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"Masters in This Hall" (alternative title: "Nowell, Sing We Clear") is a Christmas carol with words written around 1860 by the English poet and artist William Morris to an old French dance tune. The carol is moderately popular around the world but has not entered the canon of most popular carols.
The song "All Around my Hat" (Roud 567 [1] and 22518, [2] Laws P31) is of nineteenth-century English origin. [3] In an early version, [citation needed] dating from the 1820s, a Cockney costermonger vowed to be true to his fiancée, who had been sentenced to seven years' transportation to Australia for theft and to mourn his loss of her by wearing green willow sprigs in his hatband for "a ...
Barbara, this is Shirley". [6] Mandrell's rendition of "Woman to Woman" appears on her album Love's Ups and Downs. In 1994, a cover by Jewell featured on the soundtrack to the film Murder Was the Case starring Snoop Dogg. Jewell's version sampled Shirley Brown's original and peaked at #16 on the R&B chart and #72 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"The Cruel Mother" (a.k.a."The Greenwood Side" or "Greenwood Sidey") (Roud 9, Child 20) is a murder ballad originating in England that has since become popular throughout the wider English-speaking world.
If My Friends Could See Me Now", with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, is a song from the 1966 Broadway musical Sweet Charity. In the musical the character of Charity, played in the original New York cast by Gwen Verdon , reflects on her marvellous luck as she spends time with Vittorio.
"Shirley" is a song originally released by John Fred and the Playboys in December 1958 by Montel Records. It was the band's debut single and reached number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1959. [ 1 ]
Shirley Bassey had a No. 8 hit in the UK with "Never Never Never", an English version with lyrics by Norman Newell. It was also No. 1 in Australia, No. 2 in South Africa, No. 3 in Singapore, and her only single to make three US charts: No. 48 on the Billboard Hot 100 , No. 8 on the Adult Contemporary Chart , and No. 67 on the R&B Chart .
The original song title "Amoureuse" – which does not feature in its lyrics – is the French equivalent of the English adjective amorous and is also a feminine noun meaning "woman in love", lover. Sanson's lyric describes the contradictory feelings of passion and fear of a woman involved in a new love affair.