[00:11.25]Folks I've just been down down to memphis town
[00:16.23]That's where the people smile smile on you all the while
[00:21.19]Hospitality they were good to me
[00:25.87]I couldn't spend a dime and had the grandest time
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[00:30.54]I went out a dancing with a tennessee dear
[00:35.08]They had a fellow there named handy with a band you should hear
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[00:40.31]And while the folks gently swayed all the band folks played real harmony
[00:48.78]I never will forget the tune that handy called the memphis blues
[00:55.17]Oh yes them blues
[00:58.61]They've got a fiddler there that always slickens his hair
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[01:03.22]And folks he sure do pull some bow
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[01:09.05]And when the big bassoon seconds to the trombones croon
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[01:18.04]It moans just like a sinner on revival day on revival day
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[01:27.83]Oh that melody sure appealed to me
[01:33.10]Because I seem to hear it yet simply can't forget
[01:39.77]
[01:40.46]Is like a sweet old sorrow song
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[01:47.21]Here comes the very part that wraps a spell around my heart
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[02:34.55]It sets me wild to hear that loving tune a gain the memphis blues