Nnenna Freelon: “Here’s Your Hat”
Clip: 2/27/2025 | 5m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
Nnenna Freelon’s “Here’s Your Hat,” a song about letting go of those who no longer serve you well.
Nnenna Freelon’s “Here’s Your Hat” is a spirited farewell song with a unique twist. She employs the comical phrase “here’s your hat, what’s your hurry” to convey that there’s no need to waste each other’s time.
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Shaped by Sound is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
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Nnenna Freelon: “Here’s Your Hat”
Clip: 2/27/2025 | 5m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
Nnenna Freelon’s “Here’s Your Hat” is a spirited farewell song with a unique twist. She employs the comical phrase “here’s your hat, what’s your hurry” to convey that there’s no need to waste each other’s time.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[soft music] ♪ It is over now ♪ ♪ It's over now ♪ ♪ We both know ♪ ♪ That it's true ♪ ♪ Love's at an end ♪ ♪ Let's not pretend ♪ ♪ I bid you a fond adieu ♪ ♪ Here's your hat ♪ ♪ What's your hurry ♪ ♪ Don't make leavin' ♪ ♪ Such a long, sad story ♪ ♪ There's the door ♪ ♪ Don't look back ♪ ♪ It's over now ♪ ♪ And that is that ♪ ♪ Here's your hat ♪ ♪ What's your hurry ♪ ♪ Here's your hat ♪ ♪ Why you waitin' ♪ ♪ Are those tears ♪ ♪ Now that you've been fadin' ♪ ♪ Fare thee well, goodbye, so long ♪ ♪ Can't miss you till you are gone ♪ ♪ Here's your hat ♪ ♪ What's your hurry ♪ ♪ It's the calm before the storm ♪ ♪ Welcome mat is thin ♪ ♪ And it's warm ♪ ♪ Some things ♪ ♪ You know, they can't be fixed ♪ ♪ So darling, darling ♪ ♪ Let's just call it quits ♪ ♪ He-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah ♪ ♪ Here's your hat ♪ ♪ Time's a wastin' ♪ ♪ No regrets or hesitation ♪ ♪ Final curtain ♪ ♪ Don't you know ♪ ♪ Here is the end of our late, late show ♪ ♪ Here's your hat ♪ ♪ What's your hurry ♪ ♪ Di-di-di-di-di-di-di ♪ [soft music] [soft music continues] [Nnenna laughs] ♪ Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah ♪ ♪ Calm before the storm ♪ ♪ My welcome mat ♪ ♪ Is thin and warm ♪ ♪ Some things just can't be fixed ♪ ♪ So baby, yeah ♪ ♪ Let's just call it quits ♪ ♪ Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit ♪ ♪ Here's your hat ♪ ♪ No, you stallin' ♪ ♪ Lose my number ♪ ♪ The one you've been callin' ♪ ♪ Maybe it's an old cliche ♪ ♪ Everything must end they say ♪ ♪ Here's your hat ♪ ♪ Here's your hat ♪ ♪ Here's your hat ♪ ♪ Here's your hat ♪ ♪ Here's your hat, baby ♪ ♪ Don't look at me like that ♪ ♪ Here's your hat ♪ ♪ What's your hurry ♪
Nnenna Freelon: “Beneath the Skin”
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Clip: 2/27/2025 | 3m 39s | Nnenna Freelon’s song “Beneath the Skin” explores the emotions beneath joy and pain. (3m 39s)
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Clip: 2/27/2025 | 4m 39s | Nnenna Freelon performs “Black Iris,” which was inspired by the rare flower’s unique blossoming. (4m 39s)
Nnenna Freelon: “Dark & Lovely”
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Clip: 2/27/2025 | 3m 35s | Nnenna Freelon performs “Dark & Lovely,” a song dedicated to her young granddaughters. (3m 35s)
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Preview: 2/27/2025 | 30s | The incomparable jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon shares selections from her latest album. (30s)
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