《Nina》歌词

[00:00:00] Nina - Noel Coward and Orchestra

[00:00:12] Señorita Nina, from Argentina,

[00:00:15] Knew all the answers

[00:00:17] Although her relatives

[00:00:18] And friends were perfect dancers

[00:00:20] She swore she'd never dance a step until she died

[00:00:24] She said, "I've seen too many movies,

[00:00:26] And all they prove is too idiotic.

[00:00:29] They all insist that South America's exotic

[00:00:33] Whereas it couldn't be more boring if it tried."

[00:00:37] She added firmly that she hated

[00:00:39] The sound of soft guitars beside a still lagoon

[00:00:43] She also positively stated

[00:00:46] That she could not abide a Southern moon

[00:00:50] She said "I hate to be pedantic

[00:00:51] But I'm driven nearly frantic

[00:00:53] When I see that unromantic,

[00:00:55] Sycophantic lot of sluts

[00:00:58] Forever wriggling their guts.

[00:01:01] It drives me absolutely nuts."

[00:01:05] She refused to Begin The Beguine

[00:01:08] When they requested it

[00:01:12] And she made an embarrassing scene

[00:01:15] If anyone suggested it

[00:01:18] For she detested it.

[00:01:24] Though no one ever

[00:01:25] Could be keener than little Nina

[00:01:28] On quite a number of very eligible

[00:01:31] Men who did the rhumba

[00:01:33] When they proposed to her

[00:01:34] She simply left them flat.

[00:01:37] She said that love should be impulsive,

[00:01:41] But not convulsive

[00:01:42] And syncopation

[00:01:44] Had a discouraging effect on procreation

[00:01:47] And that she'd rather read a book

[00:01:49] And that was that.

[00:01:56] She declined to Begin The Beguine

[00:01:58] When they besought her to

[00:02:02] And with language profane and obscene

[00:02:04] She cursed the man who taught her to

[00:02:08] She cursed Cole Porter too.

[00:02:14] From this its fairly clear that Nina,

[00:02:16] In her demeanour

[00:02:18] Was so offensive that when

[00:02:20] The hatred of her friends grew too intensive

[00:02:23] She thought she'd better beat it while

[00:02:24] She had the chance

[00:02:27] After some trial and tribulation,

[00:02:31] She reached the station

[00:02:33] And met a sailor,

[00:02:34] Who had acquired a wooden leg in Venezuela

[00:02:37] And so she married him,

[00:02:39] Because he couldn't dance.

[00:02:42] There surely never could've been a

[00:02:44] More irritating girl than Nina

[00:02:48] They never speak in Argentina

[00:02:52] Of this degenerate bambina

[00:02:55] Who had the luck to find romance

[00:03:00] But resolutely wouldn't dance.

[00:03:08] She wouldn't dance