Parallels between Dido & Aeneas (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Ella Fitzgerald
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This song describes how a woman became bewitched by another man and how she was forced into it by love. Near the end, her mind is finally clear and she admits she was sad when he left but now she no longer is under the spell of love. This describes very well the relationship with Dido & Aeneas. She literally had a spell of love casted on her by the god of love although she didn’t know Aeneas very well. And after he leaves she is devastated. However in the underworld when she sees him she is no longer under the spell of love and completely ignores him.
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After one whole quart of brandy
Like a daisy I awake
With no Bromo Seltzer handy
I don’t even shake
Men are not a new sensation
I’ve done pretty well, I think
But this half-pint imitation
Put me on the blink
I’m wild again
Beguiled again
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I
Listen, baby
I couldn’t sleep
And wouldn’t sleep
Until I could sleep where I shouldn’t sleep
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I
Lost my heart but what of it?
My mistake I agree
Oh, she’s such a laugh and I love it
Although the laugh’s on me
Ooh, I’ll sing to him
Bring springs to him
And worship the trousers that cling to him
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I
Oh, you’re so cute
Ooh she’s kept enough, she’s slept enough
And yet, where it counts she’s adept enough
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I
When he talks he is seeking
Words to get off his chest
Horizontally speaking
She’s at her very best
Oh, we’ve seen a lot
I mean a lot
And now we’re like sweet seventeen a lot
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I
Oh, we’re vexed again
Perplexed again
Thank God we can’t be over-sexed again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I
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Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered