The Gentleman is a Dope

Cécile McLorin Salvant (born August 28, 1989) is an American jazz vocalist. She was the winner of the first prize in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2010, releasing her first album, Cécile, shortly thereafter. Her second album, WomanChild, was released in 2013 on Mack Avenue Records, receiving a 2014 Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Salvant won four categories in the 2014 Down Beat Critics Poll: Jazz Album of the Year, Female Vocalist, Rising Star–Jazz Artist, and Rising Star–Female Vocalist. Her third album, For One to Love, was released on September 5, 2015, to critical acclaim from the New York Times, The Guardian, and Los Angeles Times. It won her the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2016. more »

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The gentleman is a dope
A man of many faults
A clumsy Joe who wouldn't know
A rumba from a waltz

The gentleman is a dope
And not my cup of tea
Why do I get in a dither
He doesn't belong to me

The gentleman isn't bright
He doesn't know the score
A cake will come, he'll take a crumb
And never ask for more

The gentleman's eyes are blue
But little do they see
Why am I beatin' my brains out
He doesn't belong to me

He's somebody else's problem
She's welcome to the guy
She'll never understand him
Half as well as I

The gentleman is a dope
He isn't very smart
He's just a lug you'd like to hug
And hold against your heart

The gentleman doesn't know
How happy he could be
But look at me cryin' my eyes out
As if he belonged to me
He'll never belong to me

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Written by: OSCAR II HAMMERSTEIN, RICHARD RODGERS

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