Tom Lehrer - Clementine - Live paroles de chanson

paroles de chanson Clementine - Live - Tom Lehrer



I should like to consider the folk song,
And expound briefly on a theory I have held
For some time, to the effect that the reason
Most folk songs are so atrocious is that they
Were written by the people.
If professional songwriters had written them
Instead, things might have turned out considerably
Differently. For example, consider the old favorite,
With which, I'm sure, you're all familiar,
"Clementine", you know:
In a cavern, in a canyon
Dadada dadadada .. .
...a song with no recognizable merit whatsoever
And imagine what might have happened if, for example,
Cole Porter had tried writing this song. The first
Verse might have come out like this:
(Cole Porter Style)
In a cavern .. .
In a canyon .. .
Excava-hay-hay-hehting for .. .
A mine
Far away from the BOOM-BOOM-BOOM .. .
Of the city
She was so pretty
What a pity Clementine!
Oh, Clementine .. .
Can't you tell from the howls of me .. .
This love of mine
Calls to you from the bowels of me .. .
Are, you, dis-CERning
The reTURning
Of this CHURning
BURning .. .
YEARning for you .. .
And
(Spoken) Well, supposing at this point, that Mozart...
Or, one of that crowd... had tried writing a verse,
The next one might've come out as a baritone-aria
From an Italian opera - somewhat along these lines:
Era legera e come un fairy
{It was light and (she was) like a fairy}
E suo shoes numero nine
{And her shoes (were) number nine}
Herring bo-ho-ho-hoxes sans-a to-ho-ho-hopses,
{Herring bo-ho-ho-hoxes without to-ho-ho-hopses}
Sandalae per Clementina si
{Sandals for Clementine}
Per Clementina si
{For Clementine}
Per Clementina sandalae
{Sandals for Clementine}
Per Clementina sandalae
{Sandals for Clementine}
Per Clementina!
{For Clementine}
Clementina, Clementina, Cleh-eh-eh-ehmentina .. .
{Clementine }
Herring boxes sans-a topses sandalae per Clementina
{Herring boxes without topses, sandals for Clementine}
Herring boxes sans-a topses sandalae per Clementina
{Herring boxes without topses, sandals for Clementine}
Che sciagura Clementina
{What a disaster, Clementine}
Che sciagura Clementina
{What a disaster, Clementine}
Cara Clementina
{Beloved Clementine}
Cara Clementina-na-na-na-na-na-na-na!
{Beloved Clementine}
(Spoken) Supposing, at this rather dramatic juncture in
The narrative, one ofour modern "cool school" of composers
Had tried writing a verse, thenext one might've come out...
A-like this...
(Whispered) A-one, A-two, A-three!
Drove those ducklings to the water, yprach!
Doodilehdoodoot, yah-hah .. .
Every mornin', like nine a.m., awhoopah
Doodileh doo-doo, doodilidah
Got a-hung upon a splinter
Got a-hung upon a splinter, klooglimah!
Hoo, hoot!
Fell into the foamy brine
Dig that crazy Clementine, man!
(Spoken) To end on a happy note, one can always count
On Gilbert and Sullivan for a rousig finale full of words
And music, and signifying... nothing!
That I missed her depressed her
Young sister named Esther
This mister to pester the tried
Now a pestering sister's a festering blister
You're best to resist her, say I!
The mister resisted
The sister persisted
When I kissed her, all loyalty slipped
When she said I could have her
Her sister's cadaver
Must surely have turned in its crypt!
Yes, yes, yes, yes!
But I love she, and she loves me
And raptured are the both of we
Yes, I love she and she loves I .. .
And will through all eterni-ty!
See what I mean?



Writer(s): Lehrer Tom


Tom Lehrer - An Evening With
Album An Evening With
date de sortie
24-06-2011

1 The Old Dope Peddler
2 Be Prepared
3 The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be
4 I Wanna Go Back To Dixie
5 Fight Fiercely, Harvard
6 Lobachevsky
7 The Irish Ballad
8 The Hunting Song
9 My Home Town
10 When You Are Old And Grey
11 I Hold Your Hand In Mine
12 The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
13 Poisoning Pigeons In the Park
14 Bright College Days
15 A Christmas Carol
16 The Elements
17 Oedipus Rex
18 In Old Mexico
19 Clementine
20 It Makes a Fellow Proud to Be a Soldier
21 She's My Girl
22 The Masochism Tango
23 We Will All Go Together When We Go
24 Poisoning Pigeons In The Park - Live
25 Bright College Days - Live
26 A Christmas Carol - Live
27 The Elements - Live
28 Oedipus Rex - Live
29 In Old Mexico - Live
30 Clementine - Live
31 It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier - Live
32 She's My Girl - Live
33 The Masochism Tango - Live
34 We Will All Go Together When We Go - Live
35 I Wanna Go Back To Dixie - Live
36 The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be - Live
37 The Old Dope Peddler - Live
38 Fight Fiercely, Harvard - Live
39 Lobachevsky - Live
40 The Irish Ballad - Live
41 The Hunting Song - Live
42 My Home Town - Live
43 The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz - Live
44 Be Prepared - Live




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