Nina

[ti:Nina] [ar:Noel Coward] [al:Golden Memory: Noël Coward, Nat King Cole...] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.67]Nina - Noel Coward [00:01.29]Written By：Noël Coward [00:02.15] [00:43.32]Seсorita Nina from Argentina knew all the answers [00:47.27]Though her relatives and friends were perfect dancers [00:49.25] [00:49.80]She swore she'd never dance a step until she died [00:51.94] [00:53.47]She said [00:53.81]I've seen too many movies and all they prove is too idiotic [00:56.75]They all insist that South America's exotic [01:00.10] [01:00.99]Where's it couldn't be more boring if it tried [01:03.23] [01:04.43]She added firmly that she hated [01:05.97]The sound of soft guitars beside a still lagoon [01:09.00] [01:10.05]She also positively stated [01:11.49]That she could not abide a Southern moon [01:14.42] [01:15.68]She said I hate to be pedantic but [01:17.66]I'm driven nearly frantic [01:18.79]When I see that unromantic sycophantic lot of [01:22.44]Forever wriggling their guts [01:23.66] [01:25.13]It drives me absolutely nuts [01:26.85] [01:28.35]She refused to [01:29.66]Begin [01:30.12]The Beguine when they requested it [01:32.86] [01:34.81]And she made an embarrassing scene [01:37.16]If anyone suggested it [01:38.83] [01:40.00]For she detested it [01:42.22] [01:45.72]Though no one ever could be keener than little Nina [01:48.72] [01:49.23]On quite a number of very eligible men who did the rhumba [01:53.28]When they proposed to her she simply left them flat [01:55.58] [01:56.80]She said that love should be impulsive [01:59.49] [02:00.09]But not convulsive [02:01.32]And syncopation had a discouraging effect on procreation [02:04.42] [02:05.42]And that she'd rather read a book and that was that [02:07.83] [02:17.75]Seсorita Nina from Argentina despised the Tango [02:21.08] [02:21.74]Although she never was a girl to let a man go [02:24.41]She wouldn't sacrifice her principles for [02:25.94] [02:28.04]She looked with scorn on the gyrations [02:29.83]Of her relations who danced the conga [02:32.72]And swore that if she had to stand it any longer [02:35.38]She'd lose all dignity and wring their silly necks [02:37.50] [02:38.79]She said that frankly she was blinded [02:40.89]To all the over advertised romantic charms [02:43.68] [02:44.32]And then she got more bloody minded [02:46.25]And told them where to put their tropic palms [02:48.52] [02:49.68]And she could not refrain from saying [02:51.55]That their idiotic swaying [02:52.91]And those damned guitarras playing [02:54.23]Were an insult to her race [02:55.64] [02:56.77]And that she really couldn't face [02:58.29] [02:59.54]Such international disgrace [03:00.72] [03:02.69]She declined to [03:04.07]Begin [03:04.58]The Beguine when they besought her to [03:07.28] [03:09.10]And with language profane and obscene [03:11.29]She cursed the man who taught her to [03:13.76] [03:14.52]She cursed Cole Porter too [03:16.56] [03:19.84]From this it's fairly clear that Nina [03:21.85]In her demeanour [03:22.75]Was so offensive that [03:24.48]When the hatred of her friends grew too intensive [03:27.23]She thought she'd better beat it [03:28.71]While she had the chance [03:29.74] [03:30.87]After some trial and tribulation [03:33.54] [03:34.24]She reached the station [03:35.59]And met a sailor [03:36.95]Who had acquired a wooden leg in Venezuela [03:38.94] [03:39.61]And so he married him because he couldn't dance [03:41.67] [03:43.16]There surely never could've been a [03:45.92]More irritating girl than Nina [03:47.76] [03:48.44]They never speak in Argentina [03:50.43] [03:51.17]Of this degenerate bambina [03:53.18] [03:54.05]Who had the luck to find romance [03:57.50] [03:58.68]But resolutely wouldn't dance