Текст песни George (Augestad & Waagaard Duo) с переводом

My friend George used to say

«Oh, call me Georgia, hon

Get yourselves a drink.»

And sang the best soprano

In our part of town

In beads, brocade, and pins

He sang if you happened in

Through the door he never locked

And said, «Get yourselves a drink.»

And sang out loud

Till tears fell in the cognac

And in the chocolate milk and gin

And on the beads, brocade, and pins

When strangers happened through his open door

George said, «Stay, but you gotta keep quiet

While I sing, and then a minute after

And call me Georgia.»

One fine day a stranger

In a suit of navy blue

Took George’s life

With a knife

George had placed beside an apple pie he’d baked

And stabbed him in the middle

Of «Un bel dì vedremo»

Which he sang for this particular stranger

Who was in the United States Navy

The funeral was at the cocktail hour

We knew George would like it that way

Tears fell on the beads, brocade, and pins

In the coffin

Which was white

Because George was a virgin

Oh, call him Georgia, hon

Get yourself a drink

You can call me Georgia, hon

Get yourself a drink!

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