You people can watch while Im scrubbing these floors And Im scrubbin the floors while youre gawking
Maybe once ya tip me and it makes ya feel swell In this crummy southern town In this crummy old hotel
But youll never guess to who youre talkin.
No. you couldnt ever guess to who youre talkin.
Then one night theres a scream in the night And youll wonder who could that have been
And you see me kinda grinnin while Im scrubbin
And you say, whats she got to grin?
Ill tell you.
Theres a ship
The black freighter With a skull on its masthead
Will be coming in
You gentlemen can say, hey gal, finish them floors! Get upstairs! whats wrong with you! earn your keep here!
You toss me your tips And look out to the ships But Im counting your heads As Im making the beds Cuz theres nobody gonna sleep here, honey
Nobody
Nobody!
Then one night theres a scream in the night And you say, whos that kicking up a row?
And ya see me kinda starin out the winda
And you say, whats she got to stare at now?
Ill tell ya.
Theres a ship
The black freighter
Turns around in the harbor Shootin guns from her bow
Now You gentlemen can wipe off that smile off your face Cause every building in town is a flat one
This whole frickin place will be down to the ground Only this cheap hotel standing up safe and sound
And you yell, why do they spare that one?
Yes.
Thats what you say.
Why do they spare that one?
All the night through, through the noise and to-do
You wonder who is that person that lives up there?
And you see me stepping out in the morning
Looking nice with a ribbon in my hair
And the ship
The black freighter
Runs a flag up its masthead
And a cheer rings the air
By noontime the dock
Is a-swarmin with men Comin out from the ghostly freighter
They move in the shadows
Where no one can see And theyre chainin up people And theyre bringin em to me Askin me,
Kill them now, or later?
Askin me!
Kill them now, or later?
Noon by the clock
And so still by the dock
You can hear a foghorn miles away
And in that quiet of death
Ill say, right now.
Right now!
Then theyll pile up the bodies
And Ill say,
Thatll learn ya!
And the ship
The black freighter
Disappears out to sea
And
On It
Is Me
[00:00.47]Artist：nina simone [00:01.10]Songs Title：pirate jenny [00:01.29] [00:01.47] [00:01.59]（1928） bertolt brecht, kurt weill [00:02.98] [00:04.23]You people can watch while Im scrubbing these floors [00:07.41]And Im scrubbin the floors while youre gawking [00:09.72] [00:11.74]Maybe once ya tip me and it makes ya feel swell [00:14.87]In this crummy southern town [00:16.69]In this crummy old hotel [00:17.95] [00:18.58]But youll never guess to who youre talkin. [00:20.71] [00:22.16]No. you couldnt ever guess to who youre talkin. [00:27.29] [00:31.03]Then one night theres a scream in the night [00:35.24]And youll wonder who could that have been [00:37.85] [00:40.10]And you see me kinda grinnin while Im scrubbin [00:43.63] [00:45.44]And you say, whats she got to grin? [00:48.99] [00:50.17]Ill tell you. [00:51.00] [00:53.27]Theres a ship [00:56.77] [00:59.08]The black freighter [01:03.29]With a skull on its masthead [01:06.61] [01:07.24]Will be coming in [01:08.62] [01:15.57]You gentlemen can say, hey gal, finish them floors! [01:19.00]Get upstairs! whats wrong with you! earn your keep here! [01:21.87] [01:22.75]You toss me your tips [01:24.37]And look out to the ships [01:26.24]But Im counting your heads [01:28.15]As Im making the beds [01:29.83]Cuz theres nobody gonna sleep here, honey [01:32.26] [01:38.94]Nobody [01:40.00] [01:42.24]Nobody! [01:42.68] [01:48.42]Then one night theres a scream in the night [01:52.29]And you say, whos that kicking up a row? [01:55.30] [01:57.14]And ya see me kinda starin out the winda [02:00.70] [02:03.76]And you say, whats she got to stare at now? [02:07.27] [02:08.33]Ill tell ya. [02:09.26] [02:11.26]Theres a ship [02:15.18] [02:17.82]The black freighter [02:19.84] [02:22.73]Turns around in the harbor [02:27.61]Shootin guns from her bow [02:29.86] [02:36.13]Now [02:37.13]You gentlemen can wipe off that smile off your face [02:40.68]Cause every building in town is a flat one [02:43.13] [02:43.87]This whole frickin place will be down to the ground [02:47.66]Only this cheap hotel standing up safe and sound [02:50.92] [02:51.56]And you yell, why do they spare that one? [02:54.35] [02:55.30]Yes. [02:55.86] [02:56.61]Thats what you say. [02:57.55] [02:58.44]Why do they spare that one? [03:02.43] [03:05.90]All the night through, through the noise and to-do [03:09.35] [03:10.24]You wonder who is that person that lives up there? [03:13.87] [03:15.55]And you see me stepping out in the morning [03:19.42] [03:21.42]Looking nice with a ribbon in my hair [03:25.23] [03:32.00]And the ship [03:35.74] [03:37.80]The black freighter [03:41.79] [03:42.48]Runs a flag up its masthead [03:44.67] [03:45.68]And a cheer rings the air [03:47.36] [03:55.70]By noontime the dock [03:57.15] [03:57.90]Is a-swarmin with men [03:59.52]Comin out from the ghostly freighter [04:01.84] [04:04.49]They move in the shadows [04:06.04] [04:06.55]Where no one can see [04:08.60]And theyre chainin up people [04:10.86]And theyre bringin em to me [04:13.17]Askin me, [04:13.99] [04:14.63]Kill them now, or later? [04:16.42] [04:17.92]Askin me! [04:18.55] [04:21.41]Kill them now, or later? [04:24.67] [04:28.69]Noon by the clock [04:33.40] [04:34.15]And so still by the dock [04:37.51] [04:39.88]You can hear a foghorn miles away [04:46.67] [04:51.69]And in that quiet of death [04:55.44] [04:56.89]Ill say, right now. [05:01.41] [05:04.61]Right now! [05:05.68] [05:13.85]Then theyll pile up the bodies [05:16.34] [05:19.03]And Ill say, [05:19.93] [05:20.74]Thatll learn ya! [05:21.61] [05:24.24]And the ship [05:28.56] [05:39.00]The black freighter [05:42.12] [05:49.05]Disappears out to sea [05:53.93] [06:03.00]And [06:04.81] [06:05.50]On [06:07.50]It [06:08.56] [06:11.30]Is [06:13.18]Me
