Thanks to the folks at Andrew Sullivan’s site for posting this. Montreux Jazz Festival, 1976. Nina Simone singing a riveting song, Little Girl Blue, with a haunting rendition of Good King Wenceslas. The video provides a wonderful view of Simone playing the piano. So often we get a view of the chest up. It must have been something to see her perform live.
Lyrics:
Sit there and count your fingers
What can you do
Old girl you’re through
Just sit there and count your little fingers
Unlucky little girl blue.
Just sit there and count the raindrops
Falling on you
It’s time you knew
All you can count on
Are the raindrops
That fall on little girl blue
No use old girl
You may as well surrender
Your hopes are getting slender
Why won’t somebody send a tender blue boy
To cheer up little girl blue
No use old girl
You may as well surrender
Your hopes are getting slender
Why won’t somebody send a tender blue boy
To cheer up little girl blue.
