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Songs & Smiles
United States
Приєднався 22 лис 2019
Songs & Smiles singalongs are designed to be fun for the whole family, including loved ones living with dementia. Singing together can help people living with dementia connect with family and friends and their own joy-filled memories.
All of our singalong videos feature uplifting, positive, and widely known songs. We select singable keys and tempos, then add easy-to-read lyrics and an on-screen singalong leader.
Songs & Smiles is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization keeping families connected during the Alzheimer's journey.
We support songwriters and musicians, so we license copyrighted songs and recordings. We also use many public domain songs and original recordings. If you would like to help us include more copyrighted music in our singalongs, please visit our website to make a donation.
All of our singalong videos feature uplifting, positive, and widely known songs. We select singable keys and tempos, then add easy-to-read lyrics and an on-screen singalong leader.
Songs & Smiles is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization keeping families connected during the Alzheimer's journey.
We support songwriters and musicians, so we license copyrighted songs and recordings. We also use many public domain songs and original recordings. If you would like to help us include more copyrighted music in our singalongs, please visit our website to make a donation.
Singalong Version of “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze”
Singalong version of “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze” … music by Gaston Lyle, arrangement by Alfred Lee, and lyrics by George Leybourne. This song was published in 1867 and has since been recorded by Burl Ives, Bing Crosby, Bruce Springsteen, and many other wonderful singers. Passengers on a bus sing this song in the 1934 movie “It Happened One Night.”
Over the years, many different verses of this song have been sung.
LYRICS SUNG IN THIS VERSION:
Oh, once I was happy, but now I'm forlorn,
Like an old coat that is tattered and torn.
Left in this wide world to fret and to mourn,
Betrayed by a maid in her teens
Oh, this girl that I loved, she was handsome,
And I tried all I knew, her to please,
But I never could please her one quarter so well
As the man on the flying trapeze.
Oh!
He floats through the air with the greatest of ease,
The daring young man on the flying trapeze.
His actions are graceful.
All girls he does please.
And my love he has stolen away.
His actions are graceful.
All girls he does please.
And my love he has stolen away.
This man, he was known as a heartbreaking guy.
Ladies would look up to him with a sigh.
My sweetheart, she saw him and told me “Goodbye.”
Her heart flew to him like a breeze.
So I knew that my
love dream was over.
I was there when he
smiled at my love.
Then she winked back at him and she shouted “Bravo!”
As he hung by his nose from above.
Oh!
He floats through the air with the greatest of ease,
The daring young man on the flying trapeze.
His actions are graceful.
All girls he does please.
And my love he has stolen away.
#singalongsong #goldenoldies #flyingtrapeze #nostalgia
Over the years, many different verses of this song have been sung.
LYRICS SUNG IN THIS VERSION:
Oh, once I was happy, but now I'm forlorn,
Like an old coat that is tattered and torn.
Left in this wide world to fret and to mourn,
Betrayed by a maid in her teens
Oh, this girl that I loved, she was handsome,
And I tried all I knew, her to please,
But I never could please her one quarter so well
As the man on the flying trapeze.
Oh!
He floats through the air with the greatest of ease,
The daring young man on the flying trapeze.
His actions are graceful.
All girls he does please.
And my love he has stolen away.
His actions are graceful.
All girls he does please.
And my love he has stolen away.
This man, he was known as a heartbreaking guy.
Ladies would look up to him with a sigh.
My sweetheart, she saw him and told me “Goodbye.”
Her heart flew to him like a breeze.
So I knew that my
love dream was over.
I was there when he
smiled at my love.
Then she winked back at him and she shouted “Bravo!”
As he hung by his nose from above.
Oh!
He floats through the air with the greatest of ease,
The daring young man on the flying trapeze.
His actions are graceful.
All girls he does please.
And my love he has stolen away.
