Carmen Jones - Dat Ol' Boy (Card Song) Lyrics |
1943 Broadway Carmen Jones the Musical - Dat Ol' Boy (Card Song) Lyrics
The song is written by Georges Bizet and Oscar Hammerstein II.
[Carmen cuts the cards]
De nine o' spades!
[She mixes up the cards quickly, Tthen cuts them again]
De nine! Dere he is de ol' boy, Plain as kin be! Death got his han' on me....
It ain' no use to run away f'um dat ol' boy Ef he is chasin' you. It's bes' to stan' right up an' look him in de face When he is facin' you. Y' gotta be puhpared to go wid dat ol' boy, No matter what de time. So I won't fill my pretty eyes wid salty tears Cuz I ain' got de time! I'm gonna run out ev'ry secon' I got lef' Before he t'rows me down. I'm gonna laugh an' sing an' use up all my bref Before he mows me down; While I kin fly aroun' I'll do my flyin' high I'm gonna keep on livin' Up to de day I die.
[She looks down at the nine of spades.]
De nine! ... Hello, ol' boy hello!
Review: Carmen Jones the Musical Lyrics
Carmen Jones the Musical Lyrics
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