Carmen Jones - Dat Ol' Boy (Card Song) Lyrics

1943 Broadway
Carmen Jones the Musical - Dat Ol' Boy (Card Song) Lyrics

The song is written by Georges Bizet and Oscar Hammerstein II.

[Carmen cuts the cards]

De nine o' spades!

[She mixes up the cards quickly,
Tthen cuts them again]

De nine!
Dere he is de ol' boy,
Plain as kin be!
Death got his han' on me....

It ain' no use to run away f'um dat ol' boy
Ef he is chasin' you.
It's bes' to stan' right up an' look him in de face
When he is facin' you.
Y' gotta be puhpared to go wid dat ol' boy,
No matter what de time.
So I won't fill my pretty eyes wid salty tears
Cuz I ain' got de time!
I'm gonna run out ev'ry secon' I got lef'
Before he t'rows me down.
I'm gonna laugh an' sing an' use up all my bref
Before he mows me down;
While I kin fly aroun'
I'll do my flyin' high
I'm gonna keep on livin'
Up to de day I die.

[She looks down at the nine of spades.]

De nine! ... Hello, ol' boy hello!

Carmen Jones the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Lift 'Em Up And Put 'Em Down
Dat's Love
You Talk Just Like My Maw
A Cafe On De Corner
Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum (Gypsy Song)
Stan' Up And Fight (Toreador Song)
Dis Flower (Flower Song)
Dat Ol' Boy (Card Song)
My Joe