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, man, they was good to me I couldn't spend a dime, had the grandest time I went out a-dancin' with a Tennessee dear Met a man named Handy with a band you should hear And while the dancers swayed, all the fellas played real harmony I never will forget the tune they called the Memphis Blues They got a fiddler there who always slickens his hair Folks, he sure does pull a mean bow And when the big bassoon seconds to the trombone's croon It moans just like a sinner, ooh, on revival day That melancholy strain, every hauntin' refrain Is like a Southern sorrow song Here comes the very part, wraps a spell around my heart It sets me wild to hear that lovin' tune again The Memphis Blues Mississippi River, long, deep and wide Got myself a rowboat and I pulled for the other side And when I heard the music, I could lay back down and die Oh, you shoulda heard the singin' come floatin' out across the tide Get on your fanciest pants and shoes And ask the leader to play the blues The M-E-M-P-H-I-S, boy I mean the Memphis Blues I mean the Memphis Blues and Blues Thank you, Ella Thank you, folks Thanks also to the Firehouse Five too For some mighty fine blastin' there