Ramblin' Blues-Various Artists

[00:00.46]ramblin' blues - charlie poole [00:03.60]i've seen the life of old gay broadway [00:08.01] [00:10.54]old market street down by the frisco bay [00:14.41] [00:15.81]saw the prado i've gambled all these parts [00:19.97]in paris france [00:21.71] [00:24.21]now the seven wonders of this world i've seen [00:27.77] [00:29.32]there's many other different places i have been [00:32.86] [00:34.41]take my advice folks we've seen where [00:36.81]beale street was [00:37.97]it's in memphis tennessee [00:39.98] [00:42.47]oh your nehi mama browns beautiful gowns [00:46.11] [00:46.93]make tailor mades and your hand me downs [00:49.90] [00:50.90]you'll meet honest men and pickpockets too [00:54.40]but your business never closes till somebody gets killed [00:58.08] [01:18.16]oh your nehi mama browns chittling cafes [01:21.61] [01:22.54]talk about your whiskey and your bygone days [01:25.49] [01:26.43]be not offend i've got it to spend [01:29.63]you'll find gold enough along to pave the new jerusalem [01:33.43] [01:53.33]if beale street could talk if beale street could talk [01:56.72] [01:57.70]married men would have to pick their bed up and walk [02:01.06]all except one or two who never drink booze [02:04.91]and the blind man on the corner [02:06.77]who sings the memphis blues [02:08.35]i'd rather be here than any place i know [02:12.45] [02:14.71]i'd rather be here than any place i know [02:17.95] [02:19.65]for it's gonna take a sergeant for to make me go [02:23.99] [02:26.37]now we see the river baby by and by [02:30.83] [02:32.25]see the river mississippi i'll tell the reason why [02:36.32] [02:37.59]for the river's wet [02:39.09] [02:40.27]and beale street's done gone dry bone dry [02:43.23]