Álbum Nina Simone In Concert de Nina Simone - Canciones

Nina Simone In Concert

1964 |

Estilo(s) | Soul-Jazz

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I Loves You, PorgyVer letra 2:18

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letra de I Loves You, Porgy
I loves you, Porgy,

Don't let him take me

Don't let him handle me

And drive me mad

If you can keep me

I wanna stay here with you forever

And I'll be glad

Yes I loves you, Porgy,

Don't let him take me

Don't let him handle me

With his hot hands

If you can keep me

I wants to stay here with you forever

I've got my man

I loves you, Porgy,

Don't let him take me

Don't let him handle me

And drive me mad

If you can keep me

I wanna stay here with you forever

I've got my man

Someday I know he's coming to call me

He's going to handle me and hold me

So, it' going to be like dying, Porgy

When he calls me

But when he comes I know I'll have to go

I loves you, Porgy,

Don't let him take me

Honey, don't let him handle me

and drive me mad

If you can keep me

I wanna stay here with you forever

I've got my man
Plain Gold RingVer letra 5:30

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letra de Plain Gold Ring
Plain gold ring on his finger he wore

It was where everyone could see

He belonged to someone, but not me

On his hand was a plain gold band

Plain gold ring has a story to tell

It was one that I knew too well

In my heart it will never be spring

Long as he wears a plain gold ring

Oh, oh

When nighttime comes a' callin' on me

I know why I will never be free

I can't stop these teardrops of mine

I'm gonna love him till the end of time

Plain gold ring has but one thing to say

I'll remember till my dying day

In my heart it will never be spring

Long as he wears a plain gold ring

Plain gold ring on his finger he wore

Plain gold ring on his finger he wore

Plain gold ring on his finger he wore
Pirate JennyVer letra 6:42

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letra de Pirate Jenny
You people can watch while I'm scrubbing these floors

And I'm scrubbin' the floors while you're gawking

Maybe once ya tip me and it makes ya feel swell

In this crummy Southern town

In this crummy old hotel

But you'll never guess to who you're talkin'.

No. You couldn't ever guess to who you're talkin'.

Then one night there's a scream in the night

And you'll wonder who could that have been

And you see me kinda grinnin' while I'm scrubbin'

And you say, "What's she got to grin?"

I'll tell you.

There's a ship

The Black Freighter

With a skull on its masthead

Will be coming in

You gentlemen can say, "Hey gal, finish them floors!

Get upstairs! What's wrong with you! Earn your keep here!

You toss me your tips

And look out to the ships

But I'm counting your heads

As I'm making the beds

Cuz there's nobody gonna sleep here,

Tonight, nobodys gonna sleep here, honey

Nobody

Nobody!

Then one night there's a scream in the night

And you say, "Who's that kicking up a row?"

And ya see me kinda starin' out the winda

And you say, "What's she got to stare at now?"

I'll tell ya.

There's a ship

The Black Freighter

Turns around in the harbor

Shootin' guns from her bow

Now

You gentlemen can wipe off that smile off your face

Cause every building in town is a flat one

This whole frickin' place will be down to the ground

Only this cheap hotel standing up safe and sound

And you yell, "Why do they spare that one?"

Yes.

That's what you say.

"Why do they spare that one?"

All the night through, through the noise and to-do

You wonder who is that person that lives up there?

And you see me stepping out in the morning

Looking nice with a ribbon in my hair

And the ship

The Black Freighter

Runs a flag up its masthead

And a cheer rings the air

By noontime the dock

Is a-swarmin' with men

Comin' out from the ghostly freighter

They move in the shadows

Where no one can see

And they're chainin' up people

And they're bringin' em to me

Askin' me,

"Kill them NOW, or LATER?"

Askin' ME!

"Kill them now, or later?"

Noon by the clock

And so still at the dock

You can hear a foghorn miles away

And in that quiet of death

I'll say, "Right now.

Right now!"

Then they pile up the bodies

And I'll say,

"That'll learn ya!"

