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