Nina / Begin the Beguine (Live)-Noel Coward and Orchestra

[ti:Nina] [ar:Noel Coward] [al:The Noel Coward Collection, Vol. 1: World Weary] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Nina / Begin the Beguine (Live) - Noel Coward and Orchestra [00:26.04]Seсorita Nina from Argentina knew all the answers [00:29.96]Though her relatives and friends were perfect dancers [00:32.46]She swore she'd never dance a step until she died [00:35.93]She said I've seen too many movies and all they prove is too idiotic [00:40.51]They all insist that South America's exotic [00:42.69] [00:43.26]Whereas it couldn't be more boring if it tried [00:46.04] [00:46.83]She added firmly that she hated [00:48.71]The sound of soft guitars beside a still lagoon [00:52.30]She also positively stated [00:54.24]That she could not abide a Southern moon [00:57.55]She refused to Begin The Beguine when they requested it [01:02.69] [01:03.56]And she made an embarrassing scene if anyone suggested it [01:08.40]For she detested it [01:10.67] [01:13.61]Though no-one ever could be keener than little Nina [01:16.95]On quite a number of very eligible men who did the rhumba [01:20.85]When they proposed to her she simply left them flat [01:23.72] [01:24.51]She said that love should be impulsive but not convulsive [01:29.45]And syncopation had a discouraging effect on procreation [01:33.42]And that she'd rather read a book and that was that [01:35.84] [01:45.75]Seсorita Nina from Argentina despised the Tango [01:49.68]Although she never was a girl to let a man go [01:52.32]She wouldn't sacrifice her principles for sex [01:55.09] [01:55.84]She looked with scorn on the gyrations [01:58.03]Of her relations who danced the conga [02:00.72]And swore that if she had to stand it any longer [02:03.40]She'd lose all dignity and wring their silly necks [02:06.20] [02:06.80]She said that frankly she was blinded [02:08.56] [02:09.08]To all the over advertised romantic charms [02:14.37]And then she got more bloody minded [02:16.27]And told them where to put their tropic palms [02:19.63]She said I hate to be pedantic but I'm driven nearly frantic [02:22.54]When I see that unromantic sycophantic lot of sluts [02:25.96] [02:26.67]Forever wriggling their guts [02:29.16]It drives me absolutely nuts [02:31.77] [02:32.41]She declined to Begin The Beguine when they besought her to [02:37.99]And with language profane and obscene she cursed the man who taught her to [02:43.71] [02:44.59]She cursed Cole Porter too [02:48.56] [02:49.83]From this it's fairly clear that Nina in her demeanour [02:54.42]Was so offensive that when the hatred of her friends grew too intensive [02:58.43]She thought she'd better beat it while she had the chance [03:01.94]After some trial and tribulation she reached the station [03:07.51]And met a sailor who had acquired a wooden leg in Venezuela [03:11.07] [03:11.63]And so he married him because he couldn't dance [03:14.38] [03:15.14]There surely never could've been a [03:18.25]More irritating girl than Nina [03:20.93]They never speak in Argentina [03:23.89]Of this degenerate bambina [03:26.64]Who had the luck to find romance [03:32.52]But resolutely wouldn't dance [03:40.24]She would dance for it