My favourite things

Do musical lamechas The Song of Music, de 1959, e do posterior filme com o mesmo nome, traduzido entre nós com o título melífluo de Música no Coração saíram, não obstante, temas musicais de grande qualidade da autoria da dupla Rogers / Hammerstein. Um deles, My Favourite Things, veio a tornar-se num standard de jazz recorrente que, espoliado da sua inicial carga delicodoce, revelou toda a genialidade da sua concepção. Uma das interpretações mais fabulosas deste tema é a de Betty Carter.

My Favourite Things (Rodgers / Hammerstein) - Betty Carter

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad