Lyrics and translation Bessie Smith - There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
Come
along,
get
ready,
wear
your
bran',
bran'
new
gown
Viens,
prépare-toi,
porte
ta
nouvelle
robe
For
there's
going
to
be
a
meeting
in
this
good,
good
old
town
Car
il
y
aura
une
rencontre
dans
cette
bonne
vieille
ville
When
you
know
everybody
and
they
all
know
you
Où
tout
le
monde
se
connaît
et
te
connaît
And
you've
got
a
rabbit's
foot
to
keep
away
them
hoo-doo
Et
tu
as
un
pied
de
lapin
pour
éloigner
le
mauvais
sort
When
you
hear
that
the
preaching
has
began
Quand
tu
entends
que
la
prédication
a
commencé
Bend
down
low
for
to
drive
away
your
sin
Penche-toi
pour
chasser
ton
péché
When
you
get
religion,
you'll
want
to
shout
and
sing
Quand
tu
seras
religieuse,
tu
voudras
crier
et
chanter
There'll
be
a
hot
time
in
old
town
tonight,
my
baby
Il
y
aura
une
soirée
animée
dans
la
vieille
ville
ce
soir,
mon
chéri
When
you
hear
them
bells
go
ding-a-ling
Quand
tu
entends
les
cloches
sonner
All
join
'round
and
sweetly
you
must
sing
Joins-toi
à
tous
et
chante
doucement
When
the
verse
aim
through
in
the
chorus
we'll
all
join
in
Quand
le
couplet
passe,
nous
chanterons
tous
le
refrain
There'll
be
a
hot
time
in
old
town
tonight
Il
y
aura
une
soirée
animée
dans
la
vieille
ville
ce
soir
There'll
be
girls
for
everybody
in
this
good,
good
old
town
Il
y
aura
des
filles
pour
tout
le
monde
dans
cette
bonne
vieille
ville
There's
Miss
Consola
Davis
and
Miss
Gondolia
Brown
Il
y
a
Miss
Consola
Davis
et
Miss
Gondolia
Brown
There's
Miss
Johanna
Beasly
and
she's
all
dressed
in
red
Il
y
a
Miss
Johanna
Beasly
et
elle
est
toute
vêtue
de
rouge
I
just
hugged
and
I
kissed
her
and
to
me
then
she
said
Je
l'ai
juste
serrée
dans
mes
bras
et
embrassée,
et
elle
m'a
dit
Please
oh
please,
oh
do
not
let
me
fall
S'il
te
plaît,
oh
s'il
te
plaît,
ne
me
laisse
pas
tomber
You're
all
mine
and
I
love
you
best
of
all
Tu
es
tout
à
moi
et
je
t'aime
plus
que
tout
You
be
my
man,
or
I'll
have
no
man
at
all
Sois
mon
homme,
sinon
je
n'aurai
personne
There'll
be
a
hot
time
in
old
town
tonight,
my
baby
Il
y
aura
une
soirée
animée
dans
la
vieille
ville
ce
soir,
mon
chéri
When
you
hear
them
bells
go
ding-a-ling
Quand
tu
entends
les
cloches
sonner
All
join
around
and
sweetly
you
must
sing
Joins-toi
à
tous
et
chante
doucement
When
the
verse
aim
through
in
the
chorus
we'll
all
join
in
Quand
le
couplet
passe,
nous
chanterons
tous
le
refrain
There'll
be
a
hot
time
in
old
town
tonight
Il
y
aura
une
soirée
animée
dans
la
vieille
ville
ce
soir
Rate the translation
1
No Shoes
2 Half a Stranger
3 Wednesday Evening Blues
4 My First Wife Left Me
5 Time Is Marching
6 Run On
7 Boogie Chillen'
8 I'm In the Mood
9 Rock House Boogie
10 Love Blues
11 Maudie
12 Dimples
13 Crawling Kingsnake
14 I Love You Honey
15 Alberta
16 Shake, Holler And Run
17 Hobo Blues
18 Cool Little Car
19 Blues Before Sunrise
20 She Ain't Good for Nothin'
21 Louise
22 I'm so Excited
23 Whiskey and Wimmen
24 Ride Till I Die
25 Want Ad Blues
26 Everyday I Have the Blues
27 No Mail Blues
28 Unlucky woman
29 Airplane Blues
30 The World Is In a Tangle
31 Just My Broom
32 Fixin' To Die Blues
33 Good Feeling Blues
34 Ain't Nobody's Biziness
35 Good Morning
36 Mighty Long Time
37 What's Getting' Wrong With You?
38 Midnight Special
39 Mr. Conductor Man
40 Milk Cow Blues
41 Booker T Blues
42 The Bourgeois Blues
43 Grasshoppers in My Pillow
44 Ain't Nuthin' Shakin'
45 Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)
