Nina (1999 Digital Remaster)-Noel Coward and Orchestra

[00:12.17]Señorita Nina from Argentina knew all the answers [00:16.66]Though her relatives and friends were perfect dancers [00:19.94]She swore she'd never dance a step until she died [00:23.92]She said I've seen too many movies [00:26.36]And all they prove is too idiotic [00:29.43]They all insist that South America's exotic [00:32.53]Whereas it couldn't be more boring if it tried [00:36.66]She added firmly that she hated [00:39.16]The sound of soft guitars beside a still lagoon [00:43.29]She also positively stated [00:45.57]That she could not abide a southern moon [00:49.65]She said I hate to be pedantic [00:51.58]But I'm driven nearly frantic [00:53.22]When I see that unromantic sycophantic lot of sluts [00:57.61]Forever wriggling their guts [01:00.87]It drives me absolutely nuts [01:04.82]She refused to begin the Beguine [01:08.18]When they requested it [01:11.86]And she made an embarrassing scene [01:14.65]If anyone suggested it [01:17.46]For she detested it [01:23.82]Though no one ever could be keener than little Nina [01:27.76]On quite a number of very eligible men [01:30.91]Who did the rhumba [01:32.71]When they proposed to her she simply left them flat [01:36.76]She said that love should be impulsive [01:40.11]But not convulsive [01:41.66]And syncopation had a discouraging effect [01:45.14]On procreation [01:46.49]And that she'd rather read a book and that was that [01:49.58] [01:55.22]She declined to begin the Beguine [01:57.70]When they besought her to [02:00.97]And language profane and obscene [02:03.57]She cursed the man who taught her to [02:07.03]She cursed Cole Porter too [02:12.99]From this its fairly clear that Nina [02:15.78]In her demeanour [02:17.36]Was so offensive that [02:19.22]When the hatred of her friends grew too intensive [02:22.19]She thought she'd better beat it [02:23.88]While she had the chance [02:26.60]After some trial and tribulation [02:30.48]She reached the station [02:32.05]And met a sailor [02:33.73]Who had acquired a wooden leg in Venezuela [02:36.88]And so he married him because he couldn't dance [02:40.83]There surely never could've been a [02:44.33]More irritating girl than Nina [02:47.54]They never speak in Argentina [02:50.83]Of this degenerate bambina [02:54.26]Who had the luck to find romance [02:58.82]But resolutely wouldn't dance [03:07.85]She wouldn't dance oh na [03:09.76]