Now They Call It Swing (01-12-38)-Billie Holiday

[ti:Now They Call It Swing (01-12-38)] [ar:Billie Holiday] [al:Complete Jazz Series 1937 - 1939] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Now They Call It Swing (01-12-38) - Billie Holiday (比莉.荷莉戴) [00:08.24]Once they called it ragtime [00:10.17] [00:10.98]And it had its fling [00:12.79] [00:13.85]It's the same old syncopation [00:17.16]Now they call it swing [00:19.15] [00:20.10]Then they played it jazz time [00:22.35] [00:23.10]To a buck-and-wing [00:24.97] [00:25.98]Once again it sweeped the nation [00:29.22]Now they call it swing [00:31.34] [00:32.40]When singers used to sing [00:35.33]They would go hot cha [00:37.33] [00:38.58]But with this modern thing [00:40.88] [00:41.51]Now they go dru-du du dra-da-da [00:44.63]Rhythm has its seasons [00:46.82] [00:47.44]Summer fall and spring [00:49.87] [00:50.56]But for seven silly reasons [00:53.06] [00:53.80]Someone pulled the string [00:55.74] [00:56.86]And they started dancing [00:58.73] [00:59.73]Now they call it swing [01:01.91] [01:57.26]Once they called it ragtime [01:59.45] [02:00.20]And it had its fling [02:02.25] [02:03.25]It's the same old syncopation [02:06.44]Now they call it swing [02:08.37] [02:09.31]Then they played it jazz time [02:11.74] [02:12.37]To a buck-and-wing [02:14.48] [02:15.36]Once again it sweeped the nation [02:18.74]Now they call it swing [02:20.73] [02:21.79]When singers used to sing [02:24.78]They would go hot cha [02:26.84] [02:27.90]But with this modern thing [02:30.71]Now they go dru-du du dra-da-da [02:33.46] [02:34.27]Rhythm has its seasons [02:36.26] [02:36.95]Summer fall and spring [02:39.07] [02:39.95]But for seven silly reasons [02:42.69] [02:43.25]Someone pulled the string [02:45.37] [02:46.50]And they started dancing [02:48.37] [02:49.18]Now they call it swing