#singalongsong #goldenoldies #flyingtrapeze #nostalgia
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Singalong Version of “Give My Regards to Broadway”
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Singalong version of “Give My Regards to Broadway” by George M. Cohan. This song was originally published in 1904 and is in the public domain. We created a new recording for this video. The song has been recorded by many popular artists, such as Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, and Patti LuPone. For this video, we included the chorus, followed by Verse 2, followed by the chorus again. Verse 1 (not su...
Singalong Version of ”Aba Daba Honeymoon”
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Singalong version of “Aba Daba Honeymoon” by Arthur Fields and Walter Donovan. This song was originally published in 1914 and is in the public domain. We created a new recording for this video. A version of the song was sung by Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter in the 1950 film, “Two Weeks with Love.” In 1951, their rendition reached number 3 on the Billboard charts. Lyrics: “Aba, daba, da...
Singalong Version of “Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)”
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Singalong version of “Daisy Bell” … written by Harry Dacre in 1892. This song is best know for its catchy chorus which includes the phrase “on a bicycle built for two.” The song is in the public domain, and a new recording was created for this video. Our singalongs are designed to be fun for the whole family, including loved ones who have Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. Singing together...
Singalong Version of “Yankee Doodle Dandy”
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Singalong version of “Yankee Doodle Dandy” by George M. Cohan. This song, also known as “The Yankee Doodle Boy,” was originally published in 1904 and is in the public domain. We created a new recording for this video. Cohan wrote the song, including two verses, for the Broadway musical “Little Johnny Jones.” The chorus was famously sung by James Cagney playing Cohan in the 1942 film “Yankee Doo...
Singalong Version of “Little Brown Jug”
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Singalong version of “Little Brown Jug” by Joseph Eastburn Winner. This song was originally published in 1869 and is in the public domain. We created a new recording for this video. Many different versions of the lyrics have been sung over the years. Lyrics sung here: My wife and I live all alone, In a little log hut we call our own. I love her, and she loves me. We’re as happy as we can be. Ha...
Singalong Version of “Count Your Blessings (Name Them One By One)”
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Singalong version of “Count Your Blessinge.” Lyrics by Johnson Oatman. Music by Edwin O. Excell. This song was originally published in 1897 and is in the public domain. We created a new recording for this video. This classic hymn appears in many Christian hymnals. Oatman wrote 4 verses. This singalong video includes the first two verses. Lyrics sung here: Verse 1: When upon life’s billows you a...
Glimpse of an in-person singalong: Eric leading
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Songs & Smiles singalong show at a memory care home in Texas. (Families and the facility gave us permission to post this video.)
Glimpse of an in-person singalong show: residents and family members
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Glimpse of an in-person singalong show: residents and family members
Singalong Version of “Bye Bye Blackbird”
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Singalong Version of “Bye Bye Blackbird”
Singalong Version of “I Love to Tell the Story”
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Singalong Version of “I Love to Tell the Story”
Singalong Version of “Home on the Range”
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Singalong Version of “Home on the Range”
Singalong Version of “When You're Smiling”
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Singalong Version of “When You're Smiling”
Singalong Version of “The Sidewalks of New York”
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Singalong Version of “The Sidewalks of New York”
Singalong Version of “Just a Closer Walk With Thee”
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Singalong Version of “Just a Closer Walk With Thee”
Singalong Version of “Moonlight Bay” (chorus)
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Singalong Version of “Moonlight Bay” (chorus)
Singalong Version of “In My Merry Oldsmobile”
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Singalong Version of “In My Merry Oldsmobile”
Song from "The Cars Issue" of Joyful Memories
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Song from "The Cars Issue" of Joyful Memories
Singalong Version of “The Fountain in the Park”
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Singalong Version of “The Fountain in the Park”
Singalong Version of “Those Songs My Mother Used to Sing”
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Singalong Version of “Those Songs My Mother Used to Sing”
Singalong Version of “I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)
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Singalong Version of “I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)
Singalong Version of “Darktown Strutters’ Ball”
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Singalong Version of “Darktown Strutters’ Ball”
Singalong Version of “Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here”
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Singalong Version of “Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here”
Singalong Version of “Down By the Old Mill Stream”
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Singalong Version of “Down By the Old Mill Stream”
Singalong Version of “Alexander's Ragtime Band”
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Singalong Version of “Alexander's Ragtime Band”
I'm like to sing with my friend Bryan and Friends with Heart at the Baseball
Nice!
What a happy song and sung perfectly. Thank you!!
GO CUBS GO!!
Who here remembers Jackie Robinson in 2024! Oh, I may be old, but I was such a strong young boy. Me and pep bred horses and I would have to hold their heads steady - big, strong heads! Oh they were strong and so beautiful! Many cheers, thanks and happy days from Nebraska!
I cherish baseball memories, too. I remember the first time my father took me to Wrigley Field to see the Cubs play!
By the way, I was born in Nebraska!
I remember when this song first came out, Oh I was just a kid! Me and my pep went to see the horses play, and this played on the large gramophone! Wonderful rendition, warms my heart, wish they still made great American songs like this 🎉❤ so pretty and reminds me of the good days - you know, before real horse breeding became illegal. Those horses were so strong and handsome, great brooding creatures. Many cheers and thanks!
Thanks! Wonderful memories!
Hahahahahaha
When you're laughing, the sun comes shining through!
An 80 year old Dutch born Kiwi now living in Denmark (married to a Dane) has just heard the Italian version of "Funiculi Funicula" on Danish classical programme. It triggered me to go back to my NZ primary school days when our song lessons were through the well-functioning Broadcast to Schools programmes. That's when I learned the English version "Funiculi Funicula" ! And it stayed withme ever since!
Precious memories! Thanks for sharing.
Nice singing
Thanks!
@@songssmiles no problem man
You are the man! Thank you so much!
Glad you like it. Thanks!
Thank you🙏❤❤❤❤
You're welcome!
My grade six teacher taught us that song
Thank you! That’s a wonderful memory.
Awesome
Thanks!
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Who else is called Billy??
THIS IS A BANGER
A certified hood classic fr
It sounds like Mario's pizza song...
Happy new year 2😊 😊😅❤
YESSSS!!!😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉
Beer beer we want more beer , all the lads cheering get the efin beer in.. my favourite football ⚽ chant !!!😅😅
I’ve listened to this 3 times in a row. I love it so much. Your great singing, the wholesome vibes, and just overall the good song make this a definite candidate for my top favorite videos of the year
Its a great tune.
What You’re Singing Are Not The Lyrics To “Funiculì Funiculà” English Songs To The Tune Of “Funiculì Funiculà” Edward Oxenford - Merry Life (You Are Using That Rhyme) Mario Lanza - “Chorus With A Happy Heart” (Funiculì Funiculà) --------------- Ben Gunn - Viva Scotland
Yes, the Edward Oxenford lyrics often appear under the title "A Merry Life." Mario Lanza sang the original Neapolitan lyrics.
