We hum, whistle his songs, often unaware that he - Henryk Wars - is their composer. The titles of his hit refrains have become a permanent fixture in our colloquial language. If someone is a bastard, he must be a cold thief in love, and when he has made an appointment with her, he must be at the ninth. Young mothers also start their lullabies today, how often, while humming goodnight, narrow your eyes. Even modern advertising does not avoid Wars phrases, using the chorus oh, as pleasant to complement the taste advantages of a certain type of delicate cheese.

In 1967, after 28 years of absence, he visited Warsaw. Old and beautiful, the pre-war one appeared in his dreams, he saw it destroyed in a film. But he was primarily interested in the fate of his music. I am delighted with the new versions of my songs - he said in a TV interview - often very different from the original, but still mine. Now, in Warsaw, I take advantage of the opportunity and listen, listen, listen ... And I experience it anew.

The fifth generation of Poles sings his songs. Irena Santor took over the repertoire from Hanka Ordonówna, Barbara Rylska from Zula Pogorzelska, Bohdan Łazuka from Eugeniusz Bodo, and Jerzy Połomski from Tadeusz Faliszewski. Despite the passage of time, the Orchestra from Chmielna continues to ask, Is there a place here, Miss Agnie-eszka? In the singing of Krzysztof Krawczyk, it is not difficult to find the stage charm of Adam Aston. Listening to Hanna Banaszak and Justyna Steczkowska, I wonder who should be role models for whom, Ordonka for them, or vice versa.

I am sorry that there was not enough space for the recordings made by Anna Jantar, Grażyna Świtała, for the interpretations of Ewa Kuklińska, Krystyna Prońko, Maryla Rodowicz, Jerzy Filar, Tadeusz Drozda and even Paweł Kukiz. For the acting interpretations of Anna Maria Jopek, Katarzyna Groniec and Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, for the oboe version of Tytus Wojnowicz, for the stage style of Shazzy, Ich Troje, Czarno-Czarnych and the band Keys. There would probably be more than one album of it, but first of all - even a CD has its own limit of sounds, secondly - maybe in this way I will persuade you to search individually, because the list of enthusiasts of his songs seems to be endless. That is why I encourage you to read music. The order in which the discs are played is optional. But you should listen, Dear Listener of Everything. Both pre-war originals and post-war - as they say today - covers.

Ryszard Wolański

Tracklist:

CD 1
1. I made an appointment with her at nine - Eugeniusz Bodo
2. I am already such a cold bastard - Eugeniusz Bodo
3. What the world is worth without love - Tadeusz Faliszewski
4. Love me and I will be yours - Tadeusz Faliszewski
5. Does Miss Agnieszka live here? - Jurand's Choir
6. It's best to have noise in your head - Jurand's Choir
7. I want to be white for you - Eugeniusz Bodo and Reri
8. A thief in love - Albert Harris
9. Only you - Adam Aston
10. Mr. John - Adam Aston
11. I can do it all - Zula Pogorzelska and Adolf Dymsza
12. Only in Lviv - Szczepcio and Tońko
13. I can no longer hide - Tola Mankiewiczówna and Aleksander Żabczyński
14. I don't know anything about you - Andrzej Bogucki and Zbyszko Rakowiecki
15. He loves, likes, respects - Mieczysław Fogg
16. ABC of Love - Tola Mankiewczówna
17. Oh, l'amour - Adolf Dymsza
18. U-di-radi-radi-rida - Adolf Dymsza
19. A song about a lost heart - Hanka Ordonówna
twenty. Love will forgive you everything - Hanka Ordonówna

CD 2
1. You will not forget me anymore - Voice Band
2. A song about a lost heart - Wiera Gran
3. Love me and I will be yours - Anna Dereszowska
4. Ah, how nice - Irena Santor
5. A thief in love - Mieczysław Wojnicki
6. Does Miss Agnieszka - Street Orchestra from Chmielna live here?
7. The first mark [On the first mark] - Nocna Zmiana Bluesa
8. Love will forgive you everything - Marta Mirska
9. I'm such a cold bastard already - Andrzej Zaucha
10. I made an appointment with her at nine o'clock - Bohdan Łazuka
11. Sex appeal - Justyna Steczkowska
12. Only with you and for you - Sami Swoi
13. You will forget about me - Rena Rolska
14. What is the world worth without love - Sława Przybylska
15. He loves, likes, respects (instr.) - Andrzej Jagodziński and Maciej Masecki and the Prima Vista Quartet
16. It's best to have noise in your head - Stasiek Wielanek and Kapela Warszawska
17. I don't know anything about you - Ultraditional Duo: Paweł Tartanus and Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski
18. Ah, sleep baby [Why don't you wanna sleep?] - Grzegorz Turnau and Magda Umer
19. Like in the old days - Krzysztof Krawczyk