《Real American Folk Song》歌词

[00:00:00] Real American Folk Song - Ella Fitzgerald (埃拉·菲茨杰拉德)

[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

[00:00:40] Originating a native strain

[00:00:46] With folk songs plaintive and others gay

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

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

[00:01:05] Have a much stronger appeal

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

[00:01:32] A mental jag

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

[00:01:38] The critics called it a "joke song" but now

[00:01:43] They've changed their tune

[00:01:44] And they like it somehow

[00:01:47] For it's innoculated with a syncopated

[00:01:50] Sort of meter sweeter

[00:01:53] Than a classic strain boy you can't remain

[00:01:56] Still or quiet for it's a riot

[00:01:58] The real American folksong

[00:02:00] Is like a fountain of you

[00:02:03] You taste and it elates you

[00:02:05] And then invigorates you

[00:02:08] The real American folksong

[00:02:10] The masses coaxed on is a rag

[00:02:46] The real American folksong is a rag

[00:02:50] A mental jag

[00:02:52] A rhythmic tonic for the chronic blues

[00:02:56] The critics called it a "joke song" but now

[00:03:00] They've changed their tune

[00:03:01] And they like it somehow

[00:03:05] For it's innoculated with a syncopated

[00:03:08] Sort of meter sweeter

[00:03:11] Than a classic strain boy you can't remain

[00:03:13] Still or quiet for it's a riot

[00:03:16] The real American folksong

[00:03:18] Is like a fountain of you

[00:03:20] You taste and it elates you

[00:03:23] And then invigorates you

[00:03:26] The real American folksong is a rag