Allez le blues !

 © eMmA MessanA

Paris XIème, novembre 2013 - N°214 Hors format

Collage sur papier dessin 24 X 16cm

  Fragments de papiers provenant de magazines

Ce N°214, pièce unique, est disponible non encadré dans le catalogue N°2 ici

       Ah, j'adore Calypso Rose, cette chanteuse de Trinidad et Tobago !

Voici l'un de ses derniers titres, Calypso Blues, enregistré à 78 ans (extrait de l'album So Calypso ! chez le label indépendant Because Music). 

Cette chanson me donne envie de crier "Allez le blues!", même si, bien sûr…  je serais ravie que les Bleus gagnent la coupe du monde de foot aujourd'hui ! Allez les bleus !

Mais, foi de colleuse, il faut bien sortir du cadre...  Non ?

A bientôt,

eMmA MessanA

♫ ♫ ♫ Mes gammes

Calypso Rose, Calypso Blues

Nat King Cole  / Don George

Sittin' by de ocean
Me heart, she feel so sad,
Sittin' by de ocean,
Me heart, she feel so sad
Don't got de money
To take me back to Trinidad.

Fine calypso woman,
She cook me shrimp and rice,
Fine calypso woman,
She cook me shrimp and rice
These Yankee hot dogs
Don't treat me stomach very nice.

In Trinidad, one dollar buy
Papaya juice, banana pie,
Six coconut, one female goat,
An' plenty fish to fill de boat.
One bushel bread, one barrel wine,
An' all de town, she come to dine.

But here is bad, one dollar buy
Cup of coffee, ham on rye.
Me throat she sick from necktie,
Me feet hurt from shoes.
Me pocket full of empty,
I got Calypso blues.

These Yankee girl give me big scare,
Is black de root, is blond de hair.
Her eyelash false, her face is paint,
And pads are where de girl she ain't!

She jitterbug when she should waltz,
I even think her name is false.
But calypso girl is good a lot,
Is what you see, is what she got.

Sittin' by de ocean
Me heart, she feel so sad,
Sittin' by de ocean,
Me heart, she feel so sad
Don't got de money
To take me back to Trinidad.