Ella e Noel

No início do mês, passei uma semana na capital São Paulo. De lá, trouxe um certificado de participação do curso de "Preparação e revisão de originais", da Editora da UNESP, e um box de cinco CDs da Ella Fitzgerald, pelo que paguei incríveis R$ 69. Num dos discos, há uma beleza de música chamada Stone cold dead in the market. Ella faz um dueto com Louis Jordan, de quem nunca ouvira falar. Quando a ouvi pela primeira vez, pensei que a canção tivesse sido gravada numa gafieira, com letra de Noel Rosa. A Jade ouviu e achou também. Procure ouvir também. Eis a letra: He is stone cold dead in the market He is stone cold dead in the market He is stone cold dead in the market I killed nobody but me husband. Last night I went out drinking When I came home I gave her a beating So she cotched up the rollin' pin And went out to work on my head Until she boshed it in. I lie cold dead in the market Stone cold dead in the market I lie cold dead in the market She killed nobody but her husband. I lick him with the pot an' the frying pan I lick him with the pot an' the frying pan I lick him with the pot an' the frying pan And if I kill him, he had it coming, man! He is stone cold dead in the market He is stone cold dead in the market He is stone cold dead in the market I killed nobody but me husband. My family, they are swearing to kill her My family, they are swearing to kill her His family, the're swearing to kill me And if I kill him, he had it coming I lie cold dead in the market, child Stone cold dead in the market, child I lie cold dead in the market She killed nobody but her husband. There is one thing I am sure He ain't going to beat me no more So I tell you that I doesn't care If I was to die in an electric chair Man, he is stone cold dead in the market He is stone cold dead in the market He is stone cold dead in the market I killed nobody but me husband. Hey child, I'm coming back And bosh on your head one more time No, no man, you can't do that You're stone cold dead in the market, Murder! (The criminal is) stone cold dead in the market Stone cold dead in the market I killed nobody but me husband.