Real American Folk Song-Ella Fitzgerald

[ti:Real American Folk Song] [ar:Ella Fitzgerald] [al:Ella Sings Gershwin] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Real American Folk Song - Ella Fitzgerald [00:12.63]Near Barcelona the peasant crooned [00:17.65]The old traditional Spanish tunes [00:22.55] [00:23.17]The Neapolitan street song sighs [00:28.90] [00:29.45]You think of Italian skys [00:35.13] [00:36.52]Each nation has a creative vein [00:40.94]Originating a native strain [00:46.34] [00:46.86]With folk songs plaintive and others gay [00:53.11]In their own peculiar way [00:58.31] [01:00.00]American folk songs I feel [01:04.64] [01:05.84]Have a much stronger appeal [01:13.24] [01:28.38]The real American folksong is a rag [01:32.63]A mental jag [01:35.14]A rhythmic tonic for the chronic blues [01:38.46]The critics called it a "joke song" but now [01:43.20]They've changed their tune [01:44.33]And they like it somehow [01:47.47]For it's innoculated with a syncopated [01:50.53]Sort of meter sweeter [01:53.47]Than a classic strain boy you can't remain [01:56.12]Still or quiet for it's a riot [01:58.48]The real American folksong [02:00.71]Is like a fountain of you [02:03.31]You taste and it elates you [02:05.68]And then invigorates you [02:08.45]The real American folksong [02:10.71]The masses coaxed on is a rag [02:13.47] [02:46.08]The real American folksong is a rag [02:50.33]A mental jag [02:52.81]A rhythmic tonic for the chronic blues [02:56.10]The critics called it a "joke song" but now [03:00.94]They've changed their tune [03:01.77]And they like it somehow [03:05.23]For it's innoculated with a syncopated [03:07.73] [03:08.33]Sort of meter sweeter [03:11.25]Than a classic strain boy you can't remain [03:13.89]Still or quiet for it's a riot [03:16.41]The real American folksong [03:18.70]Is like a fountain of you [03:20.99]You taste and it elates you [03:23.53]And then invigorates you [03:26.15]The real American folksong is a rag