The Lip - Louis Prima

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Written by：Cole Porter/Vic Knight/T Klages

Down on the Mississippi River in a knockdo dive

在密西西比河上尽情放纵

I met a trumpet playing character and Man alive

我遇到一个小号演奏着音乐人生龙活虎

When he began to rip

当他开始胡作非为

He really played it from the hip

他真的玩得很认真

And when I asked about his name

当我问起他的名字

They told me That's The Lip

他们告诉我这就是TheLips

Yip yip yip yip

砰砰

No one plays high notes like The Lip

没有人能像TheLips一样演奏高音

He's got a tone

他的语气很独特

That's reminiscent of a boy named Bix

让人想起一个叫比克斯的男孩

He plays so high that only dogs

他玩得太嗨了

Can hear him just for kicks

能听到他的声音只是为了找乐子

And when I asked him does he read

当我问他读不读

He says

他说

I'll tell you hon

我会告诉你亲爱的

I read a little bit but not enough to hurt me none

我读了一点书但不足以伤害我

Yip yip yip yip

砰砰

No one plays high notes like The Lip

没有人能像TheLips一样演奏高音

I said The Lip

我说TheLips

She must mean Ray Anthony huh

她一定是说雷·安东尼

I said The Lip

我说TheLips

No man she means Harry James

不朋友她说的是哈里·詹姆斯

I said The Lip

我说TheLips

You mean Louis Prima

你是说路易威登

I said The Lip

我说TheLips

Noo LIP-er-ace

再给我一次机会

Yip yip yip yip

砰砰

No one plays high notes like The Lip

没有人能像TheLips一样演奏高音

I never heard a trumpet player play a note so high

我从未听过一个小号手弹奏如此美妙的音符

And I had to coax a lot

我不得不费尽心思

Before The Lip would tell me why

在利普告诉我原因之前

Then he took out a little jar

然后他拿出一个小罐子

That's labeled High-note Grease

上面写着高级润滑脂

And he rubs a little every night on his mouthpiece

他每天晚上都会用嘴轻轻摩擦

Yip yip yip yip

砰砰

No one plays high notes like The Lip

没有人能像TheLips一样演奏高音

Listen here gal are you kidding

听着姑娘你在开玩笑吗

About all that high-note grease

那些高调的事情

No man I swear he had ten in his valise

哥们我发誓他的包里装了十把枪

What you mean he goes to the drugstore

什么意思他去了药店

And gets them from the medecine shelf

从药架子上拿来

No some cat's told me he makes it himself

没人告诉我他自力更生

Yip yip yip yip

砰砰

Tell us the secret of The Lip

告诉我们利普的秘密

Well you take a buketful of steam

你喝了一杯酒

And a dozen rooster eggs

And you mix 'em up gently

你轻轻地让它们混合在一起

With a bushel full of goldfish legs

拿着装满金鱼腿的袋子

And ya hang 'em

把他们吊起来

On a sky hook in the midnight sun

在午夜的阳光下翱翔天空

Mmm and then you fry them until they're done

然后把它们炸熟

Yip yip yip yip

砰砰

That's the secret of The Lip

这就是TheLip的秘密