Miss Otis regrets (she's unable to lunch today) - Cole Porter

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And the moment before she died,
She lifted up her lovely head and cried, madam......

Fue interpretada por: Nat King Cole, Ethel Waters, Edith Piaf, Jose Feliciano, Linda Ronstadt, Ella Fitzgerald, Bette Midler, Bryan Ferry, The Lemonheads, Marlene Dietrich... entre otros.
A mi personalmente las versiones que mas me gustan son las de José Feliciano, Bryan Ferry, Ella Fitzgerald y Ethel Waters. La conocí por José Feliciano.

Esta canción me encanta porque habla de una "señora" de alta alcurnia que tenía un amante y al final lo mata en los arrabales porque él la abandona. Es su mayordomo el que se dirige a sus amigas para decirles que "la señora Otis siente no poder comer con ustedes hoy".

Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today, madam,
Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today.
She is sorry to be delayed,
but last evening down in Lover's Lane she strayed, madam,
Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today.

When she woke up and found that her dream of love was gone, madam,
She ran to the man who had led her so far astray,
And from under her velvet gown,
She drew a gun and shot her love down, madam,
Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today.

When the mob came and got her and dragged her from the jail, madam,
They strung her upon the old willow across the way,
And the moment before she died,
She lifted up her lovely head and cried, madam......
Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today.

Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today