonho
Pra fazer a fantasia
De rei ou de pirata ou jardineira
Pra tudo se acabar na quarta feira

Tristeza n'o tem fim
Felicidade sim

A felicidade 'como a pluma
Que o vento vai levando pelo ar
Voa t'o leve
Mas tem a vida breve
Precisa que haja vento sem parar

A minha felicidade est' sonhando
Nos olhos da minha namorada
'como esta noite
Passando, passando
Em busca da madrugada
Falem baixo, por favor
Pr' que ela acorde alegre como o dia
Oferecendo beijos de amor

Tristeza n'o tem fim
Felicidade sim

Lou Klein

Love

Weather

Places

Novelty

Latin

Vintage

1928

I am a gay caballero
I come from Rio de Janiero
I carry with me my weetrembeli
And both of my latrabaleros.

I met a gay young senorita
Who gave me a dose of clapita
Right on the end of my weetrembeli
And both of my latrabaleros

I went to a wise surgeano
He said, "I prescribe purgeano,"
He cut off the end of my weetrembeli
And both of my latrabaleros

And now I'm a sad caballero
Returning to Rio de Janiero
But not as you see with my weetrembeli
And both of my latrabaleros

At night as I lie on my pillow
Seeking to finger my willow
All I find there is a handful of hair
And one dried up latrabalero.

Garcia Jose Lacalle

Latin

0

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry cry cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die

Well I met her accidentaly in St Paul Minnesota
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl that southern drawl
Then I heard my dream was back downstream cavortin' in Davenport
And I followed you Big River when you called

Then you took me to St Louis later on down the river
A freighter said she's been here but she's gone said boy she's gone
I found her trail in Memphis but she just walked up the block
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone
[ guitar ]
Now won't you batter down by Boton Rouge River Queen roll it on
Take that woman on down to New Orleans New Orleans
Go on I've had enough dump my blues down in the gulf
She loves you Big River more than me

Yeah I pulled into Nachez yesterday down the river
You know there's not much there to make you stay very long
When I left it was raining so nobody saw me crying
Big river why's she treatin' me this way
[ piano - steel ]
Well I taught the weeping willow how to cry cry cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die
Yeah I'm gonna sit right here until I die

Lou Handman

Roy Turk

Memories/Nostalgia

Love

Latin

Pop

1962

Are you lonesome tonight?
Do you miss me tonight?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memory stray,
To a bright, summer day,
When I kissed you,
And called you sweetheart?

Do the chairs in your parlor,
Seem empty and bare?
Do you gaze at your doorstep,
And picture me there?
Is your heart filled with pain?
Shall I come back again?
Tell me dear,
Are you lonesome tonight?

I wonder if you're lonesome tonight?
You know someone said that the world's a stage,
And each must play a part.
Fate had me playing in love with you as my sweetheart.

Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance.
You read your lines so cleverly and never missed a cue.
Then came act two, you seemed to change, you acted strange,
And why I've never known.

Honey, you lied when you said you loved me.
And I had no cause to doubt you.
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies,
Than to go on living without you.

Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there,
With emptiness all around.
And if you won't come back to me,
Then they can bring the curtain down.

Is your heart filled with pain?
Shall I come back again?
Tell me dear,
Are you lonesome tonight?