I was listening to Ella Fitzgerald sing "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town." She gets all fancy and makes it jazzy and fun and wacky.
I would like to share some of the fabulous lyrics. Her improvisations will be in bold. The backup singer's embellishments will be in italic.
He's making a list, checking it twice,
Gonna find out who's naughty and nice,
Santa Claus is coming to town Oooo Big Papa he's watchin'
You better not shout, you better not cry,
You better not pout, I'm telling you why,
Sa-aa-aa-aan-ta Claus is comin' to town
Ride! Ride, Red Ride!"
You better not shout, you better not cry,
You better not pout, I'm telling you why,
Santa Claus is comin' to town,
Look at that crazy red suit.
How does she know Santa well enough to call him "Big Papa" and "Red". And is she really allowed to call his red Santa suit "Crazy"?
Maybe someday I'll grow up to be cool like that. Whoa. That's cool.
Posted by dotty at December 24, 2003 11:14 PM