46 Statesboro Blues
47 Hard Days
48 Country Blues
49 Rollin' Stone
50 Hoochie Coochie Man
51 Jitterbug Blues
52 Ramblin' Kid Blues
53 I Be's Troubled
54 Louisiana Blues
55 Muddy Jumps One
56 Gipsy Woman
57 Walking Blues
58 Juke
59 Blue Baby
60 How Many More Years
61 Hellbound on My Trail (Version 2)
62 That's A Pretty Good Love
63 River Blues, Part 1
64 I Want to Rock
65 Fine Looking Woman
66 Everyday I Have The Blues
67 You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
68 That Evil Child
69 Mr. Pawnbroker
70 Walkin' And Cryin'
71 Three O'clock In The Morning Blues
72 Outside Help
73 Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss
74 Quit My Baby
75 Sweet Sixteen
76 The Other Night Blues
77 It's My Own Fault
78 How Blue Can You Get
79 A New Way of Driving
80 Catfish Blues
81 Guess Who
82 Long Nights
83 B.B. Boogie
84 The Letter
85 Stormy Weather
86 Mean Old Bedbug Blues
87 Trombone Cholly
88 Send Me to the Electric Chair
89 Nashville Women's Blues
90 There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
91 Lock and Hey
92 Alexander's Ragtime Band
93 I Won't Be You
94 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
95 Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
96 The Yellow Dog Blues
97 Honey Man Blues
98 Reckless Blues
99 Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
100 Cake Walkin' Babies
101 Sing Sing Prison Blues
102 I Want Ev'ry Bit of It
103 After You're Gone
104 Ain't Got Nobody
105 Black Water Blues
106 Sinful Blues
107 Careless Love
108 Hound Dog
109 Me & My Chauffeur Blues
110 My Gal's a Jockey
111 Midnight Hour Blues
112 Hootin' the Blues
113 Korea Blues
114 The Mojo Boogie
115 Write Me a Letter
116 You're My Best Poker Hand
117 Stormy Monday Blues
118 Married Woman's Boogie
119 Stack of Dollars
120 5-10-15 Hours
121 Spoonfull Blues
122 Guitar Blues
123 Away Down In the Alley
124 Blues 5
125 I'm so Glad
126 That Crawling Baby Blue
127 Rabbit Foot Blues
128 Back to Korea
129 County Jail Special
130 Homeless And Hungry Blues
131 Let's Try It Again
132 I'm Mighty Tight Woman
133 Texas Hop
134 Cake Walking Babies
135 Canned Heat Blues
136 Crazy Blues
137 Freight Train Blues
138 CC Rider
139 Leaving This Morning
140 Rolling Log Blues
141 Romance In The Dark
142 Tb Blues
143 Christmas Morning Blues
144 Six Three O
145 Crazy World
146 Shotgun Blues
147 Freight Train Blues
148 My Good Pott
149 Don't Be Angry
150 The Hucklebuck
151 Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
152 Bottle It Up and Go
153 Hard Times Blues
154 Gotta Go Baby
155 Big Town Playboy
156 County Jail Blues
157 Chauffeur Blues
2 Half a Stranger
3 Wednesday Evening Blues
4 My First Wife Left Me
5 Time Is Marching
6 Run On
7 Boogie Chillen'
8 I'm In the Mood
9 Rock House Boogie
10 Love Blues
11 Maudie
12 Dimples
13 Crawling Kingsnake
14 I Love You Honey
15 Alberta
16 Shake, Holler And Run
17 Hobo Blues
18 Cool Little Car
19 Blues Before Sunrise
20 She Ain't Good for Nothin'
21 Louise
22 I'm so Excited
23 Whiskey and Wimmen
24 Ride Till I Die
25 Want Ad Blues
26 Everyday I Have the Blues
27 No Mail Blues
