Lyrics and translation Ella Fitzgerald - What You Want Wid Bess?
What You Want Wid Bess?
Que veux-tu avec Bess ?
Oh...
What
You
Want
Wid
Bess?
Oh...
Que
veux-tu
avec
Bess ?
She's
Gettin'
Ole
Now;
Elle
vieillit
maintenant ;
Take
A
Fine
Young
Gal
Prends
une
jeune
fille
bien
For
To
Satisfy
Crown.
Pour
satisfaire
la
couronne.
Look
At
This
Chest
Regarde
cette
poitrine
An'
Look
At
These
Arms
You
Got.
Et
regarde
ces
bras
que
tu
as.
You
Know
How
It
Always
Been
With
Me,
Tu
sais
comment
ça
a
toujours
été
avec
moi,
These
Five
Years
I
Been
Yo'
Woman,
Ces
cinq
années
où
j'ai
été
ta
femme,
You
Could
Kick
Me
In
The
Street,
Tu
pouvais
me
donner
un
coup
de
pied
dans
la
rue,
Then
When
You
Wanted
Me
Back,
Puis
quand
tu
voulais
que
je
revienne,
You
Could
Whistle,
An'
There
I
Was
Tu
pouvais
siffler,
et
me
voilà
Back
Again,
Lickin'
Yo'
Hand.
De
retour,
léchant
ta
main.
There's
Plenty
Better
Lookin'
Gal
Than
Bess.
Il
y
a
bien
des
filles
plus
belles
que
Bess.
Can'
You
See,
I'm
With
Porgy,
Tu
peux
voir,
je
suis
avec
Porgy,
Now
And
Forever
Maintenant
et
pour
toujours
I
Am
His
Woman,
He
Would
Die
Without
Me.
Je
suis
sa
femme,
il
mourrait
sans
moi.
Oh,
Crown,
Won't
You
Let
Me
Go
To
My
Man,
To
My
Man.
Oh,
Crown,
ne
veux-tu
pas
me
laisser
aller
à
mon
homme,
à
mon
homme.
He
Is
A
Cripple
An'
Needs
My
Love,
All
My
Love.
Il
est
infirme
et
a
besoin
de
mon
amour,
de
tout
mon
amour.
What
You
Want
Wid
Bess?
Oh,
Let
Me
Go
To
My
Man.
..
Que
veux-tu
avec
Bess ?
Oh,
laisse-moi
aller
à
mon
homme ...
What
I
Wants
Wid
Other
Woman,
Ce
que
je
veux
avec
une
autre
femme,
I
Gots
A
Woman,
Yes,
J'ai
une
femme,
oui,
An'
Dat
Is
You,
Yes,
Dat
Is
You,
Yes,
Et
c'est
toi,
oui,
c'est
toi,
oui,
I
Need
You
Now
An'
You're
Mine
Jus'
As
Long
As
I
Want
You.
J'ai
besoin
de
toi
maintenant
et
tu
es
mienne
aussi
longtemps
que
je
le
veux.
No
Cripple
Goin'
Take
My
Woman
From
Me.
Aucun
infirme
ne
va
me
prendre
ma
femme.
You
Got
A
Man
Tonight
An'
That
Is
Crown,
Yes,
Crown,
Yes
Tu
as
un
homme
ce
soir
et
c'est
Crown,
oui,
Crown,
oui
You're
My
Woman,
Bess,
I'm
Tellin'
You,
Now
I'm
Your
Man.
Tu
es
ma
femme,
Bess,
je
te
le
dis,
maintenant
je
suis
ton
homme.
(Pressing
Her
Very
Close)
(La
serrant
très
fort)
What
You
Want
With
Bess?
Que
veux-tu
avec
Bess ?
(Boat
Whistles)
(Le
bateau
siffle)
Lemme
Go,
Crown
Dat
Boat,
It's
Goin'
Wiout
Me!
Laisse-moi
partir,
Crown,
ce
bateau,
il
part
sans
moi !
You
Ain't
Goin'
Nowhere!
Tu
ne
vas
nulle
part !
(Weakening)
(Faiblissant)
Take
Yo'
Hands
Off
Me,
I
Say,
Yo'
Hands,
Yo'
Hands,
Yo
Hands.
Enlève
tes
mains
de
moi,
je
te
le
dis,
tes
mains,
tes
mains,
tes
mains.
(Crown
Kisses
Her
Passionately)
(Crown
l'embrasse
passionnément)
I
Knows
You'
Ain'
Change
- Wid
You
And
Me
It
Always
Be
The
Je
sais
que
tu
n'as
pas
changé
- avec
toi
et
moi,
c'est
toujours
la
Same.
Git
In
Dat
Thicket.
Même
chose.
Va
dans
ce
bosquet.
(Bess
Backs
Into
Woods;
Crown
Follows.)
(Bess
se
recule
dans
les
bois ;
Crown
la
suit.)
