Songs

“Auld Lang Syne”

(1788) by Robert Burns • Wikipedia • Wikisource

“the Ballad of Duncan Campbell”

Duncan Campbell (d. 1758 July 18) • Wikipedia

• The Black Watch at Ticonderoga and Major Duncan Campbell of Inverawe by Frederick B. Richards, A.M.^Ws
• “Ticonderoga: A Legend of the West Highlands” (1890) by Robert Louis Stevenson
• “Piper’s Refrain” at The Mudcat Café

“The Cherry-Tree Carol”

(early 15th century) • Wikipedia • Wikisource

“I Put a Spell on You”

(1956) by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins • Wikipedia

• The Arsenio Hall Show (1990 Feb. 9)
• Sunday Night #2.15 (1990 Feb. 11)

[long quiet scat]

[Sunday Night: quietly] you don’t have to, but you better.

[long scat, then quietly] 1-2-3

I put a spell on you,

because you’re mine.

Stop the things you do. [scat]

watch out, I ain’t lyin’. [scream]

I can’t stand, [scream]

no running around.

Can’t stand,

don’t put me down.

I put the spell on you,

because you’re mine. [long scream]

[Sunday Night: sax solo]

Stop the things you do.

[scat] watch out, I ain’t lyin’. [scream]

I love you,

I love you,

I love you anyhow.

I don’t care,

if you don’t want me,

I’m yours right now.

I put a spell on you,

because you’re mine. [scream]

[Sunday Night: long scat, then quietly] 1-2-3

[Arsenio Hall: long scat, then quietly] mystery train

[Arsenio Hall: long scat, then quietly] Michael Jackson

Whoa… whoa… whoa… whoa… whoa…

[long yell]

[very long scat]

[scream]

“Nature Boy”

(1947) by eden ahbez for Nat King Cole • Wikipedia

This story is about love

The woman I loved is dead

There was a boy

A very strange, enchanted boy

They say he wandered very far

Very far, over land and sea

A little shy and sad of eye

But very wise was he

And then one day

One magic day he passed my way

While we spoke of many things

Fools and Kings

This he said to me:

“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn

Is just to love and be loved in return”

“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn

Is just to love and be loved in return”

[Instrumental Interlude]

“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn

Is just to love and be loved in return”

“Show Me the Way to Go Home”

(1925) by Campbell & Connelly (as “Irving King”) • Wikipedia

Show me the way to go home,

I’m tired and I want to go to bed.

I had a little drink about an hour ago,

And it’s gone right to my head.

Wherever I may roam,

By land, or sea, or foam.

You can always hear me singing this song,

Show me the way to go home, home.

“the Sloop John B”

(pre-1916) Bahamian folk song • Wikipedia • Wikisource