Ella Fitzgerald - It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [1956 Version] - translation of the lyrics into French
Ella Fitzgerald It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [1956 Version]

Ella Fitzgerald - It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [1956 Version]

Lyrics and translation Ella Fitzgerald - It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [1956 Version]




It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [1956 Version]
Ça ne veut rien dire (si ça n'a pas ce swing) [Version 1956]
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
Ça ne veut rien dire, si ça n'a pas ce swing
It don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing
Ça ne veut rien dire, tout ce que tu as à faire, c'est chanter
It makes no difference if it's sweet or hot
Ça ne fait aucune différence si c'est doux ou chaud
Just give that rhythm everything you've got
Donne juste à ce rythme tout ce que tu as
Oh, it don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
Oh, ça ne veut rien dire, si ça n'a pas ce swing
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
Ça ne veut rien dire, si ça n'a pas ce swing
Don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing
Ça ne veut rien dire, tout ce que tu as à faire, c'est chanter
It makes no difference if it's sweet or hot
Ça ne fait aucune différence si c'est doux ou chaud
Just give that rhythm everything you got
Donne juste à ce rythme tout ce que tu as
Oh, it don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
Oh, ça ne veut rien dire, si ça n'a pas ce swing
It makes no difference if it's sweet or hot
Ça ne fait aucune différence si c'est doux ou chaud
Just give that rhythm everything you've got
Donne juste à ce rythme tout ce que tu as
Don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
Ça ne veut rien dire, si ça n'a pas ce swing
Don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing
Ça ne veut rien dire, tout ce que tu as à faire, c'est chanter
Makes no difference if it's sweet or hot
Ça ne fait aucune différence si c'est doux ou chaud
Just give that rhythm everything you've got
Donne juste à ce rythme tout ce que tu as
Don't mean a thing, all you got to do is swing
Ça ne veut rien dire, tout ce que tu as à faire, c'est swinger
It don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing
Ça ne veut rien dire, tout ce que tu as à faire, c'est chanter
It makes no difference if it's sweet or hot
Ça ne fait aucune différence si c'est doux ou chaud
Give that rhythm everything you've got
Donne à ce rythme tout ce que tu as
Oh, it don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
Oh, ça ne veut rien dire, si ça n'a pas ce swing
Don't mean a thing
Ça ne veut rien dire




Writer(s): Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
Ella Fitzgerald - The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books (Box Set)
Album
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books (Box Set)
date of release
01-01-1993

