Pride [Stolz]

[Anna I]

So we saved up, bought ourselves an outfit

Nighties, nylons, beautiful dresses

Soon we found a job that was going

A job as dancer in a cabaret

A job in Memphis, the second big town we came to

Oh how hard it was for Anna!

Beautiful clothes can make a good girl particular?

When the drinking tigress meets herself in the pool

She's apt to become a menace

She began talking about art (of all things)

About the art (if you please) of cabaret

In Memphis, the second big town we came to

It wasn't art that sort of people came for

That sort of people came for something else;

And when a man has paid for his evening

He expects a good show in return

So if you cover up your bosom and thighs like you had a rash

Don't be surprised to see them yawning

So I told my art-loving sister Anna:

"leave your pride to those who can well afford it

Do what you are asked to do and not what you want

For that isn't what is wanted."

Oh but I had trouble, I can tell you

With her fancy pig-head notions

Night by night I sat by her bedside

Holding her hand and saying this:

"think of our little house in Louisiana!"

[Family]

O Lord, look down upon our daughter

Show her the way that leads the good to thy reward

Who fights the good fight and all self subdues

Wins the palm, gains the crown