Tea for Two (1924)
Words by Irving Caesar
Music by Vincent Youmans
I'm discontented with homes that I've rented
So I have invented my own.
Darling, this place is lovely oasis
Where life's weary taste is unknown
Far from the crowded city
Where flowers pretty caress the stream
Cozy to hide in, to live side by side in,
Don't let it apart in my dream-
Picture me upon your knee,
Just tea for two and two for tea,
Just you for me and me for you, alone!
Nobody near us,
to see us or hear us,
No friends or relations
on weekend vacations
We won't have it known, dear,
That we own a telephone.
Day will break and you'll awake
and I will bake sugar cake
for you to take for all the boys to see.
We will raise a family,
a girl for you, a boy for me,
Oh, can't you see how happy we would be?
二人喝茶。从1925到1964年都有上榜。手边有四个版本。以上的是Frank Sinatra的版本感觉是某部黑白片的插曲，大乐队伴奏，男女深情对唱，柔情似水，犹如一波一浪温和地拍打沙滩。Jane Monheit的版本，略些忧伤迷离，似某深闺女子倚窗思念远方，轻吟低唱不已。爵士女伶Anita O'Day的版本，轻快而流畅，摇摆性很不错。再就是，一个无名女声，约莫是五六十年代的，那种直白而大胆的流行味道很浓，带着明显的挑逗和俏皮。我不是很喜欢。
二人喝茶，是1950年的一部老片，由Doris Day, Gordon MacRae主演。
In 1950, Warner Brothers featured its new star, Doris Day in a big musical extravaganza, "Tea For Two", the film version of the 1924 Broadway hit, "No No Nannette". With a cute screenplay by Harry Clork, musical numbers staged and directed by LeRoy Prinz and Al White, the picture was directed by none other than David Butler who would later lead Miss Day through, perhaps her greatest musical triumph, "Calamity Jane".
