Lyrics and translation Bessie Smith - Kitchen Man

Kitchen Man

Le cuisinier

Madam Buff's was quite deluxe

Le manoir de Madame Buff était tout simplement luxueux

Servants by the score

Des domestiques à foison

Footmen at each door

Des valets à chaque porte

Butlers and maids galore

Des majordomes et des femmes de chambre à profusion

But one day Sam, her kitchen man

Mais un jour Sam, son cuisinier

Gave in his notice, he's through

A donné sa démission, il en a assez

She cried, "Oh Sam, don't go

Elle a pleuré, "Oh Sam, ne pars pas

It'll grieve me if you do"

Je serai affligée si tu le fais"

I love his cabbage gravy, his hash

J'adore sa sauce au chou, son hachis

Crazy about his succotash

J'adore son succotash

I can't do without my kitchen man

Je ne peux pas me passer de mon cuisinier

Wild about his turnip top

J'adore son chou-rave

Like the way he warms my chop

Comme la façon dont il réchauffe ma côtelette

I can't do without my kitchen man

Je ne peux pas me passer de mon cuisinier

Anybody else can leave

Tout le monde peut partir

And I would only laugh

Et je ne ferais que rire

But he means too much to me

Mais il compte beaucoup pour moi

And you ain't heard the half

Et tu n'as pas entendu la moitié

Oh, his jelly roll is so nice and hot

Oh, son gâteau roulé est si bon et chaud

Never fails to touch the spot

Ne manque jamais de toucher le point

I can't do without my kitchen man

Je ne peux pas me passer de mon cuisinier

His frankfurters are oh, so sweet

Ses saucisses de Francfort sont oh, si douces

How I like his sausage meat

Comme j'aime sa viande de saucisse

I can't do without my kitchen man

Je ne peux pas me passer de mon cuisinier

Oh, how that boy can open clam

Oh, comme ce garçon peut ouvrir des palourdes

No one else is can touch my ham

Personne d'autre ne peut toucher à mon jambon

I can't do without my kitchen man

Je ne peux pas me passer de mon cuisinier

When I eat his doughnuts

Quand je mange ses beignets

All I leave is the hole

Tout ce qui reste c'est le trou

Any time he wants to

A tout moment il le veut

Why, he can use my sugar bowl

Eh bien, il peut utiliser mon sucrier

Oh, his baloney's really worth a try

Oh, son bœuf fumé vaut vraiment la peine d'essayer

Never fails to satisfy

Ne manque jamais de satisfaire

I can't do without my kitchen man

Je ne peux pas me passer de mon cuisinier

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Writer(s): Razaf Andy, Pinkard Edna B

Album

The Complete Recordings Vol. 4

date of release

22-04-1993

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7 You Don't Understand
8 Don't Cry Baby
9 Keep It to Yourself
10 New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
11 See If I'll Care
12 Baby Have Pitty on Me
13 On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
14 Moan, You Moaners
15 Hustlin' Dan
16 Black Mountain Blues
17 In the House Blues
18 Blues Blues
19 It Makes My Love Come Down
20 Shipwreck Blues
21 He's Got Me Goin'
22 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
23 It Won't Be You
24 Spider Man Blues
25 Empty Red Blues (Pt. 1)
26 Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 2
27 Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There)
28 Yes Indeed He Do!
29 Devil's Gonna Git You
30 You Ought to Be Ashamed
31 Washwoman's Blues
32 Slow and Easy Man
33 Poor Man's Blues
34 Please Help Me Get Him Out of My Mind
35 Me And My Gin
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37 You've Got to Give Me Some
38 Kitchen Man
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40 Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here)

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