MY COLOURING BOOK
(J. Kander / F. Ebb)

Kitty Kallen - 1962
Sandy Stewart - 1962
Brenda Lee - 1962
Nana Mouskouri - 1963
Marilyn Lee - 1963
Perry Como - 1963
Andy Williams - 1963
Julie London - 1963
Barbra Streisand - 1963
Dusty Springfield - 1964
Caterina Valente - 1964
Arthur Lyman - 1964
Jane Morgan - 1965
Cliff Richard - 1965
Jackie Trent - 1965
Chris Farlowe - 1966
Val Doonican - 1967
Patricia Cahill - 1968
Katja Ebstein (Titled "Mein Bilderbuch") - 1969
The King's Singers - 1972
Agnetha Faltskog - 2004

Henry Duke Trio; Chad & Jeremy; Skeeter Davis;
Sarah Vaughan; Aretha Franklin; Ronnie Carroll;
Johnny Mann Singers ....... and others.



For those who fancy colouring books
And lots of people do
Here's a new one for you
A most unusual colouring book
The kind you never see
Crayons ready, very well
Begin to colour me

These are the eyes that watched him
As he walked away
Colour them grey

This is the heart that thought
He would always be true
Colour it blue

These are the arms that held him
And touched him then lost him somehow
Colour them empty now

These are the beads I wore
Until she came between
Colour them green

This is the room I sleep in
And walk in and weep in
And hide in, that nobody sees
Colour it lonely, please

This is the man
The one I depended upon
Colour him gone


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As recorded by PERRY COMO:

If you admire colouring books
And lots of people do
I've a new one for you
A most unusual colouring book
The kind you never see
Crayons ready, crayons set
Begin to colour me

These are the eyes that watched her
As she walked away
Colour them grey

This is the heart that thought
She would always be true
Colour it blue

These are the arms that held her
And touched her
Then lost her somehow
Colour them empty now

This is the tie I wore
Until you came between
Colour it green

This is the room I sleep in
And walk in and weep in
And hide in, that nobody sees
Colour it lonely please

This is the girl that once I depended upon
Colour her gone


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PORTRAIT EN COULEURS
(J. Kander / F. Ebb / P. Delanoë)

Nana Mouskouri


Prenez une feuille de papier blanc
Une palette de couleurs
Amusez-vous maintenant
A faire mon portrait

Pour que mes yeux ressemblent
Aux larmes d'adieu
Prenez du bleu

Et pour mon cœur
Qui n'a plus le goût de la vie
Mettez du gris

Et pour mes nuits mes rêves
Ignore encore comment
Dessine le néant

Pour ce collier qu'il m'a donné
Un jour d'espoir
Prenez du noir

Pour la maison sans âme sans flamme
Où rôdent des ombres, témoins du bonheur
Plus besoin de couleur

Et pour celui
Qui est sorti de mon chemin
Ne mettez rien


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(Updated by Mel Priddle - January 2013)