Give It Back To The Indians Lyrics

Old peter minuet had nothing to lose when he bought the isle of manhatten
For twenty-six dollars and a bottle of booze and they threw in the bronx and staten
Pete thought that he had the best of the bargin but the poor red man just grinned,
And he grunted "ugh!" meaning okay in his jargon for he knew poor pete was skinned.
We've tried to run the city....but the city ran away...
And now peter minuet
We can't continue it...

Broadway's turning into coney,
Champagne charlie's drinking gin,
Old new york is new and phony
Give it back to the indians!

Two cents more to smoke a lucky,
Dodging busses keep you thin,
Now new york is simply ducky,
Give it back to the indians!

Take all the reds, on the boxes made for soap
Whites on fifth avenue
Blues down in wall street losing hope..
Big bargain today...chief take it away!

Come you busted city slickers,
Better take it on the chin
Father nick has lost his knickers
Give it back to the indians!

<instrumental break>

Take all the reds, on the boxes made for soap
Whites on fifth avenue
Blues down in wall street losing hope..
Big bargain today...chief take it away!

Come you busted city slickers,
Better take it on the chin
Father nick has lost his knickers
Give it back to the indians!

Ella Fitzgerald - The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books

Nov 1993

1. All Through The Night
2. Anything Goes
3. Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today)
4. Too Darn Hot
5. In The Still Of The Night
6. I Get A Kick Out Of You
7. Do I Love You?
8. (I'm) Always True To You In My Fashion
9. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) (Master Take)
10. Just One Of Those Things
11. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
12. All Of You
13. Begin The Beguine
14. Get Out Of Town
15. I Am In Love
16. From This Moment On
17. I Love Paris
18. You Do Something To Me
19. Ridin' High
20. Easy To Love
21. It's All Right With Me
22. Why Can't You Behave?
23. What Is This Thing Called Love?
24. You're The Top
25. Love For Sale
26. It's DeLovely
27. Night And Day
28. Ace In The Hole
29. So In Love
30. I've Got You Under My Skin
31. I Concentrate On You
32. Don't Fence Me In
33. You're The Top
34. I Concentrate On You
35. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)
36. Have You Met Miss Jones?
37. You Took Advantage Of Me
38. A Ship Without A Sail
39. To Keep My Love Alive
40. Dancing On The Ceiling
41. The Lady Is A Tramp
42. With A Song In My Heart
43. Manhattan
44. Johnny One Note
45. I Wish I Were In Love Again
46. Spring Is Here
47. It Never Entered My Mind
48. This Can't Be Love
49. Thou Swell
50. My Romance
51. Where Or When
52. Little Girl Blue
53. Give It Back To The Indians
54. Ten Cents A Dance
55. There's A Small Hotel
56. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
57. Ev'rything I've Got
58. I Could Write A Book
59. Blue Room
60. My Funny Valentine
61. Bewitched
62. Mountain Greenery
63. Wait Till You See Her
64. Lover (Stereo Version)
65. Isn't It Romantic?
66. Here In My Arms
67. Blue Moon
68. My Heart Stood Still
69. I've Got Five Dollars
70. Lover (Mono Version)
71. Rockin' In Rhythm
72. Drop Me Off In Harlem
73. Day Dream
74. Caravan
75. Take The "A" Train
76. I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
77. Clementine
78. I Didn't Know About You
79. I'm Beginning To See The Light
80. Lost In Meditation
81. Perdido
82. Cotton Tail
83. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
84. Just Sittin And A Rockin
85. Solitude
86. Rocks In My Bed
87. Satin Doll
88. Sophisticated Lady
89. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
90. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
91. Azure
92. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
93. In A Sentimental Mood
94. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
95. Prelude To A Kiss
96. Mood Indigo
97. In A Mellow Tone
98. Love You Madly
99. Lush Life
100. Squatty Roo
101. I'm Just A Lucky So And So
102. All Too Soon
103. Everything But You
104. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
105. Bli-Blip
106. Chelsea Bridge
107. Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald
108. The E And D Blues (E For Ella And D For Duke)
109. Rehearsal
110. Chelsea Bridge
111. Let's Face The Music And Dance
112. You're Laughing At Me
113. Let Yourself Go
114. You Can Have Him
115. Russian Lullaby
116. Puttin' On The Ritz
117. Get Thee Behind Me Satan
118. Alexander's Ragtime Band
119. Top Hat, White Tie, And Tails
120. How About Me?
121. Cheek To Cheek
122. I Used To Be Color Blind
123. Lazy
124. How Deep Is The Ocean?
125. All By Myself
126. Remember
127. Suppertime
128. How's Chances?
129. Heat Wave
130. Isn't This A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain)
131. You Keep Coming Back Like A Song
132. Reaching For The Moon
133. Slumming On Park Avenue
134. The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On)
135. I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
136. Now It Can Be Told
137. Always
138. It's A Lovely Day Today
139. Change Partners
140. No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)
141. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
142. Blue Skies
143. Ambulatory Suite
144. The Preludes
145. Sam And Delilah
146. But Not For Me
147. My One And Only
148. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
149. (I've Got) Beginner's Luck
150. Oh, Lady Be Good
151. Nice Work If You Can Get It
152. Things Are Looking Up
153. Just Another Rhumba
154. How Long Has This Been Going On?
155. 'S Wonderful
156. The Man I Love
157. That Certain Feeling
158. By Strauss
159. Someone To Watch Over Me
160. The Real American Folk Song
161. Who Cares?
162. Looking For A Boy
163. They All Laughed
164. My Cousin In Milwaukee
165. Somebody From Somewhere
166. A Foggy Day
167. Clap Yo' Hands
168. For You For Me For Evermore
169. Stiff Upper Lip
170. Boy Wanted
171. Strike Up The Band
172. Soon
173. I've Got A Crush On You
174. Bidin' My Time
175. Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did?
176. Of Thee I Sing
177. The Half Of It Dearie Blues
178. I Was Doing All Right
179. He Loves And She Loves
180. Love Is Sweeping The Country
181. Treat Me Rough
182. Our Love Is Here To Stay
183. Slap That Bass
184. Isn't It A Pity
185. Shall We Dance?
186. Love Walked In
187. You've Got What Gets Me
188. They Can't Take That Away From Me
189. Embraceable You
190. I Can't Be Bothered Now
191. Boy What Love Has Done To Me
192. Fascinating Rhythm
193. Funny Face
194. Lorelei
195. Oh So Nice
196. Let's Kiss And Make Up
197. I Got Rhythm
198. Somebody Loves Me
199. Cheerful Little Earful
200. Oh, Lady, Be Good!
201. But Not For Me
202. Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)
203. Let's Fall In Love
204. Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time)
205. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
206. My Shining Hour
207. Hooray For Love
208. This Time The Dream's On Me
209. That Old Black Magic
210. I've Got The World On A String
211. Let's Take A Walk Around The Block
212. Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)
213. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
214. When The Sun Comes Out
215. Come Rain Or Come Shine
216. As Long As I Live
217. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
218. It's Only A Paper Moon
219. The Man That Got Away
220. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
221. It Was Written In The Stars
222. Get Happy
223. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
224. Out Of This World
225. Over The Rainbow
226. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
227. Sing My Heart
228. Let's Take A Walk Around The Block
229. Sing My Heart
230. Let's Begin
231. A Fine Romance
232. All The Things You Are
233. I'll Be Hard To Handle
234. You Couldn't Be Cuter
235. She Didn't Say Yes
236. I'm Old Fashioned
237. Remind Me
238. The Way You Look Tonight
239. Yesterdays
240. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
241. Why Was I Born?
242. Too Marvelous For Words
243. Early Autumn
244. Day In Day Out
245. Laura
246. This Time The Dream's On Me
247. Skylark
248. Single-O
249. Something's Gotta Give
250. Trav'lin Light
251. Midnight Sun
252. Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)
253. I Remember You
254. When A Woman Loves A Man