Pie, Pie, Blackbird (1932)

Nina Mae McKinney: Miss Nina

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• Miss Nina : [singing]  Believe it or not, Hot or cold, Cold or hot, Everything that I've got belongs to you, Anytime that I was kissed, I would never resist, But my lips, they insist, they belong to you, Now, I'm no front door woman, With no backdoor man...

• 1st Child with Nina : What is that, Miss Nina?

  Miss Nina : Now, listen, Gates, you run along and chase yourself. This pie ain't ready yet?

  2nd Child with Nina : Well, what kind of pie is that, Miss Nina?

  Miss Nina : That's a blackbird pie.

  1st Child with Nina , 2nd Child with Nina : A blackbird pie?

• 1st Child with Nina : There ain't no such thing as a blackbird pie.

  Miss Nina : Why, don't you contradict me. Don't you remember that song I used to sing fer ya, when you were little pickaninnies?

  [singing] 

  Miss Nina : Nina's place is in the kitchen, Here's the reason why, 'Cause the master says it takes a blackbird, To make the sweetest kind a pie...