Memphis Blues - Nat King Cole
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 with a tennessee dear
They had a fellow there named
Handy with a band you should hear
And while the dancers gently swayed
All the band boys played real harmony
I never will forget the tune that
Handy called the memphis blues
Oh they've got a fiddler there
That always slickens his hair
And folks he sure does 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 morning sorrow song
Here comes the very part
That wraps spell around my heart
It sets me wild to hear that loving tune again
The memphis blues
That melancholy strain that ever haunting refrain
Is like a morning sorrow song
Here comes the very part
That wraps spell around my heart
It sets me wild to hear that loving tune again
The memphis blues
It sets me wild to hear that loving memphis blues