And the ship

The Black Freighter

Disappears out to sea

And

On

It

Is

Me
Old Jim CrowVer letra 2:10

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letra de Old Jim Crow
Old Jim Crow

Where you been baby

Down Mississippi and back again

Old Jim Crow don't you know

It's all over now

Old Jim Crow

What's wrong with you

It ain't your name

It's the things you do

Old Jim Crow don't you know

It's all over now

Old Jim Crow

You've been around too long

Gotta work the devil

'Til your dead and gone

Old Jim Crow

Yes, don't you know

It's all over now

It's all over now

Old Jim Crow

You know it's true

When you hurt my brother

You hurt me too

Old Jim Crow don't you know

It's all over now

Old Jim Crow

I thought I had you beat

Now I see you walkin'

And talkin' up and down my street

Old Jim Crow don't you know

It's all over now

Old Jim Crow

You've been around too long

Gotta work the devil

'Til your dead and gone

Old Jim Crow don't you know

It's all over

All over

Oh Lord, it's all over

All over

It's all over

It's all over

It's all over now.
Don't Smoke In Bed 5:30
Go LimpVer letra 6:55

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letra de Go Limp
Oh Daughter, dear Daughter,

Take warning from me

And don't you go marching

With the N-A-A-C-P.

For they'll rock you and roll you

And shove you into bed.

And if they steal your nuclear secret

You'll wish you were dead.

[Refrain:]

Singin too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay.

Singin too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay.

Oh Mother, dear Mother,

No, I'm not afraid.

For I'll go on that march

And I'll return a virgin maid.

With a brick in my handbag

And a smile on my face

And barbed wire in my underwear

To shed off disgrace.

[Refrain]

One day they were marching.

A young man came by

With a beard on his cheek

And a gleam in his eye.

And before she had time

To remember her brick...

They were holding a sit-down

On a nearby hay rig.

[Refrain]

For meeting is pleasure

And parting is pain.

And if I have a great concert

Maybe I won't have to sing those folk songs again.

Oh Mother, dear Mother

I'm stiff and I'm sore

From sleeping three nights

On a hard classroom floor.

[Refrain]

One day at the briefing

She'd heard a man say,

"Go perfectly limp,

And be carried away."

So when this young man suggested

It was time she was kissed,

She remembered her brief

And did not resist.

[Refrain]

Oh Mother, dear Mother,

No need for distress,

For the young man has left me

His name and address.

And if we win

Tho' a baby there be,

He won't have to march

Like his da-da and me.
Mississippi GoddamVer letra 4:45

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letra de Mississippi Goddam
The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam

And I mean every word of it

Alabama's gotten me so upset

Tennessee made me lose my rest

And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam

Alabama's gotten me so upset

Tennessee made me lose my rest

And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam

Can't you see it

Can't you feel it

It's all in the air

I can't stand the pressure much longer

Somebody say a prayer

Alabama's gotten me so upset

Tennessee made me lose my rest

And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam

This is a show tune

But the show hasn't been written for it, yet

Hound dogs on my trail

School children sitting in jail

Black cat cross my path

I think every day's gonna be my last

Lord have mercy on this land of mine

We all gonna get it in due time

I don't belong here

I don't belong there

I've even stopped believing in prayer

Don't tell me

I tell you

Me and my people just about due

I've been there so I know

They keep on saying "Go slow!"

But that's just the trouble

"do it slow"

Washing the windows

"do it slow"

Picking the cotton

"do it slow"

You're just plain rotten

"do it slow"

You're too damn lazy

"do it slow"

The thinking's crazy

"do it slow"

Where am I going

What am I doing

I don't know

I don't know

Just try to do your very best

Stand up be counted with all the rest

For everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam

I made you thought I was kiddin'

Picket lines

School boy cots

They try to say it's a communist plot

All I want is equality

for my sister my brother my people and me

Yes you lied to me all these years

You told me to wash and clean my ears

And talk real fine just like a lady

And you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie

Oh but this whole country is full of lies

You're all gonna die and die like flies

I don't trust you any more

You keep on saying "Go slow!"

"Go slow!"

But that's just the trouble

"do it slow"

Desegregation

"do it slow"

Mass participation

"do it slow"

Reunification

"do it slow"

Do things gradually

"do it slow"

But bring more tragedy

"do it slow"

Why don't you see it

Why don't you feel it

I don't know

I don't know

You don't have to live next to me

Just give me my equality

Everybody knows about Mississippi

Everybody knows about Alabama

Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam

That's it!