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Writer(s): George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward
1
All of You
2
Later
3
Moonlight On The Ganges
4
You're Breakin' In A New Heart
5
Happy Talk
6
Pete Kelly's Blues
7
Goody, Goody
8
Misty Blue
9
Lullaby Of Broadway
10
Walkin' By the River
11
Flying Home
12
Reach For Tomorrow
13
Beale Street Blues
14
By Strauss
15
Clap Yo' Hands
16
Pick Yourself Up
17
Desafinado
18
Solitude
19
Cheerful Little Earful
20
Mountain Greenery
21
Show Me
22
Comes Love
23
It's A Pity To Say Goodnight
24
Dites Moi
25
Dreams Are Made For Children
26
Call Me Darling
27
Darn That Dream
28
Can't Buy Me Love
29
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
30
Music Goes Round And Around
31
I Wish I Were In Love Again
32
Stay There
33
Something's Gotta Give
34
My One and Only
35
It's Only a Paper Moon
36
Somebody Loves Me
37
Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
38
You Turned the Tables On Me
39
I've Got A Feelin' I'm Fallin'
40
Baby Don't You Go Away Mad
41
Little White Lies
42
Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
43
I'm A Poached Egg Without Toast
44
I'm Fallin' In Love
45
You're An Old Smoothie
46
Wait Till You See Her
47
Ringo Beat
48
Lover, Come Back To Me
49
Cool Breeze
50
Oh, Doctor Jesus
51
Ace In the Hole
52
What You Want Wid Bess?
53
Here In My Arms
54
What Is This Thing Called Love?
55
Thou Swell
56
You're the Top
57
The Sweetest Sounds
58
You've Got What Gets Me (1959 Stereo Version)
59
The Greatest There Is
60
You Brought a New Kind of Love To Me
61
Hear My Heart
62
Just You Just Me
63
Who Walks In When I Walk Out?
64
Old McDonald
65
This Year's Kisses
66
A-Tisket a-Tasket
67
I Hear Music
68
Azure
69
You Do Something To Me
70
Wives and Lovers
71
You Make Me Feel So Young
72
If I Were a Bell
73
Soon
74
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
75
I Remember You
76
No Other Love
77
I Could Have Danced All Night
78
Strike Up The Band
79
Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell (Who's Got The Ding Dong?)
80
Beat Me Daddy Eight To the Bar
81
A Beautiful Friendship
82
Runnin' Wild
83
No Moon At All
84
I Need
85
The Chesapeake And Ohio
86
My Baby Likes To Bebop (And I Like To Bebop Too)
87
Bidin' My Time
88
Hooray For Love
89
Old Mother Hubbard
90
All the Live Long Day
91
What's Your Story Morning Glory
92
What Does It Take
93
Gypsy In My Soul
94
Necessary Evil
95
If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
96
I Wished On The Moon
97
If You Don't, I Know Who Will
98
My Favorite Song
99
This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
100
You Hit the Spot
101
Cry You Out Of My Heart
102
Alone Together
103
Big Boy Blue
104
(I Was) Born to Be Blue
105
I'm Beginning To See The Light
106
Russian Lullaby
107
Jamboree
108
Come On-A My House
109
Let Yourself Go
110
Puttin' On the Ritz
111
Reaching for the Moon
112
Heat Wave
113
Slumming On Park Avenue
114
I Want To Learn About Love
115
But Not for Me (1959 Stereo Edit)
116
The Song Is Ended
117
All By Myself
118
That Old Feeling
119
It's a Lovely Day Today
120
Vote For Mister Rhythm
121
Too Marvelous For Words
122
Petootie Pie
123
I Used to Be Color Blind
124
Top Hat, White Tie, And Tails
125
A Satisfied Mind
126
Hallelujah, I Love Him So
127
Lazy
128
See, See Rider
129
I Don't Like You No More
130
Moanin' Low
131
Volare
132
In the Still of the Night
133
I've Got Five Dollars
134
Honeysuckle Rose
135
Wake Up And Live
136
Baby It's Cold Outside
137
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)
138
In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)
139
Alexander's Ragtime Band
140
Stone Cold Dead in the Market
141
Clementine
142
Ella
143
Baby
144
Day In Day Out
145
It's De-Lovely
146
In A Sentimental Mood
147
How's Chances?
148
With A Song In My Heart
149
Out Of This World
150
Guys and Dolls
151
I Never Had a Chance
152
It's A Blue World
153
When The Hands Of The Clock Pray At Midnight
154
Place for Lovers
155
He Loves And She Loves
156
I've Got You Under My Skin
157
Beginning to See The Light (Reimagined)
158
Sing My Heart (Master Take)
159
Molasses, Molasses (It's Icky Sticky Goo)
160
Blue Lou
161
Broadway
162
I Can't Be Bothered Now
163
Show Me The Way To Go Out Of This World 'Cause That's Where Everything Is
164
What Am I Here For?
165
The Impatient Years
166
Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie!
167
I'm Always True To You In My Fashion
168
Where Or When
169
Love Is The Thing So They Say
170
Yesterdays
171
The Very Thought Of You
172
She's Just A Quiet Girl
173
There Never Was a Baby Like My Baby
174
Love Me Or Leave Me
175
I Thought About You
176
Careless
177
Warm All Over
178
The Silent Treatment
179
F.D.R. Jones
180
I'll Always Be In Love With You
181
Misty
182
Who's Afraid (Not I, Not I, Not I)
183
There's A Small Hotel
184
Stairway To the Stars
185
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
186
Memories Of You
187
720 In The Books
188
Manhattan
189
I Can't Go On (Without You)
190
Fairy Tales
191
Gotta Pebble In My Shoe
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