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The Christmas wine is in the pot
The Christmas coals are red
I'll spend my day the lover's way
Unwrapping all my gifts in bed
Music John Barry
Original Lyrics: James Goldman
Allons gai gai gai
Legeres, allons gai
Allons gai
Soyez legeres, suivez-moi
English text :
Let's go, joyfully
Lightly, let's go joyfully.
Let's go, joyfully,
Be gay, follow me.
Music John Barry
Original Lyrics: James Goldman
Eleanore, Reginae Anglorum,
Salus et vita
English text :
To Eleanor, Queen of the English,
Health and life.
John Barry
James Goldman
Latin text :
Regis regum rectissimi
prope est dies domini,
dies irae et vindictae,
tenebrarum et nebulae
diesque mirabilium
tonitruorum fortium,
dies quoque angustiae,
maeroris ac tristitiae.
English text :
Day of the king most righteous,
The day is nigh at hand,
The day of wrath and vengeance,
And darkness on the land.
Day of thick clouds and voices,
Of mighty thundering,
A day of narrow anguish
And bitter sorrowing.
Music John Barry
Latin text research Denis Stevens
I died today a little more,
But nothing's lost. I've died before.
I played the old forbidden game;
I spoke your name,
Petulia.
The arms closing; the lips parting;
The heart stopping; the chills starting.
Such little things and feather-light:
Your hand in mine, the summer night.
Such little things ... how could they spell
Eternal hell,
Petulia?
The door locking; the keys jingling;
The slow melting; the swift mingling.
But I have lived like many men,
And I am doomed to live again;
A broken toy that none will claim,
Who speaks your name:
Petulia,
Petulia.
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From sheet-music version included in "Warner Bros 75th Anniversary: A Tribute In Music From the 20s Through the 90s."
Music by John Barry
Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh
My love has two faces
One false one true.
My love has two faces
Which one is you?
The first night
A warm light
Flickered in your eyes.
The first time you held me
Summer filled my heart.
The first kiss you gave me
Woke a sleeping dream
And I began to scheme
How we would never part.
But love has two faces
One false one true.
Which face are you wearing?
I wish I knew.
Oh, last night
A cold light
Shivered in your glance.
Yes last night
Your cold eyes
Started sudden fear.
That moment my heart felt
Winters icy kiss.
Did I imagine this,
Or can the end be near?
My love has two faces
One false one true.
One lies and one loves me
Which one is you?
Which one is you?
Music John Barry
Lyrics by Jack Lawrence
Performed by Shirley Bassey
You Only Live Twice or so it seems
One life for yourself and one for your dreams.
You drift through the years and life seems tame
Till one dream appears and love is its name.
And love is a stranger who'll beckon you on
Don't think of the danger or the stranger is gone.
This dream is for you, so pay the price
Make one dream come true, you only live twice.
And love is a stranger who'll beckon you on
Don't think of the danger or the stranger is gone.
This dream is for you, so pay the price
Make one dream come true, you only live twice.
John Barry
Leslie Bricusse
sung by Nancy Sinatra
Wednesday's child is a child of woe
Wednesday's child cries alone, I know
When you smiled, just for me you smiled
For a while, I forgot I was Wednesday's child
Friday's child wins at love, they say
In your arms, Friday was my day
Now you're gone -- well, I should have known
I'm Wednesday's child, born to be alone
John Barry
Mack David
sung by Matt Monro
Born free, as free as the wind blows
As free as the grass grows
Born free to follow your heart
Live free, and beauty surronds you
The world still astounds you
Each time you look at a star
Stay free, where no walls divide you
You're free as a roaring tide
So there's no need to hide
Born free, and life is worth living
But only worth living
Cause you're born free
Stay free, where no walls divide you
You're free as a roaring tide
So there's no need to hide
John Barry
Don Black
sung by Matt Monro
Life seems
One big puzzle
Sometimes
I come to the end of me
Some men will always fight
Until they're falling
And crawling
And the chase goes on
Don't know
Where I'm running
Just know
I was born to run the race
The world is tough if you
Just sit and grumble
You crumble
And the chase goes on
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Originally published by Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
Music by John Barry
Lyrics by Don Black
I love my love with an "L" that stands for longing
An "L" that once stood for loneliness now stands for lovers lane
And the lake we came to often
And the light through the tress of the moon on the lake and the laughter
In the long long hours that my love is left all alone to sing its song in
I love my love with an "L" that stands for longing
I love my love with an "O" for overpowering
An "O" that once stood for out of bounds now is the overture
Of romantic times and places
For our love seems to be like a tree growing in an oasis
And the sun breaks through and the trees will bloom, the blossoms all start flowering
I love my love with an "O" for overpowering
I love my love with a "V" for very dearly
A "V" that once stood for all in vain now stands for valentine
In a world that's vastly sweeter
For her kiss verifies all the joy in her eyes when I meet her
Life begins anew, it's a differwent view not a vision seen unclearly
I love my love with a "V" for very dearly
I love my love with an "E" for every minute
An "E" that once stood for emptiness now stands for everywhere
That we've ever been together
And the eager embrace that's eternally ours and forever
For a romance will make your life stand still from the moment you begin it
I love my love with an "E" for every minute
I love my love with an "L" for longing, overpowering, very dearly, "E" for every minute of the day
And my love loves me in exactly the same sort of way
John Barry
Trever Peacock
Sung by Jeremy Clyde
There will be violins playing
Softly, somewhere, won't there?
I shall be flying through rainbows
Though I can't fly, shan't I?
And when he lowers his lips
To kiss me, surely
The world will be lost from view
How much of the dream comes true?
He'll be the prince
Out of every childhood story, surely
His arms could crush me
But he will hold me gently, won't he?
And as the dawn slowly opens one eye,
Won't I find life wonderful and new?
How much of the dream comes true?
How much of the dream comes true?
John Barry
Trever Peacock
Sung by Francesca Annis (also recorded by Barbra Streisand)
Rome, the city of secrets
every lover has shared.
Narrow streets lead to archways
and thoughts of people who cared.
Pictures painted in sunlight,
happy memories of one night.
Secrets whispered in a fountains spray
Step by step we go walking
where those lovers have gone.
Can you still hear them talking
of times they wandered alone?
Some were gay and lighthearted,
others cried when they parted.
Carved initials in the stone,
echoes of a tender song,
the secrets, the secrets of Rome
Every kiss and every tear,
they are all remembered here,
the secrets, the secrets of Rome.
Sophia Loren sings The Secrets Of Rome
Music and lyrics by John Barry
He's tall and he's dark
And like a shark he looks for trouble
That's why the zero's double
Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
He's suave and he's smooth
And he can soothe you like vanilla
The gentleman's a killer
Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
Damoiselles and danger
Have filled the stranger's past
Like a knife he cuts through life
Like ev'ry day's the last.
He's fast and he's cool
He's from the school that loves and leaves 'em
A pity if it grieves 'em
Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang's not a fool.
Damoiselles and danger
Have filled the stranger's past
Like the knife he cuts through life
Like ev'ry day's the last.
He's fast and he's cool
He's from the school that loves and leaves 'em
A pity if it grieves 'em
Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang's not a fool.
[No, he's no fool
He's no fool
He is no fool.]
John Barry
Leslie Bricusse
sung by Dionne Warwick
sung by Shirley Bassey (without [....])
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