The Memphis Blues Lyrics - The Real... Eartha Kitt - Eartha Kitt

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 fella there named Handy 

With a band you should hear 

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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 

The 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 trombone's croon 

And moans just like a sinner on revival day 

Here me, people, hear me, people, hear me, I pray 

I'm gonna take a million lessons 'til I learn how to play 

Because I seem to hear it yet 

Simply can't forget that blues refrain 

There's nothing like a Handy band 

That played The Memphis Blues so grand 

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That melancholy strain 

Ever haunting refrain 

Is like a morning sorrow song 

Here comes the very part 

That wraps it's spell around my heart 

I can't forget the tune 

That Handy called The Memphis Blues 

I can't forget the tune 

That Handy called The Memphis Blues