It Was a Very Good Year - Kingston Trio

It Was a Very Good Year
Written by: Ervin Drake


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Lyrics:
When I was seventeen
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls
And soft summer nights
We'd hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was seventeen

When I was twenty-one
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls
Who lived up the stairs
With all that perfumed hair
And it came undone
When I was twenty-one

When I was thirty-five
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
Of independent means
We'd ride in limousines
Their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five

But now the days are short
I'm in the autumn of my years
And I think of my life as vintage wine
From fine old kegs
From the brim to the dregs
It poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year

Singers:
1. The Kingston Trio June 1961 2. The Modern Folk Quartet 1963 3. Lonnie Donegan and His Group May 1963 4. Shawn Phillips 1965 5. Frank Sinatra (billboard adult contemporary 1966) August 1965 6. The Turtles October 1965 7. Lou Rawls 1966 8. Gabor Szabo 1966 9. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass 1966 10. Charlie Byrd 1966 11. The 3 Sounds 1966 12. Guy Marks 1966 13. Della Reese August 1966 14. The Quartette Trés Bien 1967 15. The Howard Roberts Quartet 1967 16. Trudy Pitts 1967 17. Ray Conniff and The Singers 1968 18. William Shatner 1968 19. The Freedom Sounds featuring Wayne Henderson December 1968 20. Hiroshi Suzuki & His Happy Cats 1969 21. Vince Guaraldi 1969 22. Lee Hazlewood 1969 23. Tennessee Ernie Ford February 3, 1969 24. Toshiko Akiyoshi 1971 25. Richie Havens 1973 26. Marlena Shaw 1979 27. Hue and Cry 1989 28. Flaming Lips 1993 29. James Moody 1996 30. Swing Set June 22, 1999 31. Jane Horrocks October 9, 2000 32. James Cotton 2001 33. Keely Smith March 13, 2001 34. Robbie Williams November 19, 2001 35. Michael McCloud 2004 36. Damills 2004 37. Ray Charles with Willie Nelson August 31, 2004 38. Jeff Duff Band 2006 39. David "Fathead" Newman 2006 40. Russell Watson March 5, 2007 41. Ron Polson with The Laurie Lewis Quintet December 21, 2007 42. Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch February 12, 2008 43. The Charades 2009 44. Lizzy Parks September 7, 2009 45. Vassilikos December 4, 2009 46. Alfie Boe October 2012 47. Billy Ocean April 22, 2013 48. B.E.F. featuring Glenn Gregory May 27, 2013

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