Lyrics and translation Fats Waller - If You're a Viper
I
dreamed
about
a
reefer,
five
feet
long
J'ai
rêvé
d'un
joint,
d'un
mètre
cinquante
de
long
A
might
immense
but
not
to
strong
Un
truc
énorme,
mais
pas
trop
fort
You'd
be
high,
but
not
for
long
Tu
serais
défoncé,
mais
pas
pour
longtemps
If
you're
a
viper
Si
tu
es
un
serpent
I'm
the
king
of
everything
Je
suis
le
roi
de
tout
I
got-to-get-got-to-get-got-be
high
before
I
swing
Je
dois
être
défoncé
avant
de
me
mettre
à
chanter
Let
the
bell
ring
ding-dong-ding
Laisse
sonner
la
cloche,
ding-dong-ding
If
you're
a
viper
Si
tu
es
un
serpent
Say
you
know
your
high,
when
your
throat
get's
dry
Tu
sais
que
tu
es
défoncé
quand
ta
gorge
est
sèche
Mhmm,
everything
is
dandy
Mhmm,
tout
va
bien
Ah
yes,
you
run
to
the
candy
store
Ah
oui,
tu
cours
à
la
confiserie
Bust
your
[?]
on
peppermint
candy
Tu
te
goinfres
de
bonbons
à
la
menthe
Then
you
know
your
little
brown
bodies
spent
Ensuite,
tu
sais
que
ton
petit
corps
brun
est
épuisé
You
dont'
give
a
darn,
if
you
don't
pay
rent
Tu
t'en
fiches,
si
tu
ne
payes
pas
ton
loyer
'Cause
the
sky
is
high
Parce
que
le
ciel
est
haut
So
am
I,
yeah
yeah
Comme
moi,
ouais
ouais
'Oh
stop
it
darling
'Oh,
arrête,
chérie
I
didn't
know
you're
here
Je
ne
savais
pas
que
tu
étais
là
That's
enough
now,
wait
minute,
wait
a
minute,
wait
a
minute
Ça
suffit
maintenant,
attends
une
minute,
attends
une
minute,
attends
une
minute
Let
me
dream
now
Laisse-moi
rêver
maintenant
Yes,
baby
Oui,
mon
bébé
[?]
on
the
sideline
[?]
sur
la
touche
My
wife's
in
here
tonight
Ma
femme
est
ici
ce
soir
So
you
don't
vipe
either,
you
know
get
away?
Alors
tu
ne
te
défonces
pas
non
plus,
tu
sais,
tu
t'en
vas
?
Are
you
kidding?
Tu
te
moques
?
Oh
yeah'
Oh
ouais'
Say
you
know
you're
high
Tu
sais
que
tu
es
défoncé
Yes
I
know
I'm
high
Oui,
je
sais
que
je
suis
défoncé
'Cause
everything
is
fine
and
dandy
Parce
que
tout
va
bien
et
que
c'est
super
Yes,
going
down
to
the
candy
store
Oui,
je
vais
à
la
confiserie
Get
me
Wrigley's
or
some
peppermint
candy
Ramène-moi
des
Wrigley's
ou
des
bonbons
à
la
menthe
I
love
it,
I
love
it,
I
love
it
J'adore
ça,
j'adore
ça,
j'adore
ça
Yes
baby,
but
my
bodies
spent
Oui,
mon
bébé,
mais
mon
corps
est
épuisé
'Get
away
from
me
you
[?]'
'Va-t'en,
tu
me
[?]'
High,
high
so
am
I
Défoncé,
défoncé,
comme
moi
aussi
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1
Lookin' for Another Sweetie
2 Cross Patch
3 Until the Real Thing Comes Along
4 Lookin' Good But Feelin' Bad
5 I Wish I Were Twins
6 Keepin' Out of Mischief Now
7 There's Going to Be the Devil to Pay
8 Blue Turning Grey over You
9 Baby Brown
10 Hey! Stop Kissing My Sister
11 When Somebody Thinks You’re Wonderful
12 This Is So Nice It Must Be Illegal
13 Abdullah
14 Dem Bones Dem Dry Bones
15 Little Curly Hair In A High Chair
16 By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
17 Tea for Two
18 A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid
19 I'm Crazy Bout My Baby
20 Lonesome Road
21 I Love to Whistle
22 Honeysuckle Rose
23 I Can't Give You Anything but Love
24 Copper Colored Gal
25 Your Feet's Too Big
26 I'm A Hundred Percent For You
27 I Believe In Miracles
28 Take It Easy
29 All That Meat And No Potatoes
30 Lulu's Back in Town
31 Let's Sing Again
32 All My Life
33 The Curse of an Aching Heart
34 Handful of Keys
35 Then I'll Be Tired of You
36 That Ain't Right
37 S’posin’
38 Because Of Once Upon A Time
39 You're Not the Kind
40 Have A Little Dream On Me
41 Star Dust
42 A Little Bit Independent
43 Don't Try Your Jive On Me
44 Truckin'
45 Squeeze Me
46 My Very Good Friend the Milkman
47 Hold Tight
48 Breakin' the Ice
49 Two Sleepy People
50 Solitude
51 Dinah
52 It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
53 That's All
54 Florida Flo
55 Georgia On My Mind
56 You Showed Me the Way
57 You Look Good to Me
58 A Rhyme for Love
59 A Thousand Dreams of You
60 Spreadin' Rhythm Around
61 Hallelujah
62 Don't You Know Or Don't You Care?
63 Boo Hoo
64 Ridin' But Walkin'
65 Cinders
66 Baby, Oh! Where Can You Be?
67 You Stayed Away Too Long
68 What Will I Do In the Morning
69 I Simply Adore You
70 Fair and Square
71 You've Got Me Under Your Thumb
72 The Digah's Stomp Pipe Organ Solo
73 You've Been Taking Lessons In Love
74 You're My Dish
75 You're the Picture
76 Bach Up to Me
77 How Can I
78 12th Street Rag
79 Got a Bran' New Suit
80 Let's Break the Good News
81 Chant of the Groove
82 I'll Dance At Your Wedding
83 Tain't Good
84 Send Me Jackson
85 Lost Love
86 Where Is the Sun?
87 Black Raspberry Jam
88 Beat It Out
89 Last Night a Miracle Happened
90 Paswonky
91 Jealous of Me
92 Smarty
93 Swingin’ Them Jingle Bells
94 Alligator Crawl
95 Harlem Fuss
96 Nero
97 Sweetie Pie
98 Mandy
99 What's the Reason
100 She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific
101 Lenox Avenue Blues
102 You Fit Into The Picture
103 Floatin' Down to Cotton Town
104 Blue Because of You
105 Lounging at the Waldorf
106 Georgia May
107 Rockin' Chair
108 There Goes My Attraction
109 I've Got a New Lease On Love
110 Valentine Stomp
111 I Ain't Got Nobody
112 When You Squeeze Me
113 Big Chief De Sota
114 Hold My Hand
115 Won't You Get Off It, Please?
116 Do Me A Favor
117 Buck Jumpin'
118 Fat And Greasy
119 Garbo Green
120 Basin Street Blues
121 The Moon Is Low
122 Fractious Fingering
123 Loveless Love
124 If It Isn't Love
125 The Meanest Thing You Ever DID Was Kiss Me
126 Go Down Moses
127 There'll Be Some Changes Made
128 You Rascal You
129 Oh Susanna Dust Off That Old Piana
130 You're The Cutest One
131 Every Day's a Holiday
132 I Just Made Up With That Old Girl of Mine
133 I'm Growing Fonder of You
134 I Wish I Had You
135 Pantin' In The Panther Room
136 I'm Gonna Sit Down and Write Myself a Letter
137 Numb Fumblin'
138 If You're a Viper
139 The More I Know You
140 Clothes Line Ballet
141 Am I In Another World?
142 When Love Is Young
143 Patty Cake, Patty Cake
144 Latch On
145 Pardon My Love
146 Mean to Me
147 Why Do I Lie to Myself About You
148 Buckin' the Dice
149 Who'll Take My Place?
150 Neglected
151 Boogie Woogie
152 Sing an Old Fashioned Song
153 California Here I Come
154 Georgia Rockin' Chair
155 You've Been Reading My Mail
156 Old Grand Dad
157 Let's Pretend There's A Moon
158 Imagine My Surprise
159 Sweet Heartache
160 To a Sweet Pretty Thing
161 I Got Rhythm
162 The Girl I Left Behind Me
163 The Love Bug Will Bite You
164 Rosetta
165 Shortnin' Bread
166 That Never-To-Be-Forgotten Night
167 I Hate to Talk About Myself
168 Waiting At the End of the Road
169 I Can't Break the Habit of You
170 Savannah blues
171 We the People
172 The Joint's Jumpin'
173 Skrontch
174 Got No Time
175 Everybody Loves My Baby
176 I'd Rather Call You Baby
177 The Panic Is On
178 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
179 Old Plantation
180 Come And Get It
181 Sometimes I feel like a motherles child
182 Somebody Stole My Gal
183 The Sheik Of Araby
184 I'm At the Mercy of Love
185 Honey Hush
186 Red Hot Dan
187 The Minor Drag
188 I'm On A See-Saw
189 My First Impression of You
190 My Window Faces the South
191 Shame Shame
192 Twelfth Street Rag
193 All God's Chillun Got Wings
194 Who's Afraid of Love?
195 Hallelujah, Thing's Look Rosy Now
196 Black & Blue
197 You Had an Evening to Spare
198 Flat Foot Floogie
199 There's Gonna Be the Devil to Pay
2 Cross Patch
3 Until the Real Thing Comes Along
4 Lookin' Good But Feelin' Bad
5 I Wish I Were Twins
6 Keepin' Out of Mischief Now
7 There's Going to Be the Devil to Pay
8 Blue Turning Grey over You
9 Baby Brown
10 Hey! Stop Kissing My Sister
11 When Somebody Thinks You’re Wonderful
12 This Is So Nice It Must Be Illegal
13 Abdullah
14 Dem Bones Dem Dry Bones
15 Little Curly Hair In A High Chair
16 By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
17 Tea for Two
18 A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid
19 I'm Crazy Bout My Baby
20 Lonesome Road
21 I Love to Whistle
22 Honeysuckle Rose
23 I Can't Give You Anything but Love
24 Copper Colored Gal
25 Your Feet's Too Big
26 I'm A Hundred Percent For You
27 I Believe In Miracles
28 Take It Easy
29 All That Meat And No Potatoes
30 Lulu's Back in Town
31 Let's Sing Again
32 All My Life
33 The Curse of an Aching Heart
34 Handful of Keys
35 Then I'll Be Tired of You
36 That Ain't Right
37 S’posin’
38 Because Of Once Upon A Time
39 You're Not the Kind
40 Have A Little Dream On Me
41 Star Dust
42 A Little Bit Independent
43 Don't Try Your Jive On Me
44 Truckin'
45 Squeeze Me
46 My Very Good Friend the Milkman
47 Hold Tight
48 Breakin' the Ice
49 Two Sleepy People
50 Solitude
51 Dinah
52 It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
53 That's All
54 Florida Flo
55 Georgia On My Mind
56 You Showed Me the Way
57 You Look Good to Me
58 A Rhyme for Love
59 A Thousand Dreams of You
60 Spreadin' Rhythm Around
61 Hallelujah
62 Don't You Know Or Don't You Care?
63 Boo Hoo
64 Ridin' But Walkin'
65 Cinders
66 Baby, Oh! Where Can You Be?
67 You Stayed Away Too Long
68 What Will I Do In the Morning
69 I Simply Adore You
70 Fair and Square
71 You've Got Me Under Your Thumb
72 The Digah's Stomp Pipe Organ Solo
73 You've Been Taking Lessons In Love
74 You're My Dish
75 You're the Picture
76 Bach Up to Me
77 How Can I
78 12th Street Rag
79 Got a Bran' New Suit
80 Let's Break the Good News
81 Chant of the Groove
82 I'll Dance At Your Wedding
83 Tain't Good
84 Send Me Jackson
85 Lost Love
86 Where Is the Sun?
87 Black Raspberry Jam
88 Beat It Out
89 Last Night a Miracle Happened
90 Paswonky
91 Jealous of Me
92 Smarty
93 Swingin’ Them Jingle Bells
94 Alligator Crawl
95 Harlem Fuss
96 Nero
97 Sweetie Pie
98 Mandy
99 What's the Reason
100 She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific
101 Lenox Avenue Blues
102 You Fit Into The Picture
103 Floatin' Down to Cotton Town
104 Blue Because of You
105 Lounging at the Waldorf
106 Georgia May
107 Rockin' Chair
108 There Goes My Attraction
109 I've Got a New Lease On Love
110 Valentine Stomp
111 I Ain't Got Nobody
112 When You Squeeze Me
113 Big Chief De Sota
114 Hold My Hand
115 Won't You Get Off It, Please?
116 Do Me A Favor
117 Buck Jumpin'
118 Fat And Greasy
119 Garbo Green
120 Basin Street Blues
121 The Moon Is Low
122 Fractious Fingering
123 Loveless Love
124 If It Isn't Love
125 The Meanest Thing You Ever DID Was Kiss Me
126 Go Down Moses
127 There'll Be Some Changes Made
128 You Rascal You
129 Oh Susanna Dust Off That Old Piana
130 You're The Cutest One
131 Every Day's a Holiday
132 I Just Made Up With That Old Girl of Mine
133 I'm Growing Fonder of You
134 I Wish I Had You
135 Pantin' In The Panther Room
136 I'm Gonna Sit Down and Write Myself a Letter
137 Numb Fumblin'
138 If You're a Viper
139 The More I Know You
140 Clothes Line Ballet
141 Am I In Another World?
142 When Love Is Young
143 Patty Cake, Patty Cake
144 Latch On
145 Pardon My Love
146 Mean to Me
147 Why Do I Lie to Myself About You
148 Buckin' the Dice
149 Who'll Take My Place?
150 Neglected
151 Boogie Woogie
152 Sing an Old Fashioned Song
153 California Here I Come
154 Georgia Rockin' Chair
155 You've Been Reading My Mail
156 Old Grand Dad
157 Let's Pretend There's A Moon
158 Imagine My Surprise
159 Sweet Heartache
160 To a Sweet Pretty Thing
161 I Got Rhythm
162 The Girl I Left Behind Me
163 The Love Bug Will Bite You
164 Rosetta
165 Shortnin' Bread
166 That Never-To-Be-Forgotten Night
167 I Hate to Talk About Myself
168 Waiting At the End of the Road
169 I Can't Break the Habit of You
170 Savannah blues
171 We the People
172 The Joint's Jumpin'
173 Skrontch
174 Got No Time
175 Everybody Loves My Baby
176 I'd Rather Call You Baby
177 The Panic Is On
178 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
179 Old Plantation
180 Come And Get It
181 Sometimes I feel like a motherles child
182 Somebody Stole My Gal
183 The Sheik Of Araby
184 I'm At the Mercy of Love
185 Honey Hush
186 Red Hot Dan
187 The Minor Drag
188 I'm On A See-Saw
189 My First Impression of You
190 My Window Faces the South
191 Shame Shame
192 Twelfth Street Rag
193 All God's Chillun Got Wings
194 Who's Afraid of Love?
195 Hallelujah, Thing's Look Rosy Now
196 Black & Blue
197 You Had an Evening to Spare
198 Flat Foot Floogie
199 There's Gonna Be the Devil to Pay
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