Stormy Weather (1943)

Lena Horne: Selina Rogers

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• Selina Rogers : [singing]  Zulu man is feelin' blue, Hear his heart beat a little tattoo. Diga diga doo, diga doo doo, Diga diga doo, diga doo...

• Bill Williamson : Clem never told me you could sing like that, Selina.

  Selina Rogers : I couldn't when Clem went away... but I practiced, and I studied. I've always been ambitious. Haven't you, Bill?

  Bill Williamson : Never have been, except to get three square meals a day, regular. But I'm beginning to see things different now.

• Selina Rogers : Gee, I'm glad to see you. What are you doing down here?

  Bill Williamson : Dancing. But on account of the bartender being sick, the cook had to take the bartender's place, the waiter took the cook's place, and I had to take the waiter's place.

• Selina Rogers : [last lines - singing]  Ain't that somethin'?

  Bill Williamson , Selina Rogers : Ain't that somethin' to shout about!

• Selina Rogers : [singing]  Once you're hooked, Your goose is cooked, There's no two ways about love...

• Selina Rogers : [singing]  I'm so very diga diga doo by nature, If you don't say diga diga to your mate, you're gonna lose a papa...

• Selina Rogers : [singing]  I can't give you anything but love, baby, That's the only thing I've plenty of, baby, Dream awhile, scheme awhile, We're sure to find, Happiness and I guess, All those things you've always pined for...

• Bill Williamson : Since I've got that Hollywood contract, we'll have plenty of money. You won't have to go on workin'. You can quit.

  Selina Rogers : Quit?

  Bill Williamson : Sure. You worked long enough. It's time that you settled down. And we have a home and...

  Selina Rogers : But, Bill, I don't wanna quit. I wouldn't be happy unless I went on with my work, just like you. Singing's in my blood.

• Selina Rogers : [singing]  Don't know why, There's no sun up in the sky, Stormy weather, Since my man and I ain't together, Keeps rainin' all the time...

• Selina Rogers : [singing]  Life is bare, Gloom and misery everywhere, Stormy weather, Just can't get my poor self together, I'm weary all the time, the time, So weary all the time...

• Selina Rogers : [singing]  I walk around, heavy-hearted and sad, Night comes around and I'm still feelin' bad, Rain pourin' down, blindin' every hope I had, This pitterin', patterin', beatin' and spatterin' drives me mad, Love, love, love, love, This misery is just too much for me...