@@songssmiles When I Heard Of Mario Lanza’s Version in English, It Was Not, It Was The Lyrics To His English Song To The Exact Tune “Chorus With A Happy Heart” Join/Sing The Chorus With A Happy Heart, That Is Not “Funiculì Funiculà” The English Version Of “Funiculì Funiculà” Is What The Original Neapolitan Lyrics Meant “Funicular Up Funicular Down” So Edward Oxenford’s Lyrics Should Be Called “A Merry Life”, Because It’s Not “Funiculì Funiculà”
@@songssmilesMario Lanza Did Sing The Lyrics To Funiculì Funiculà, But The English Lyrics He Used For It Are Not Mario Lanza’s English Lyrics To The Song Is Not Funiculì Funiculà, They’re The Lyrics To His Original Nursery Rhyme “Chorus With A Happy Heart” Which To The Exact Melody
Congratulations Eric! 😅
Rachel Martin Wondering smile sweet b for me eyes laughing nirsj happy smilly morning happy angels somg ❤
Rachel Martin Wonderfully happiness
Rachel Martin Billy cooking everything out nothing baily billy whole henly everything bigger b❤
Rachel Martin Faithful Bethlehem angels ❤️
Rachel Martin Bethlehem king fithnness highest faithful Bethlehem king fithnness
I heard the three tenors sing this song on their 1994 album in Los Angeles. I was curious what the song was last night. What beautiful lyrics. Joy is everywhere…
Omg...this takes me back. My class was taught this song in Primary school, for school assembly, way back in the early 70's, in Australia.. Fantastic....thanks for posting❤👍🇭🇲
Reminds me so much of high school. Thank you for taking me down memory lane
Thank you I haven’t been to a game in a while so I forgot how it went!!!😅
この歌は、日本では、町から来たあの子で歌います。 あの子は町から来たよあの子は町から来たよ ほら汽車に乗って田舎へ遊びに あの子は町から来たよ あの子と挨拶したよ あの子と挨拶したよ ほら最初はもじもじしながら あの子と挨拶したよ あの子と馬に乗ったよあの子と馬に乗ったよ 緑の牧場でカウボーイみたいに あの子と馬に乗ったよ あの子と喧嘩をしたよ あの子と喧嘩をしたよ ほら前より二人は仲良くなったよ あの子と喧嘩をしたよ あの子は帰って行ったよ あの子は帰って行ったよ 見えなくなるまで手を振り続けた あの子は帰って行ったよ あの子はどうしてるかな あの子はどうしてるかな 夕焼け見るたび会いたくなるんだ あの子はどうしてるかな?
Refreshing!!! Memories of my "mama" who raised me comes flooding back as I listen to this wholesome song.
I need the words to print for MOTHER
Hi Dixie. We added the lyrics to the video description.
Go Rockies!!!!
We sang this in p7 and I cried 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 ever so hard because my dying granny was there in the first row watching me. I tried ever so hard not to because she was battling asthma 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭RIP 💔😭😭😭😭😭
She died of COVID amonya and a bit of memory loss
@@RebeccaSmyth-uq4yt So sorry for your loss. I have such fond memories of singing for my grandma.
My cousin Dougan loves this song , it has helped him an awful lot with his speech.
Rodney Dangerfield also does a super fun version in Easy Money.
Ha. I just watched that movie the other day
so perfectly sung; i could understand him without even reading the lyrics. great voice, too❣️
Nice song for washing hands.😉
Thanks!
thank you
I just saw Il Volo perform this song in Neapolitan at their concert. I remember learning this song (in English) in 6th grade music class. So I scoured the Internet to find the English version. To my surprise, there are many English versions of this song. This version is the closest to the one I learned in 6th grade. The only line that was different was when you sang, “Listen Listen”... I learned it was “Harken, harken...”
I decided to use "Listen" instead of "Harken" just because we don't use that word too often these days.
@@songssmiles - Thank you for the reply and for bringing back fond memories. You sounded great!
Me too! I was in a bilingual school on primary, and I learned it there! this version is amazing!!
let’s go Astros!!!
I love that song
This has always been a favorite for our family.
go Astros
Love the layout! BEAUTIFUL
Thanks!
All my life wanting to know the meaning of such beautiful song. In the 80s they used it for an Alka- Seltzer commercial in Mexican tv.o
This is not the correct English translation from the original Neapolitan. Not even close.
@@jmorgan5275 No, but they are the English language lyrics
Very true. This is not a translation, just an English version … but I think the words fit beautifully with the music. The melody, to me, expresses a joyous song coming from a happy heart!
@@songssmiles Wait, funiculi and funicula are English words? I have never heard of them outside the title of the song itself. Can you tell me what they mean please? Im curious
@@FewVidsJustComments Funiculi and Funicula are Italian words, the only Italian words included in this English-language version. The original Italian lyrics were written to celebrate the opening of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius. It's a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope. So, funiculí means "funicular up" and funiculá means "funicular down," but in the English-language version they just become fun words to sing!
Go rockies!