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Ella’s and Duke’s Sophisticated Lady

Posted on October 22, 2010 | Comments Off on Ella’s and Duke’s Sophisticated Lady

The Ella Fitzgerald version of this 1932 Duke Ellington classic (lyrics by Mitchell Parish) keeps running through my head:

They say into your early life romance came
And in this heart of yours burned a flame
A flame that flickered one day and died away

Then, with disillusion deep in your eyes
You learned that fools in love soon grow wise
The years have changed you, somehow
I see you now

Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant,
Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant
Is that all you really want?

No, sophisticated lady,
I know, you miss the love you lost long ago
And when nobody is nigh you cry

Quite a song. Especially the tune itself, the lyrics, and the way Ella does them. (Ignore the Julie Andrews video at the link above. The song hardly fits her. Just listen to Ella’s voice and the words.)

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Throw Da Bums Out

Posted on March 7, 2010 | Comments Off on Throw Da Bums Out

Vote For Mr. Rhythm
Music by Ralph Rainger, Words by Leo Robin, Al Siegel

Vote for Mr. Rhythm –
Raise up your voice,
And vote for Mr. Rhythm,
The people’s choice.

You’ll be happy with him –
Take my advice,
And vote for Mr. Rhythm;
I’m voting twice!

Ev’ryone’s a friend of his;
His campaign slogan is,
“Change Your Woe
Into a Wo-De-Ho!”

Vote for Mr. Rhythm –
Let freedom ring,
And soon we’ll all be singing,
“Of thee I swing!”

In the Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb version, of course.

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