John Crook's video: VAL DOONICAN - A MAN CHASES A GIRL UNTIL SHE CATCHES HIM VINYL 1969

VAL DOONICAN - A MAN CHASES A GIRL ( UNTIL SHE CATCHES HIM ). This is the vinyl version of the song which featured as a track on the Album GENTLE ON MY MIND which was released in 1969 ..Val Doonican (born Michael Valentine Doonican, 3 February 1927) is an Irish singer. From 1965 to 1986 he was a regular fixture on the BBC Television's schedule with The Val Doonican Show, which featured his own singing performances and a variety of guest artists. A notably relaxed crooner, Doonican had 5 successive Top 10 albums in the UK Albums Chart in the swinging sixties.He often wore cardigans and jumpers, which became his trademark along with the rocking chairs from which he often performed, and he was sometimes compared to American singer Perry Como, though he has claimed his main influence was Bing Crosby. A MAN CHASES A GIRL ( UNTIL SHE CATCHES HIM ) was written in 1949 by Irving Berlin who is widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history. He published his first song, "Marie from Sunny Italy", in 1907 and had his first major international hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band" in 1911.He wrote hundreds of songs, many becoming major hits, which made him "a legend" before he turned thirty. During his 60-year career he wrote an estimated 1,500 songs, including the scores for 19 Broadway shows and 18 Hollywood films, with his songs nominated eight times for Academy Awards. CHANNEL LINK : http://www.youtube.com/user/johncrook45?feature=mhee LISTEN TO OTHER TRACKS FROM THE ALBUM : GENTLE ON MY MIND GENTLE ON MY MIND : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrq5fBY-ZgU A THING CALLED LOVE : http://youtu.be/YCrAfRxlHZ0 LYRICS : A man chases a girl until she catches him He runs after a girl until he's caught He fishes for a girl until she's landed him It all comes out exactly the way she thought Uncertain, he tags along behind Uncertain, till she makes up his mind A man chases a girl until she catches him But don't run too fast while you are saying "No" And once you've caught him don't ever let him go