Billie Holiday: Now They Call It Swing

aus dem Album: The Quintessential - Volume 5

Songtext:
W. hirsch / vaughn deleath / n. cloutier / l. handman Klebefolie Motive

Once they called it ragtime Homepagedesign Duesseldorf
And it had its fling
It's the same old syncopation Wochenhoroskop
Now they call it swing
Hellsehen
Then they played it jazz time
To a buck-and-wing Lenormandkarten
Once again it sweeped the nation
Now they call it swing Rechtsberatung Bad Homburg

When singers used to sing Mietwohnung
They would go hot cha
But with this modern thing Denkmal
Now they go dru-du du, dra-da-da
Denkmal
Rhythm has its seasons
Summer, fall and spring Gehwagen
But for seven silly reasons
Someone pulled the string
And they started dancing
Now they call it swing