The Lady Is A Tramp – English Lyrics

• By: Frank Sinatra

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

She gets too hungry for dinner at eight

She likes the theatre and never comes late

She never bothers with people she'd hate

That's why the lady is a tramp

Doesn't like crap games with barons or earls

Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls

Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls

That's why the lady is a tramp

She likes the free, fresh wind in her hair

Life without care

She's broke, and it's ok

Hates California, it's cold and it's damp

That's why the lady is a tramp

She gets too hungry to wait for dinner at eight

She loves the theatre but never comes late

She'd never bother with people she'd hate

That's why the lady is a tramp

She'll have no crap games with sharpies and frauds

And she won't go to Harlem in Lincolns or Fords

And she won't dish the dirt with the rest of the broads

That's why the lady is a tramp

She'd love the free, fresh wind in her hair

Life without care

She's broke, but it's ok

Hates California, it's so cold and so damp

That's why the lady

That's why the lady

That's why the lady is a tramp

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Key Grammar Structures

• She gets too hungry for dinner at eight

  ➔ Present Simple for habitual action, 'too' + adjective

  ➔ The verb 'gets' indicates a recurring feeling of hunger. The word 'too' intensifies the adjective 'hungry', meaning she feels excessively hungry. The phrase 'for dinner at eight' specifies the time related to the hunger.

• She never bothers with people she'd hate

  ➔ Negative with 'never', conditional 'would' contracted to '’d'

  ➔ 'Never' emphasizes the complete absence of interaction. 'She'd hate' is a contraction of 'she would hate', indicating a hypothetical situation – people she *would* dislike. The verb 'bothers' implies a deliberate avoidance of engagement.

• Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls

  ➔ Future negative with 'won't' (contraction of 'will not')

  ➔ 'Won't' expresses a firm refusal to go. 'Ermine and pearls' represent extravagant, high-society attire, contrasting with her 'tramp' persona. The phrase indicates she rejects conforming to societal expectations.

• She'd love the free, fresh wind in her hair

  ➔ Conditional 'would' + infinitive, adjective order

  ➔ 'She'd love' (she would love) expresses a strong preference or enjoyment. The adjectives 'free' and 'fresh' are placed before 'wind', following the typical English adjective order (opinion/quality, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose).