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Jezebel
"Jezebel" è un motivo popolare scritto nel 1951 da Wayne Shanklin. Fu inciso da Frankie Laine con il coro di Norman Luboff e con l'orchestra di Mitch Miller il 4 aprile del
1951 per la Columbia Records.
Il singolo raggiunse il 2° posto della classifica americana e vendette oltre un milione di copie. Il lato B era "Rose, Rose, I Love You" che raggiunse il 3° posto.
Il titolo si riferisce ad un soggetto biblico, Jezebel, che è un personaggio femminile del Vecchio Testamento.
JEZEBEL
(Wayne Shanklin)Jezebel.
Jezebel.
If ever the devil was born,
Without a pair of horns
It was you,
Jezebel, it was you.
If ever an angel fell,
Jezebel,
It was you.
Jezebel, it was you.
If ever a pair of eyes,
Promised paradise.
Deceiving me, grieving me,
Leavin' me blue.
Jezebel, it was you.
If ever the devil's plan,
Was made to torment man,
It was you,
Jezebel, it was you.
'Twould be better had I never known,
A lover such as you.
Forsaking dreams and all,
For the siren call of your arms.
Like a demon, love possessed me,
You obsessed me constantly.
What evil star is mine,
That my fate's design,
Should be
Jezebel?
If ever a pair of eyes,
Promised paradise.
Deceiving me, grieving me,
Leavin' me blue.
Jezebel, it was you.
If ever the devil's plan,
Was made to torment man,
It was you,
Night an' day, every way.
Oh, Jezebel, Jezebel, Jezebel..