Ma Baker - Boney M (перевод слов и текст песни)
"Ma Baker" первый сингл, выпущенный в 1977 году немецкой группой Boney M, из альбома "Love for Sale".
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Freeze! I'm Ma baker - put your hands in the air,[fri:z aɪm mɑ: ˈbeɪkə ˈpʊt jə hændz ɪn ði eə] Gimme all your money[ˈɡɪmi ɔ:l jə ˈmʌni] This is the story of Ma baker, the meanest cat[ðɪs ɪz ðə ˈstɔ:ri əv mɑ: ˈbeɪkə, ðə ˈmi:nɪst kæt] From old Chicago town[frəm əʊld ʃɪˈkɑ:ɡəʊ taʊn] She was the meanest cat[ʃi wəz ðə ˈmi:nɪst kæt] In old Chicago town[ɪn əʊld ʃɪˈkɑ:ɡəʊ taʊn] She was the meanest cat[ʃi wəz ðə ˈmi:nɪst kæt] She was really moved them down[ʃi wəz ˈrɪəli mu:vd ðəm daʊn] She had no heart at all[ʃi həd nəʊ hɑ:t ət ɔ:l] No, no, no heart at all[nəʊ, nəʊ, nəʊ hɑ:t ət ɔ:l] She was the meanest cat[ʃi wəz ðə ˈmi:nɪst kæt] Oh she was really tough[əʊ ʃi wəz ˈrɪəli tʌf] She left her husband flat[ʃi left hə ˈhʌzbənd flæt] He wasn't tough enough[hi ˈwɒznt tʌf ɪˈnʌf] She took her boys along[ʃi tʊk hə ˈbɔɪz əˈlɒŋ]
'Cause they were mean and strong[kɔ:z ˈðeɪ wə mi:n ənd strɒŋ] Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she taught her four sons[mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: ˈbeɪkə ʃi tɔ:t hə fɔ: sʌnz] Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - to handle their guns[mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: ˈbeɪkə tə ˈhændl̩ ðeə ɡʌnz] Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she never could cry[mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: ˈbeɪkə ʃi ˈnevə kəd kraɪ] Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - but she knew how to die[mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: ˈbeɪkə bət ʃi nju: ˈhaʊ tə daɪ] They left a trail of crime[ˈðeɪ left ə treɪl əv kraɪm] Across the U.S.A[əˈkrɒs ðə ju: ˈes eɪ] And when one boy was killed[ənd wen wʌn ˌbɔɪ wəz kɪld] She really made them pay[ʃi ˈrɪəli ˈmeɪd ðəm peɪ] She had no heart at all[ʃi həd nəʊ hɑ:t ət ɔ:l] No, no, no heart at all[nəʊ, nəʊ, nəʊ hɑ:t ət ɔ:l] Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she taught her four sons[mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: ˈbeɪkə ʃi tɔ:t hə fɔ: sʌnz] Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - to handle their guns[mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: ˈbeɪkə tə ˈhændl̩ ðeə ɡʌnz] Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she never could cry[mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: ˈbeɪkə ʃi ˈnevə kəd kraɪ] Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - but she knew how to die[mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: ˈbeɪkə bət ʃi nju: ˈhaʊ tə daɪ] She met a man she liked[ʃi met ə mæn ʃi ˈlaɪkt] She thought she'd stay with him[ʃi ˈθɔ:t ʃid steɪ wɪð ɪm] One day he formed with them[wʌn deɪ hi ˈfɔ:md wɪð ðəm] They did away with him[ˈðeɪ dɪd əˈweɪ wɪð ɪm] She didn't care at all[ʃi ˈdɪdnt keər ət ɔ:l] Just didn't care at all[dʒəst ˈdɪdnt keər ət ɔ:l] Here is special bulletin.[hɪə z ˈspeʃl̩ ˈbʊlətɪn] Ma Baker is the FBI's most wanted woman.[mɑ: ˈbeɪkə ɪz ði ˌefbɪˈaɪz məʊst ˈwɒntɪd ˈwʊmən] Her photo is hanging on every post office wall.[hə ˈfəʊtəʊ ɪz ˈhæŋɪŋ ɒn ˈevri pəʊst ˈɒfɪs wɔ:l] If you have any information about this woman[ɪf ju həv ˈeni ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn̩ əˈbaʊt ðɪs ˈwʊmən] Please contact your nearest police station[pli:z ˈkɒntækt jə ˈnɪərɪst pəˈli:s ˈsteɪʃn̩] Don't anybody move! The money or lives![dəʊnt ˈenibɒdi mu:v ðə ˈmʌni ɔ: laɪvz] One day they robbed a bank[wʌn deɪ ˈðeɪ rɒbd ə bæŋk] It was their last hooray[ɪt wəz ðeə lɑ:st hu:ˈreɪ] The cops appeared too soon[ðə kɒps əˈpɪəd tu: su:n] They couldn't get away[ˈðeɪ ˈkʊdnt ˈɡet əˈweɪ] And all the loot they had[ənd ɔ:l ðə lu:t ˈðeɪ hæd] It made them mighty mad[ɪt ˈmeɪd ðəm ˈmaɪti mæd] And so they shot it out[ənd ˈsəʊ ˈðeɪ ʃɒt ɪt aʊt] Ma Baker and her sons[mɑ: ˈbeɪkər ənd hə sʌnz] They didn't want to hang[ˈðeɪ ˈdɪdnt wɒnt tə hæŋ] They died with blazing guns[ˈðeɪ daɪd wɪð ˈbleɪzɪŋ ɡʌnz] And so the story ends[ənd ˈsəʊ ðə ˈstɔ:ri endz] Of one who left no friends[əv wʌn hu: left nəʊ frendz] Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she taught her four sons[mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: ˈbeɪkə ʃi tɔ:t hə fɔ: sʌnz] Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - to handle their guns[mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: ˈbeɪkə tə ˈhændl̩ ðeə ɡʌnz] Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she never could cry[mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: ˈbeɪkə ʃi ˈnevə kəd kraɪ] Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - but she knew how to die[mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: mɑ: ˈbeɪkə bət ʃi nju: ˈhaʊ tə daɪ]
Перевод незнакомых слов freeze – [fri:z] – стоять (дословно замереть)gimme – [ɡɪmi] = give me – [ɡɪv miː] – дайте мнеmeanest – [mi:nɪst] – плохой, подлый, гнусный, дряннойtough – [tʌf] – бандит, крутой, сильныйhusband – [hʌzbənd] – мужenough – [ɪˈnʌf] – достаточноteach (taught) – [ti:tʃ (tɔ:t)] – учитьhandle – [hændl] – держать в рукахtrail – [treɪl] – следcrime – [kraɪm] – преступлениеmeet (met) – [mi:t (met)] – встречатьthink (thought) – [θɪŋk (θɔ:t)] – думатьcare – [keə] – беспокоиться, тревожитьсяbulletin – [bʊlətɪn] – информационный листок, бюллетеньhang – [hæŋ] – висетьnearest – [nɪərɪst] – ближайшееrob – [rɒb] – ограбитьhooray – [hu:ˈreɪ] – ураappear – [əˈpɪə] – появитьсяget away – [ˈɡet əˈweɪ] – ускользнутьloot – [lu:t] – награбленное доброmighty – [maɪti] – оченьmad – [mæd] – безрассудный, обезумевший, рассерженныйblazing – [bleɪzɪŋ] – пылающий, полыхающий