Memphis Blues - текст песни

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Folks I've just been down, down to Memphis town
George A. Norton
W. C. Handy
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Victor Military Band-The Memphis Blues.ogg
[Verse]
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-dancin' with a Tennessee dear
They had a fellow there named Handy with a band you should hear
And while the whi' folks gently swayed, all the darkies played real Harmony
I never will forget the tune that Handy called the Memphis Blues
Oh them Blues
[Chorus]
They've got a fiddler there that always slickens his hair
An' 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
That melancholy strain, that ever haunting refrain
Is like a Darkies sorrow song
Here comes the very part that wraps a spell around my heart
It sets me wild to hear that lovin' tune again
The Memphis Blues
[Verse]
Oh that melody sure appealed to me
Just like a mountain stream rippling on it seemed
Then it slowly died, with a gentle sigh
Soft as the breeze that whines high in the summer pines
Hear me people, hear me people, hear I pray
I'm going to take a million lesson's 'til I learn how to play
Because I seem to hear it yet, simply can't forget that blue refrain
There's nothing like the Handy Band that play'd the Memphis Blues so grand
Oh play them Blues
(chorus)