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amother

Thu, Jul 29 2021, 5:55 pm

I'm talking about 60s here. So either you're a bubby like me or you had family who would listen to those old oldies...

Well, in a crossword puzzle recently I came across a clue about a song called Domani. Well, I thought I remembered it.

I thought it went... domani... ho ho, hey cantare, ho ho ho ho
Well, it turns out Domani is a totally different song, & the one I remember is
Volare (means flying, whereas Domani means tomorrow!)

I'm curious how many of you remember old songs in foreign languages.
When I was a youngster all the way back then, I think it was our upstairs tenant who was into this kind of stuff. (My parents were more into Herb Alpert & Shlomo Carlebach.)

But, for example, there may have been popular songs in French, which I only learned later. So I can't seem to retrieve words, just impression.

One goes vaguely through my mind & the tune is very similar to part of "od yeshvu zkeinim uzkenos.." More like the part about "yeladim veyelodos yesachaku birchovoseha"

zaq

Thu, Jul 29 2021, 8:38 pm

Michelle, ma belle
Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble
Tres bien ensemble

Dominique, nique, nique
S'en allait tout simplement
Routier, pauvre et chantant

I don’t consider Hebrew to be a foreign language but Hava Nagila was mad popular.

amother

Maple

Thu, Jul 29 2021, 8:45 pm

I know Volare from "Name that Tune". And there are a couple of Spanish songs that I know from movie soundtracks. But I'm not old enough to actually remember the 60's; I learned them in the early to mid 80's when my parents listened to them as oldies and I watched shows with my mom or on Nick at Nite. There are definitely some Spanish songs I know from I Love Lucy, but I can't remember them now.

amother

Thu, Jul 29 2021, 8:59 pm

Here's another that I managed to find and was surprised I got enough words for it.
though I thought it was al di la del amour & it's really about mer, the sea

Al di là
Non credevo possibile
Si potessero dire queste parole:
Al di là del bene più prezioso, ci sei tu.
Al di là del sogno più ambizioso, ci sei tu.
Al di là delle cose più belle.
Al di là delle stelle, ci sei tu.
Al di là, ci sei tu per me, per me, soltanto per me.
Al di là del mare più profondo, ci sei tu.
Al di là dei limiti del mondo, ci sei tu.
Al di là della volta infinita, al di là della vita.
Ci sei tu, al di là, ci sei tu per me.

Beyond
I didn't believe it was possible,
that you could say say these words:
Beyond the most valuable thing, there you are.
Beyond the most ambitious dream, there you are.
Beyond the most beautiful things.
Beyond the stars, there you are.
Beyond, there you are for me, for me, only for me.
Beyond the deepest sea, there you are.
Beyond the world's limits, there you are.
Beyond the infinite sky vault, beyond the life.
There you are, beyond, there you are for me.

https://lyricstranslate.com/en......html

amother

Thu, Jul 29 2021, 9:00 pm

Oh yes, I've been thinking about Michelle too!

Dominique, that does ring a bell. Have to go look that one up!

amother

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 2:41 pm

I was just remembering

This song is evidently from 1969.

At the ripe old age of 12, I remember thinking, trying to copy the Beatles, are we? (So I just looked this up now, have to be accurate in my critique, Michelle Ma Belle won a Grammy in 1966.

amother

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 2:43 pm

Came across this page: More songs with foreign words Maybe after Shabbos I will have time to check them out though I wish they listed the year before I have to click on each one.

SixOfWands

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 2:53 pm

Voulez-vous couchez avec moi, ce soir.

Jai guru deva, ommmmm

Jeux sans frontieres

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est.

In a Gadda Da Vida?

amother

Clover

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 3:05 pm

SixOfWands wrote:

Voulez-vous couchez avec moi, ce soir.

Jai guru deva, ommmmm

Jeux sans frontieres

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est.

In a Gadda Da Vida?

As kids we use to sing this with out knowing what it means 🤦‍♀️

amother

Molasses

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 3:52 pm

Frere Jaquez
Frere Jaquez
Dormer vouz?
Dormer vouz?
Sonina la Tina
Sonina la Tina
Ding dong dong
Ding ding dong

Sorry for butchering the french spelling.

amother

Natural

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 3:54 pm

My mother used to sing me Gladys Gewirtz songs. Her albums are from the 1940s.

BrisketBoss

Fri, Jul 30 2021, 4:40 pm

amother [ Clover ] wrote:

As kids we use to sing this with out knowing what it means 🤦‍♀️

As a BT who became bas mitzvah in the 2000s, the songs they played then were so much worse and we knew what they meant too. I hated all that garbage.

amother

Wandflower

Sat, Jul 31 2021, 4:37 pm

My mother used to sing to us in the bath

Un bateau mamie mamie....... but can't remember how it finished

amother

Brown

Sat, Jul 31 2021, 4:49 pm

Frere Jacques
Frere Jacques
Dormez vouz?
Dormez vouz?
Sonnez les matins
Sonnez les matins
Ding dang dong
Ding dang dong

amother

Wandflower

Sat, Jul 31 2021, 5:02 pm

amother [ Brown ] wrote:

Frere Jacques
Frere Jacques
Dormez vouz?
Dormez vouz?
Sonnez les matins
Sonnez les matins
Ding dang dong
Ding dang dong

My grandmother used to sing this to us like this

Frere Jaques
Alte Jacke
Dormez vous
Dumme Kuh
Sonnez les matines
Alte Waschmaschine
Ding dang dong
Du bisch dumm

BrisketBoss

Sat, Jul 31 2021, 8:35 pm

amother [ Wandflower ] wrote:

My grandmother used to sing this to us like this

Frere Jaques
Alte Jacke
Dormez vous
Dumme Kuh
Sonnez les matines
Alte Waschmaschine
Ding dang dong
Du bisch dumm

zaq

Sat, Jul 31 2021, 9:15 pm

La Novia
Cuanto calienta el sol
La Vie en Rose
La Bamba
Que sera, sera

amother

Molasses

Sat, Jul 31 2021, 9:21 pm

amother [ Wandflower ] wrote:

My mother used to sing to us in the bath

Un bateau mamie mamie....... but can't remember how it finished

Yes. My mother used to sing this when we were in the bath too.
An bateau, mamia mamia
An bateau mamia solo

amother

Molasses

Sat, Jul 31 2021, 9:25 pm

Oy Barcelona barcelona....

Kuni kuni kuni kuni Lemel

Tzali umtzudasi umfaltili (I think London boys)

amother

Molasses

Sat, Jul 31 2021, 9:33 pm

Anyone know this old Yiddish song? It goes something like this. My father used to sing it to me.

Yummala yummala, zing mir a lidel, Fervus dus maidele veint,?
Farvus dus maidele veint,?
Dus maidel vill a pur shichalech koifen
Luz mir gein tzum shister loifen
Nein, tattenyu, nein
Du veist nisht farvus ich vein

Yummala yummala, zing mir a lidel, Farvus dus maidele veint,?
Farvus dus maidele veint,?
Dus maidele vill a kleidel koifen
Luz mir gein tzum shneiderin loifen
Nein, tattenyu, nein
Du veist nisht farvus ich vein

Yummala yummala, zing mir a lidel, Fervus dus maidele veint,?
Farvus dus maidele veint,?
Dus maidel vill a chosson haben
Luz mir gein tzum shadchen loifen
Yuh, tattenyu, yuh
Du veist shoin farvus ich vein

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