Memphis Blues

Folks I've just been down, down to Memphis town,

That's where the people smile, smile on you all the while.

Hospitality, they were good to me.

I couldn't spend a dime, and had the grandest time.

I went out a dancing whith a Tennessee dear,

They had a fellow there named Handy whith a band you should hear

And while the folks gently swayed, all the band folks played Real harmony.

I never will forget the tune that Handy called the Menphis blues.

Oh yes, them blues.

they've got a fiddler there that always slickens his hair

And folks he sure do pull some bow.

And when the big bassoon seconds to the trombones croon.

It moans just like a sinner on Revival Day, on Revival Day