The song Give It Back To The Indians is performed by Ella Fitzgerald in the album named The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books in the year 1993 .
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!
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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
- All Through The Night
- Anything Goes
- Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today)
- Too Darn Hot
- In The Still Of The Night
- I Get A Kick Out Of You
- Do I Love You?
- (I'm) Always True To You In My Fashion
- Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) (Master Take)
- Just One Of Those Things
- Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
- All Of You
- Begin The Beguine
- Get Out Of Town
- I Am In Love
- From This Moment On
- I Love Paris
- You Do Something To Me
- Ridin' High
- Easy To Love
- It's All Right With Me
- Why Can't You Behave?
- What Is This Thing Called Love?
- You're The Top
- Love For Sale
- It's DeLovely
- Night And Day
- Ace In The Hole
- So In Love
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- I Concentrate On You
- Don't Fence Me In
- You're The Top
- I Concentrate On You
- Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)
- Have You Met Miss Jones?
- You Took Advantage Of Me
- A Ship Without A Sail
- To Keep My Love Alive
- Dancing On The Ceiling
- The Lady Is A Tramp
- With A Song In My Heart
- Manhattan
- Johnny One Note
- I Wish I Were In Love Again
- Spring Is Here
- It Never Entered My Mind
- This Can't Be Love
- Thou Swell
- My Romance
- Where Or When
- Little Girl Blue
- Give It Back To The Indians
- Ten Cents A Dance
- There's A Small Hotel
- I Didn't Know What Time It Was
- Ev'rything I've Got
- I Could Write A Book
- Blue Room
- My Funny Valentine
- Bewitched
- Mountain Greenery
- Wait Till You See Her
- Lover (Stereo Version)
- Isn't It Romantic?
- Here In My Arms
- Blue Moon
- My Heart Stood Still
- I've Got Five Dollars
- Lover (Mono Version)
- Rockin' In Rhythm
- Drop Me Off In Harlem
- Day Dream
- Caravan
- Take The "A" Train
- I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
- Clementine
- I Didn't Know About You
- I'm Beginning To See The Light
- Lost In Meditation
- Perdido
- Cotton Tail
- Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
- Just Sittin And A Rockin
- Solitude
- Rocks In My Bed
- Satin Doll
- Sophisticated Lady
- Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
- It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
- Azure
- I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
- In A Sentimental Mood
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore
- Prelude To A Kiss
- Mood Indigo
- In A Mellow Tone
- Love You Madly
- Lush Life
- Squatty Roo
- I'm Just A Lucky So And So
- All Too Soon
- Everything But You
- I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
- Bli-Blip
- Chelsea Bridge
- Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald
- The E And D Blues (E For Ella And D For Duke)
- Rehearsal
- Chelsea Bridge
- Let's Face The Music And Dance
- You're Laughing At Me
- Let Yourself Go
- You Can Have Him
- Russian Lullaby
- Puttin' On The Ritz
- Get Thee Behind Me Satan
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Top Hat, White Tie, And Tails
- How About Me?
- Cheek To Cheek
- I Used To Be Color Blind
- Lazy
- How Deep Is The Ocean?
- All By Myself
- Remember
- Suppertime
- How's Chances?
- Heat Wave
- Isn't This A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain)
- You Keep Coming Back Like A Song
- Reaching For The Moon
- Slumming On Park Avenue
- The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On)
- I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
- Now It Can Be Told
- Always
- It's A Lovely Day Today
- Change Partners
- No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)
- I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
- Blue Skies
- Ambulatory Suite
- The Preludes
- Sam And Delilah
- But Not For Me
- My One And Only
- Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
- (I've Got) Beginner's Luck
- Oh, Lady Be Good
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Things Are Looking Up
- Just Another Rhumba
- How Long Has This Been Going On?
- 'S Wonderful
- The Man I Love
- That Certain Feeling
- By Strauss
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- The Real American Folk Song
- Who Cares?
- Looking For A Boy
- They All Laughed
- My Cousin In Milwaukee
- Somebody From Somewhere
- A Foggy Day
- Clap Yo' Hands
- For You For Me For Evermore
- Stiff Upper Lip
- Boy Wanted
- Strike Up The Band
- Soon
- I've Got A Crush On You
- Bidin' My Time
- Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did?
- Of Thee I Sing
- The Half Of It Dearie Blues
- I Was Doing All Right
- He Loves And She Loves
- Love Is Sweeping The Country
- Treat Me Rough
- Our Love Is Here To Stay
- Slap That Bass
- Isn't It A Pity
- Shall We Dance?
- Love Walked In
- You've Got What Gets Me
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Embraceable You
- I Can't Be Bothered Now
- Boy What Love Has Done To Me
- Fascinating Rhythm
- Funny Face
- Lorelei
- Oh So Nice
- Let's Kiss And Make Up
- I Got Rhythm
- Somebody Loves Me
- Cheerful Little Earful
- Oh, Lady, Be Good!
- But Not For Me
- Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)
- Let's Fall In Love
- Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time)
- Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
- My Shining Hour
- Hooray For Love
- This Time The Dream's On Me
- That Old Black Magic
- I've Got The World On A String
- Let's Take A Walk Around The Block
- Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)
- Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
- When The Sun Comes Out
- Come Rain Or Come Shine
- As Long As I Live
- Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
- It's Only A Paper Moon
- The Man That Got Away
- One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
- It Was Written In The Stars
- Get Happy
- I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
- Out Of This World
- Over The Rainbow
- Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
- Sing My Heart
- Let's Take A Walk Around The Block
- Sing My Heart
- Let's Begin
- A Fine Romance
- All The Things You Are
- I'll Be Hard To Handle
- You Couldn't Be Cuter
- She Didn't Say Yes
- I'm Old Fashioned
- Remind Me
- The Way You Look Tonight
- Yesterdays
- Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
- Why Was I Born?
- Too Marvelous For Words
- Early Autumn
- Day In Day Out
- Laura
- This Time The Dream's On Me
- Skylark
- Single-O
- Something's Gotta Give
- Trav'lin Light
- Midnight Sun
- Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)
- I Remember You
- When A Woman Loves A Man