At the New Jump Steady Ball TRADUÇÃO - Ethel Waters (Impressão)

At the New Jump Steady Ball

Now the Jump Steady Club,

They gave a ball,

And it was held down at the New Hope Hall;

All the bootleggers in the town,

Why, they brought that stuff steady along; [?]

People came from far and near,

To taste the different mixtures that they handled there;

When the jazz band struck up,

You'd be surprised;

Everybody in the hall was google-eyed;

They started serving me gin and wine,

And everything in wood alcohol line,

Chicago pop and all, I declare,

All kinds of hair tonic went around with the dance;

You make a tincture mixed with turpentine,

With black molasses made it stupifying;

Extract of lemon and ginger ale,

Mixes great with shoe polish

And you're bound for jail;

Copasetic was the password for one and all,

At the New Jump Steady Ball!

About twelve o'clock I was feeling fine,

To tell the truth, I was out of my mind;

But just before I lost my head,

I saw them carry six men out dead!

They walked out the window, in the air,

They called for music, but no jazz band was there;

Yet everybody there was pleasure bent;

You could get paralyzed for fifteen cents.

They started serving me gin and wine

And everything in wood alcohol line,

Chicago pop and all, I declare,

All kinds of hair tonic went around with the dance;

You make a tincture mixed with turpentine,

With black molasses made it stupifying

Extract of lemon and ginger ale,

Mixes great with shoe polish

And you're bound for jail;

Copasetic was the password for one and all,

At the New Jump Steady Ball!

No Baile do Jump Steady

Agora o Clube Jump Steady,

Eles deram um baile,

E foi realizado no Salão Nova Esperança;

Todos os contrabandistas da cidade,

Trouxeram a bebida sem parar;

Pessoas vieram de longe e perto,

Para provar as misturas diferentes que eles tinham lá;

Quando a banda de jazz começou a tocar,

Você ficaria surpreso;

Todo mundo no salão estava de olhos arregalados;

Começaram a me servir gin e vinho,

E tudo que era álcool de madeira,

Refrigerante de Chicago e tudo, eu juro,

Todo tipo de tônico capilar circulava com a dança;

Você faz uma tintura misturada com terebintina,

Com melaço preto, isso deixa tonto;

Extrato de limão e ginger ale,

Mistura bem com graxa de sapato

E você tá a caminho da cadeia;

Copasetic era a senha para todos,

No Baile do Jump Steady!

Por volta de meia-noite eu estava me sentindo bem,

Pra ser sincero, eu estava fora de mim;

Mas logo antes de eu perder a cabeça,

Vi eles carregarem seis homens mortos!

Eles saíram pela janela, no ar,

Pediram música, mas não tinha banda de jazz;

Ainda assim, todo mundo lá estava se divertindo;

Você poderia ficar paralisado por quinze centavos.

Começaram a me servir gin e vinho