《The Real American Song (Is a Rag)》歌词

[00:00:00] The Real American Song (Is a Rag) - Ella Fitzgerald (埃拉·菲茨杰拉德)/Nelson Riddle (纳尔逊里德尔)

[00:00:01] Written by：Ira Gershwin/George Gershwin

[00:00:12] Near Barcelona the peasant crooned

[00:00:17] The old traditional Spanish tunes

[00:00:23] The Neapolitan street song sighs

[00:00:29] You think of Italian skys

[00:00:36] Each nation has a creative vein

[00:00:41] Originating a native strain

[00:00:47] With folk songs plaintive and others gay

[00:00:53] In their own peculiar way

[00:01:00] American folk songs I feel

[00:01:06] Have a much stronger appeal

[00:01:28] The real American folksong is a rag

[00:01:33] A mental jag

[00:01:35] A rhythmic tonic for the chronic blues

[00:01:39] The critics called it a joke song but now

[00:01:43] They've changed their tune and they like it somehow

[00:01:48] For it's innoculated with a syncopated sort of meter sweeter

[00:01:54] Than a classic strain boy you can't remain still or quiet for it's a riot

[00:01:59] The real American folksong

[00:02:01] Is like a fountain of you'th

[00:02:04] You taste and it elates you and then invigorates you

[00:02:09] The real American folksong the masses coaxed on is a rag

[00:02:47] The real American folksong is a rag

[00:02:51] A mental jag

[00:02:54] A rhythmic tonic for the chronic blues

[00:02:57] The critics called it a joke song but now

[00:03:02] They've changed their tune and they like it somehow

[00:03:06] For it's innoculated with a syncopated sort of meter sweeter

[00:03:12] Than a classic strain boy you can't remain still or quiet for it's a riot

[00:03:18] The real American folksong

[00:03:20] Is like a fountain of you'th

[00:03:22] You taste and it elates you and then invigorates you

[00:03:27] The real American folksong is a rag