OPERA SONG

by VOILA!

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VOILA Opera song
music: Z.Trvalcová
lyrics: Alasdair Bouch
arrengment: Michal Mihok and Tibor Žida

Lead vocal: Zdenka Trvalcová
accordion: Michal Mihok
guitar: Tibor Žida
violin : Nina Marinová
double bass: Josef Fečo
percussion: Viť Halška
recorded by Derek Saxenmayer in Prague
2021
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lyrics

My great-grandmother on my father's side
Made him promise on the day she died
To teach his daughter to be dignified
& sing lalalala

So daddy played the impresario
I learned to trill, roulade & parlando
I studied every single libretto
& sang lalalala

But somewhere rang the twang of an old guitar
As a trio ran through their repertoire
I heard the zing of a violin
They stole my heart with that Hot Club swing

Well sorry Daddy, I don't give a hoot
I gave Bizet and Berlioz the boot
I've even thrown away my magic flute
no more lalalala

This prima donna's gonna take a bow
A curtain call for all the sacred cows
'Cause jazz manouche is the cat's meow
no more lalalala

'Cause somewhere rang the twang of an old guitar
As a trio ran through their repertoire
Just hear the zing of the violin
They'll steal your heart with that Hot Club swing

Ch:
If you could hear, dear great-grandma
Our combo run through our repertoire
And sing to the zing of the violin
We'd steal your heart with our Hot Club swing

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released January 8, 2022

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