Ella Fitzgerald - Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Have Lunch Today) [1956 Version] - translation of the lyrics into French




Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Have Lunch Today) [1956 Version]
Mademoiselle Otis regrette (Elle ne peut pas déjeuner aujourd'hui) [Version 1956]
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today, madam
Mademoiselle Otis regrette de ne pas pouvoir déjeuner aujourd'hui, mon cher.
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
Mademoiselle Otis regrette de ne pas pouvoir déjeuner aujourd'hui.
She is sorry to be delayed
Elle est désolée d'être retardée.
But last evening down in Lover's Lane she strayed, madam
Mais hier soir, elle s'est égarée dans Lover's Lane, mon cher.
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
Mademoiselle Otis regrette de ne pas pouvoir déjeuner aujourd'hui.
When she woke up and found that her dream of love was gone, madam
Quand elle s'est réveillée et a constaté que son rêve d'amour s'était envolé, mon cher.
She ran to the man who had led her so far astray
Elle a couru vers l'homme qui l'avait conduite si loin.
And from under her velvet gown
Et sous sa robe de velours
She drew a gun and shot her lover down, madam
Elle a sorti un revolver et a abattu son amant, mon cher.
Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today
Mademoiselle Otis regrette, elle ne peut pas déjeuner aujourd'hui.
When the mob came and got her and dragged her from the jail, madam
Quand la foule est arrivée et l'a emmenée en la traînant hors de la prison, mon cher.
They strung her upon the old willow across the way
Ils l'ont pendue au vieux saule de l'autre côté de la route.
And the moment before she died
Et au moment avant de mourir
She lifted up her lovely head and cried, madam
Elle a levé sa belle tête et a crié, mon cher.
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
Mademoiselle Otis regrette, elle ne peut pas déjeuner aujourd'hui.
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
Mademoiselle Otis regrette, elle ne peut pas déjeuner aujourd'hui.





Writer(s): Porter Cole

Ella Fitzgerald - The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books
Album
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books
date of release
02-11-1993

1 The Man I Love (1959 Stereo Version)
2 The Real American Folk Song (1959 Stereo Version)
3 The Half of It Dearie Blues (1959 Stereo Version)
4 Treat Me Rough (1959 Stereo Version)
5 Sam and Delilah (1959 Stereo Version)
6 Oh, so Nice (1959 Stereo Version)
7 Boy Wanted (1959 Stereo Version)
8 Just Another Rhumba (1959 Stereo Version)
9 You've Got What Gets Me (1959 Stereo Version)
10 Let's Kiss and Make Up (1959 Stereo Version)
11 My Cousin in Milwaukee (1959 Stereo Version)
12 Stiff Upper Lip (1959 Stereo Version)
13 Boy! What Love Has Done to Me (1959 Stereo Version)
14 Love You Madly (1957 Version)
15 Slumming On Park Avenue (1958 Stereo Version)
16 The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On) (1958 Stereo Version)
17 Now It Can Be Told (1958 Stereo Version)
18 Always (1958 Stereo Version)
19 It's a Lovely Day Today (1958 Stereo Version)
20 Change Partners (1958 Stereo Version)
21 No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) (1958 Stereo Version)
22 Reaching for the Moon (1958 Stereo Version)
23 You Keep Coming Back Like a Song (1958 Stereo Version)
24 You're Laughing at Me (1958 Stereo Version)
25 Let Yourself Go (1958 Stereo Version)
26 You Can Have Him (1958 Stereo Version)
27 Get Thee Behind Me Satan (1958 Stereo Version)
28 Alexander's Ragtime Band (1958 Stereo Version)
29 Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails (1958 Stereo Version)
30 How About Me? (1958 Stereo Version)
31 I Used to Be Color Blind (1958 Stereo Version)
32 Lazy (1958 Stereo Version)
33 How Deep Is the Ocean (1958 Stereo Version)
34 All by Myself (1958 Stereo Version)
35 Remember (1958 Stereo Version)
36 Suppertime (1958 Stereo Version)
37 How's Chances (1958 Stereo Version)
38 Isn't This a Lovely Day (To Be Caught in the Rain) [1958 Stereo Version]
39 I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket (1958 Stereo Version)
40 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (1957 Version)
41 Everything but You (feat. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
42 Day Dream
43 I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues
44 Prelude to a Kiss
45 Let's Face the Music and Dance (1958 Stereo Version)
46 Caravan (1957 Version)
47 The E and D Blues (E for Ella, D for Duke)
48 Rehearsal (1993 Song Book Version)
49 Chelsea Bridge (Alternate Take)
50 Chelsea Bridge (1957 Version)
51 Perdido (1957 Version)
52 Lost In Meditation
53 I'm Beginning to See the Light (1957 Version)
54 Rockin' in Rhythm (1957 Version)
55 Drop Me Off In Harlem
56 Clementine
57 I Didn't Know About You
58 'S Wonderful (1959 Stereo Version)
59 But Not for Me (1959 Stereo Edit)
60 Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald: Royal Ancestry(First mvmt.)/All Heart(Second mvmt.)/Beyond Category(Third mvmt.)/Total Jazz(Fourth mvmt.)
61 All Too Soon
62 Bli-Blip (feat. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
63 By Strauss (1959 Stereo Version)
64 My One and Only (1959 Stereo Version)
65 All of You
66 Blue Skies (1958 Stereo Version)
67 Blue Moon (1956 Version)
68 Satin Doll - 1956 Version
69 Easy To Love
70 Love Is Sweeping The Country (1959 Stereo Version)
71 Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Have Lunch Today) [1956 Version]
72 Do I Love You?
73 So In Love
74 The Lady Is a Tramp (1956 Version)
75 Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)
76 Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) (Master Take)
77 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [1956 Version]
78 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
79 It's All Right with Me
80 Ev'rything I've Got
81 I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (1958 Stereo Version)
82 Bewitched
83 Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
84 Of Thee I Sing (Baby) [1959 Stereo Version]
85 Just Squeeze Me (1956 Version)
86 My Heart Stood Still
87 Don't Fence Me In
88 Have You Met Miss Jones?
89 You Took Advantage of Me
90 Dancing On the Ceiling
91 Manhattan
92 Johnny One Note
93 I Wish I Were In Love Again
94 Spring Is Here
95 It Never Entered My Mind
96 This Can't Be Love (1956 Version)
97 Thou Swell (1956 Version)
98 My Romance
99 Where Or When
100 Little Girl Blue
101 Give It Back to the Indians
102 Ace In the Hole
103 (I'm) Always True to You In My Fashion
104 Begin the Beguine
105 You Do Something To Me
106 Why Can't You Behave?
107 You're the Top (Master Take)
108 It's DeLovely
109 Ten Cents A Dance
110 I Didn't Know What Time It Was
111 Blue Room
112 Mountain Greenery
113 Isn't It Romantic?
114 Here In My Arms
115 I've Got Five Dollars
116 I Concentrate On You (Master Take)
117 Just One of Those Things
118 There's a Small Hotel
119 Lover (Stereo Version)
120 Lover (Mono Version)
121 Ambulatory Suite (1959 Stereo Version)
122 The Preludes (1959 Stereo Version)
123 I've Got You Under My Skin (1956 Version)
124 Puttin' On the Ritz (1958 Stereo Version)
125 Someone to Watch Over Me (1959 Stereo Version)
126 Embraceable You (1959 Stereo Version)
127 I Concentrate On You (Alternate Take)

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