The Real American Folk Song

[ti:The Real American Folk Song] [ar:Ella Fitzgerald] [al:The Songbooks Collection Vol. 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]The Real American Folk Song - Ella Fitzgerald (埃拉·菲茨杰拉德) [00:00.02]Written by：Ira Gershwin/George Gershwin [00:00.04] [00:12.64]Near Barcelona the peasant crooned [00:17.87]The old traditional Spanish tunes [00:23.09]The Neapolitan street song sighs [00:29.54]You think of Italian skys [00:35.91] [00:36.60]Each nation has a creative vein [00:41.24]Originating a native strain [00:46.38] [00:47.18]With folk songs plaintive and others gay [00:53.41]In their own peculiar way [00:58.82] [01:00.45]American folk songs I feel [01:05.49] [01:06.42]Have a much stronger appeal [01:15.02] [01:28.96]The real American folksong is a rag [01:33.45]A mental jag [01:35.82]A rhythmic tonic for the chronic blues [01:39.08]The critics called it a joke song but now [01:43.91]They've changed their tune and they like it somehow [01:48.29]For it's innoculated with a syncopated sort of meter sweeter [01:54.25]Than a classic strain boy you can't remain still or quiet for it's a riot [01:59.48]The real American folksong [02:01.74]Is like a fountain of you'th [02:04.35]You taste and it elates you and then invigorates you [02:09.37]The real American folksong the masses coaxed on is a rag [02:14.44] [02:47.41]The real American folksong is a rag [02:51.70]A mental jag [02:53.74] [02:54.37]A rhythmic tonic for the chronic blues [02:57.54]The critics called it a joke song but now [03:02.41]They've changed their tune and they like it somehow [03:06.81]For it's innoculated with a syncopated sort of meter sweeter [03:12.76]Than a classic strain boy you can't remain still or quiet for it's a riot [03:18.05]The real American folksong [03:20.34]Is like a fountain of you'th [03:22.62]You taste and it elates you and then invigorates you [03:27.84]The real American folksong is a rag