The Memphis Blues-Eartha Kitt

[ti:The Memphis Blues] [ar:Eartha Kitt] [al:St. Louis Blues] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Memphis Blues - Eartha Kitt [00:10.65]Folks I've just been down [00:13.02]Down to Memphis town [00:14.90]That's where the people smile [00:17.10]Smile on you all the while [00:19.78]Hospitality they were good to me [00:24.10]I couldn't spend a dime [00:25.92]And had the grandest time [00:28.10]I went out a dancing [00:29.70]With a Tennessee dear [00:31.65]They had a fellow there named Handy [00:33.95]With a band you should hear [00:36.09]And while the dance gently swayed [00:39.37]All the band boys played real harmony [00:44.52] [00:45.05]I never will forget the tune [00:47.79]That Handy called the Memphis Blues [00:53.90]They got a fiddler there [00:56.20]That always slickens his hair [00:58.34]And folks he sure does pull some bow [01:02.15] [01:02.75]And when the big Bassoon [01:05.05] [01:05.58]Seconds to the Trombones croon [01:11.52]It moans just like a sinner [01:14.89]On Revival Day [01:20.64] [02:14.21]Hear me people [02:15.28]Hear me people [02:16.36]Hear me I pray [02:17.79]I'm gonna take a million lesson's [02:20.17]'Til I learn how to play [02:22.36]Because I seem to hear it yet [02:25.01] [02:25.65]Simply can't forget [02:27.28]That blue refrain [02:31.17]There's nothing like the Handy Band [02:33.92]That played the Memphis Blues so grand [02:39.43] [02:40.21]That melancholy strain [02:42.35]That ever haunting refrain [02:44.55]Is like a morning sorrow song [02:48.16] [02:48.97]Here comes the very part [02:51.76]That wraps a spell around my heart [02:58.05]I can't forget the tune [03:00.82]That Handy called the Memphis Blues [03:06.97]I can't forget the tune [03:09.71]That Handy called the Memphis [03:14.90] [03:15.48]The Memphis Blues