1 Our Love Is Here to Stay (1959 Stereo Version)
2 Someone to Watch Over Me (1959 Stereo Version)
3 Embraceable You (1959 Stereo Version)
4 Russian Lullaby (1958 Stereo Version)
5 Cheerful Little Earful (1959 Stereo Version)
6 Lorelei (1959 Stereo Version)
7 Funny Face (1959 Stereo Version)
8 I Can't Be Bothered Now (1959 Stereo Version)
9 They Can't Take That Away from Me (1959 Stereo Version)
10 Love Walked In (1959 Stereo Version)
11 Shall We Dance? (1959 Stereo Version)
12 Isn't It a Pity (1959 Stereo Version)
13 Slap That Bass (1959 Stereo Version)
14 Oh, Lady, Be Good! (Alternate Take) [Stereo]
15 He Loves and She Loves (1959 Stereo Version)
16 I Was Doing All Right (1959 Stereo Version)
17 That Certain Feeling (1959 Stereo Version)
18 Things Are Looking Up (1959 Stereo Version)
19 (I've Got) Beginner's Luck (1959 Stereo Version)
20 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (1959 Stereo Version)
21 But Not for Me (1959 Stereo Version)
22 Who Cares? (1959 Stereo Version)
23 Of Thee I Sing (1959 Stereo Version)
24 Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did? (1959 Stereo Version)
25 Bidin' My Time (1959 Stereo Version)
26 I've Got a Crush On You (1959 Stereo Version)
27 Soon (1959 Stereo Version)
28 Strike Up the Band (1959 Stereo Version)
29 For You for Me for Evermore (1959 Stereo Version)
30 Clap Yo' Hands (1959 Stereo Version)
31 A Foggy Day (1959 Stereo Version)
32 Somebody from Somewhere (1959 Stereo Version)
33 They All Laughed (1959 Stereo Version)
34 Looking for a Boy (1959 Stereo Version)
35 I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (1958 Stereo Version)
36 Heat Wave (1958 Stereo Version)
37 The Man I Love (1959 Stereo Version)
38 'S Wonderful (1959 Stereo Version)
39 The Lady Is a Tramp (1956 Version)
40 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [1956 Version]
41 But Not for Me (1959 Stereo Edit)
42 Anything Goes
43 Wait Till You See Her
44 Bewitched (Album Version)
45 My Funny Valentine
46 I Could Write A Book
47 Ev'rything I've Got
48 Cotton Tail (1956 Version)
49 Mood Indigo
50 Prelude to a Kiss
51 Don't Get Around Much Anymore
52 In A Sentimental Mood
53 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
54 Azure
55 Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) (1956 Version)
56 Sophisticated Lady
57 Satin Doll - 1956 Version
58 Rocks In My Bed
59 Solitude
60 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
61 Night and Day
62 What Is This Thing Called Love?
63 It's All Right with Me
64 Easy To Love
65 I Love Paris
66 Get Out of Town
67 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
68 Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) (Master Take)
69 I Get A Kick Out Of You
70 Too Darn Hot (1956 Version)
71 Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today) [1956 Version]
72 With A Song In My Heart
73 To Keep My Love Alive
74 A Ship Without A Sail
75 Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) (Alternate & Rehearsal Takes)
76 I Concentrate On You (Alternate Take)
77 You're the Top (Alternate Take)
78 I've Got You Under My Skin (1956 Version)
79 Cheek to Cheek (1958 Stereo Version)
80 Puttin' On the Ritz (1958 Stereo Version)
81 Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)
82 Blues In the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) (1961 Version)
83 Somebody Loves Me (1959 Stereo Version)
84 I Got Rhythm (1959 Stereo Version)
85 Let's Kiss and Make Up (1959 Stereo Version)
86 Oh, so Nice (1959 Stereo Version)
87 Fascinating Rhythm (1959 Stereo Version)
88 Boy! What Love Has Done to Me (1959 Stereo Version)
89 You've Got What Gets Me (1959 Stereo Version)
90 Treat Me Rough (1959 Stereo Version)
91 Love Is Sweeping The Country (1959 Stereo Version)
92 The Half of It Dearie Blues (1959 Stereo Version)
93 Boy Wanted (1959 Stereo Version)
94 My Cousin in Milwaukee (1959 Stereo Version)
95 The Real American Folk Song (1959 Stereo Version)
96 By Strauss (1959 Stereo Version)
97 How Long Has This Been Going On? (1959 Stereo Version)
98 Just Another Rhumba (1959 Stereo Version)
99 Nice Work If You Can Get It (1959 Stereo Version)
100 Oh Lady Be Good (1959 Stereo Version)
101 My One and Only (1959 Stereo Version)
102 Sam and Delilah (1959 Stereo Version)
103 Blue Skies (1958 Stereo Version)
104 Stiff Upper Lip (1959 Stereo Version)
105 I'm Puttin All My Eggs In One Basket (1958 Stereo Version)
106 The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On) (1958 Stereo Version)
107 Slumming On Park Avenue (1958 Stereo Version)
108 Reaching for the Moon (1958 Stereo Version)
109 You Keep Coming Back Like a Song (1958 Stereo Version)
110 Isn't This a Lovely Day (To Be Caught in the Rain) [1958 Stereo Version]
111 How's Chances (1958 Stereo Version)
112 Suppertime (1958 Stereo Version)
113 Remember (1958 Stereo Version)
114 All by Myself (1958 Stereo Version)
115 How Deep Is the Ocean (1958 Stereo Version)
116 Lazy (1958 Stereo Version)
117 I Used to Be Color Blind (1958 Stereo Version)
118 How About Me? (1958 Stereo Version)
119 Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails (1958 Stereo Version)
120 Alexander's Ragtime Band (1958 Stereo Version)
121 Get Thee Behind Me Satan (1958 Stereo Version)
122 You Can Have Him (1958 Stereo Version)
123 Let Yourself Go (1958 Stereo Version)
124 You're Laughing at Me (1958 Stereo Version)
125 Let's Face the Music and Dance (1958 Stereo Version)
126 Now It Can Be Told (1958 Stereo Version)
127 Always (1958 Stereo Version)
128 It's a Lovely Day Today (1958 Stereo Version)
129 Change Partners (1958 Stereo Version)
130 No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) (1958 Stereo Version)
131 In A Mellow Tone
132 Squatty Roo
133 Lush Life (1957 Version)
134 Love You Madly (1957 Version)
135 You Do Something To Me
136 Manhattan
137 I've Got Five Dollars
138 My Heart Stood Still
139 Here In My Arms
140 Isn't It Romantic?
141 Mountain Greenery
142 Blue Room
143 I Didn't Know What Time It Was
144 Ten Cents A Dance
145 It's DeLovely
146 You're the Top (Master Take)
147 Why Can't You Behave?
148 Begin the Beguine
149 All of You
150 (I'm) Always True to You In My Fashion
151 Ace In the Hole
152 So In Love
153 Give It Back to the Indians
154 Little Girl Blue
155 Where Or When
156 My Romance
157 Thou Swell (1956 Version)
158 This Can't Be Love (1956 Version)
159 It Never Entered My Mind
160 Spring Is Here
161 I Wish I Were In Love Again
162 Johnny One Note
163 Dancing On the Ceiling
164 You Took Advantage of Me
165 Have You Met Miss Jones?
166 Don't Fence Me In
167 Do I Love You?
168 Lover (Mono Version)
169 Blue Moon (1956 Version)
170 Lover (Stereo Version)
171 Ridin' High
172 Just One of Those Things
173 There's a Small Hotel
174 I Concentrate On You (Master Take)
175 Chelsea Bridge (1957 Version)
176 I Didn't Know About You
177 Clementine
178 I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues
179 Take the "A" Train (1957 Version)
180 Caravan (1957 Version)
181 Day Dream
182 Drop Me Off In Harlem
183 Rockin' in Rhythm (1957 Version)
184 I'm Beginning to See the Light (1957 Version)
185 Lost In Meditation
186 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (1957 Version)
187 Everything but You (feat. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
188 All Too Soon
189 I'm Just a Lucky So and So (1957 Version)
190 Perdido (1957 Version)
191 Bli-Blip (feat. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
192 Chelsea Bridge (Alternate Take)
193 Rehearsal (1993 Song Book Version)
194 The E and D Blues (E for Ella and D for Duke)
195 Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald
196 Ambulatory Suite (1959 Stereo Version)
197 The Preludes (1959 Stereo Version)
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