28 Unlucky woman
29 Airplane Blues
30 The World Is In a Tangle
31 Just My Broom
32 Fixin' To Die Blues
33 Good Feeling Blues
34 Ain't Nobody's Biziness
35 Good Morning
36 Mighty Long Time
37 What's Getting' Wrong With You?
38 Midnight Special
39 Mr. Conductor Man
40 Milk Cow Blues
41 Booker T Blues
42 The Bourgeois Blues
43 Grasshoppers in My Pillow
44 Ain't Nuthin' Shakin'
45 Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)
46 Statesboro Blues
47 Hard Days
48 Country Blues
49 Rollin' Stone
50 Hoochie Coochie Man
51 Jitterbug Blues
52 Ramblin' Kid Blues
53 I Be's Troubled
54 Louisiana Blues
55 Muddy Jumps One
56 Gipsy Woman
57 Walking Blues
58 Juke
59 Blue Baby
60 How Many More Years
61 Hellbound on My Trail (Version 2)
62 That's A Pretty Good Love
63 River Blues, Part 1
64 I Want to Rock
65 Fine Looking Woman
66 Everyday I Have The Blues
67 You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
68 That Evil Child
69 Mr. Pawnbroker
70 Walkin' And Cryin'
71 Three O'clock In The Morning Blues
72 Outside Help
73 Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss
74 Quit My Baby
75 Sweet Sixteen
76 The Other Night Blues
77 It's My Own Fault
78 How Blue Can You Get
79 A New Way of Driving
80 Catfish Blues
81 Guess Who
82 Long Nights
83 B.B. Boogie
84 The Letter
85 Stormy Weather
86 Mean Old Bedbug Blues
87 Trombone Cholly
88 Send Me to the Electric Chair
89 Nashville Women's Blues
90 There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
91 Lock and Hey
92 Alexander's Ragtime Band
93 I Won't Be You
94 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
95 Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
96 The Yellow Dog Blues
97 Honey Man Blues
98 Reckless Blues
99 Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
100 Cake Walkin' Babies
101 Sing Sing Prison Blues
102 I Want Ev'ry Bit of It
103 After You're Gone
104 Ain't Got Nobody
105 Black Water Blues
106 Sinful Blues
107 Careless Love
108 Hound Dog
109 Me & My Chauffeur Blues
110 My Gal's a Jockey
111 Midnight Hour Blues
112 Hootin' the Blues
113 Korea Blues
114 The Mojo Boogie
115 Write Me a Letter
116 You're My Best Poker Hand
117 Stormy Monday Blues
118 Married Woman's Boogie
119 Stack of Dollars
120 5-10-15 Hours
121 Spoonfull Blues
122 Guitar Blues
123 Away Down In the Alley
124 Blues 5
125 I'm so Glad
126 That Crawling Baby Blue
127 Rabbit Foot Blues
128 Back to Korea
129 County Jail Special
130 Homeless And Hungry Blues
131 Let's Try It Again
132 I'm Mighty Tight Woman
133 Texas Hop
134 Cake Walking Babies
135 Canned Heat Blues
136 Crazy Blues
137 Freight Train Blues
138 CC Rider
139 Leaving This Morning
140 Rolling Log Blues
141 Romance In The Dark
142 Tb Blues
143 Christmas Morning Blues
144 Six Three O
145 Crazy World
146 Shotgun Blues
147 Freight Train Blues
148 My Good Pott
149 Don't Be Angry
150 The Hucklebuck
151 Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
152 Bottle It Up and Go
153 Hard Times Blues
154 Gotta Go Baby
155 Big Town Playboy
156 County Jail Blues
157 Chauffeur Blues
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