Pirate Jenny (From "The Threepenny Opera") - Lotte Lenya

You gentlemen can watch while I’m scrubbin' the floors

And I’m scrubbin' the floors while you’re gawkin'

And maybe once you tip me and it makes you feel swell

On a ratty waterfront in a ratty old hotel

And you never guess to who you’re talkin'

You never guess to who you are talkin'

Suddenly one night, there’s a scream in the night

And you wonder, «What could that a-been?»

And you see me kinda grinnin' while I’m scrubbin'

And you wonder, «What's she got to grin?»

And a ship, a black freighter

With a skull on its masthead

Will be comin' in

You gentlemen can say, «Hey girl, finish th floors

Get upstairs, make the bds, earn your keep here!»

You toss me your tips and look out at the ships

But I’m countin' your heads while I make up the beds

'Cause there’s nobody gonna sleep here

Tonight none of you will sleep here

Then that night there’s a bang in the night

And you yell, «Who's that kickin' up a row?»

And you see me kinda starin' out the winda

And you say, «What's she got to stare at now?»

And a ship, the black freighter

Turns around in the harbor

Shootin' guns from the bow