The Strip Polka-Johnny Mercer/Coleman Hawkins/Slam Stewart

[ti:The Strip Polka] [ar:Johnny Mercer] [al:Jazz Oldies & Goodies Vol 8 / Smoke Gets In Your Eyes] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Strip Polka - Johnny Mercer (约翰尼·默瑟)/Coleman Hawkins (柯曼·霍金斯)/Slam Stewart (斯莱姆·斯图尔特) [00:09.55]Adore this [00:10.46] [00:52.25]There's a burlesque theater [00:53.69]Where the gang loves to go [00:55.09]To see queenie the cutie of the burlesque show [00:58.13] [00:58.84]And the thrill of the evening is when out queenie skips [01:02.55]And the band plays the polka while she strips [01:04.97] [01:06.25]"Take it off take it off" cries a voice from the rear [01:09.90]"Take it off take it off" soon it's all you can hear [01:13.56]But she's always a lady even in pantomime [01:16.01] [01:17.22]So she stops and always just in time [01:19.72] [01:21.20]She's as fresh and as wholesome [01:23.11]As the flowers in May [01:24.71]And she hopes to retire to the farm someday [01:27.30] [01:28.38]But you can't buy a farm until you're up in the chips [01:32.10]So the band plays the polka while she strips [01:34.52] [01:35.72]"Take it off take it off" all the customers shout [01:38.72] [01:39.44]"Down in front down in front" [01:41.39]While the band beats it out [01:43.14]But she's always a lady even in pantomime [01:45.62] [01:46.73]So she stops and always just in time [01:49.36] [01:51.33]Queenie queen of them all [01:53.88] [01:54.88]Queenie someday you'll fall [01:57.81] [01:58.45]Someday church bells will chime [02:01.23] [02:02.07]In strip polka time [02:03.87] [02:05.26]Oh she hates corny waltzes and she hates the gavotte [02:08.14] [02:08.87]And there's one big advantage if the music's hot [02:11.74] [02:12.38]It's a fast moving exit just in case something rips [02:16.19]So the band plays the polka while she strips [02:18.76] [02:19.90]Drop around take it in it's the best in the west [02:23.46]"Take it off take it off take it off" [02:25.66]You can yell like the rest [02:27.19]Take her out when it's over [02:29.00]She's a peach when she's dressed [02:30.40] [02:30.92]But she stops and always just in time time time [02:33.86] [02:35.00]Queenie queen of them all [02:37.68] [02:38.55]Queenie someday you'll fall [02:41.34] [02:42.46]Someday church bells will chime In strip polka time