1. |
It Don't Mean A Thing
03:18
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It don't mean a thing
If it ain't got that swing
It don't mean a thing
All you gotta do is sing
It makes no difference
If it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm
Everything you got
It don't mean a thing
If it ain't got that swing
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Stealing Horses
03:48
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Woman, you crossed my path on a dark, dark night
It's as if we'd met before, perhaps in another life?
You're eyes burned a fiery red, that I thought long lost
The same spark borne in me, had found a counterpart
Woman, you smell just like trouble to me
But nothing on this godless earth can stem my curiosity
I know you're poison, but baby I need a taste
I know your wild sort, but baby I need some pace
Then you said it to me
Those fateful words
Foreshadowing
Things to come
Baby we're stealing horses tonight!
Wunderbar!
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3. |
It Ain't Necessarily So
04:23
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Well it ain't necessarily so
No it ain't necessarily so
The words that you're liable to read in the Bible
Well they ain't necessarily so
Li'l David was small but oh my (so small?)
Li'l David was small but oh my (oh my!)
He fought big Goliath who lay down and dieth
Li'l David he was small but oh my
Woooaaahhh
Wadoo, wadoo
Zim bam baddle-oo, zim bam boddle-ada
Hoodle ah da wa da, ski din do ski din dah dah
Scatty, scatty wah
yeah...
Now Jonah, he lived in de whale (what whale?)
I said Jonah, he lived in dat whale, (oh that whale)
So he made his home in that fish's abdomen
Jonah they say, he lived inside de whale
Well the other one they tell me is that
Li'l Moses was found in a stream
Li'l Moses was found in a stream
He floated on water until that Pharaoh's daughter
Well she says she fished him from that stream
Woooaaahhh
Wadoo, wadoo
Zim bam baddle-oo, zim bam boddle-ada
Hoodle ah da wa da, ski din do ski din dah dah
Scatty, scatty wah
yeah...
Well it ain't necessarily so
No it ain't necessarily so
They tell all the chillun
That the devil he's a villain (he's a villain)
But no! It ain't necessarily so my darling
Now I gotta stop y'all for a sceond because they say
To get into heaven
Don't snap for a seven
Live clean and don't have no faults
Oh I takes thats gospel
But whenever it's possible
With a grain of salt
Methus'lah lived nine hundred years
Methus'lah lived nine hundred years
But who calls that living
When no gal will give in to no man
Oh what's nine hundred years my darling?
So I'm preachin' this sermon to show
That It
Ain't nece-ain't nece
Ain't nece-ain't nece
Ain't necessarily so
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Swing 48
03:58
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I sat by the wheels
Watched the world roll on by
People moving past
Not even a glance
As if staring into the sky
Such a peculiar scene
Saw a man there waiting for his dream
And then another was just standing there
Buying a cone of ice cream
And then it dawned on me
The world is what you see
Neither good nor bad
Nor here nor there
It's really a bit crazy
So when the reaper comes for you
Just say "Baby, how do you do?"
Don't run away, make his day
Coz he's got kids to feed too
When he slashes folks to pieces
He's thinking of his illegitimate nieces
How's he gonna feed them?
Coz you know the devil don't pay so well
Such a peculiar scene
Saw a man there waiting for his dream
And then another was just standing there
Buying a cone of ice cream
So let's spare a thought
For dear old Grim
Neither good nor bad
Nor here nor there
He's really a bit crazy
So when the reaper comes for you
Just say "Baby, how do you do?"
Don't run away, make his day
Coz he's got kids to feed too
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6. |
Minor Swing
03:13
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7. |
Caravan
04:48
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Night
And stars above that shine so bright
The magic of their fading light
Shines upon our caravan
Sleep
Upon my shoulder as we creep
Across the sand so I may keep
The memory of our caravan
You are so exciting
You are so inviting
Resting in my arms
As I thrill to the magic charms
Of you
beside me here beneath the blue
My dream of love is coming true
Within our desert caravan
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8. |
Volcano
04:28
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9. |
Swing Gitan (Live)
04:19
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10. |
Minor Swing (Live)
04:58
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Deon Bakkes and the Stolen Horses Pretoria, South Africa
Deon Bakkes and the Stolen Horses bring a new light to Gypsy Jazz that incorporates the classic blend of European gypsy melodies and 1930’s Swing, with a modern attitude rooted in Hard Bop Jazz and Rock ‘n Roll.
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