Blues Medley (feat. Ella Fitzgerald) - text
Ella, I've been down (oh yeah?)
Down the Memphis Town (no!)
Where the people smile (what?)
On you all the while
Down the Memphis Town (no!)
Where the people smile (what?)
On you all the while
Hospitality (ahah)
They were good to me (that's nice)
Couldn't spend a dime
I had the grandest time
They were good to me (that's nice)
Couldn't spend a dime
I had the grandest time
I felt abandoned
Handy had a band, you should hear
They played the kind of music
Made to tickle your ear
While the people swayed
Man, they really played real harmony
Handy had a band, you should hear
They played the kind of music
Made to tickle your ear
While the people swayed
Man, they really played real harmony
I never will forget the tune
That handled all the Memphis Blues
That handled all the Memphis Blues
They got a figure there
Who always slickens his hair
Oh lordy how he pulls on that bow
And when you hear that tune
Listen to that jumbo crew
Who always slickens his hair
Oh lordy how he pulls on that bow
And when you hear that tune
Listen to that jumbo crew
It sounds just like a sinner on revival day
That melancholy strain
It really sets you more than a song
Here comes my cherry pie
Wraps fell round my heart
It sets me wild whenever I hear the tune
That melancholy strain
It really sets you more than a song
Here comes my cherry pie
Wraps fell round my heart
It sets me wild whenever I hear the tune
Hey, Mr. Handy got the urge to stall (Lady come blue)
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Take me down to that town
Where the Mississippi runs
Go down
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Take me down to that town
Where the Mississippi runs
Go down
I hate to see that evening sun go down
I hate to see that evening sun go down
I hate to see that evening sun go down
Cause my baby, my everloving baby
He went and left me in this lonely old town
He went and left me in this lonely old town
Feeling tomorrow just like I feel today
(Feeling tomorrow just like I feel today)
Feeling tomorrow just like I feel today
(Feeling tomorrow just like I feel today)
(Feeling tomorrow just like I feel today)
Feeling tomorrow just like I feel today
(Feeling tomorrow just like I feel today)
I'm gonna pass my bag
Make some trash
I wanna get away
They know it was a woman
With her diamond ring
(With her diamond ring)
Make some trash
I wanna get away
They know it was a woman
With her diamond ring
(With her diamond ring)
Ooh, turn that ma'am around (Ooh that ma'am)
By her apron strings (By her apron strings)
By her apron strings (By her apron strings)
And if it wasn't for her power (for a power)
And for her ???
(All that troubled ???)
And for her ???
(All that troubled ???)
I know the man I love
Would never, never gone nowhere
Nowhere
Would never, never gone nowhere
Nowhere
I sing bluey blues just blue as I can be
That man got a heart like a rock in the sea
Or else he'd never
No, never never never
He'd never gone so far from me
That man got a heart like a rock in the sea
Or else he'd never
No, never never never
He'd never gone so far from me
Love that man like ???
No can talk eternal love if rock is high
No can talk eternal love if rock is high
I love my baby, my everloving baby
Gonna love that man till the day I die
Gonna love that man till the day I die
I got a man a man, got an ??? baby
It's crazy for me
He really digs me
I hear he goes reeling
And I'm walking on the ceiling
As gay as can be
He really breaks me
It's crazy for me
He really digs me
I hear he goes reeling
And I'm walking on the ceiling
As gay as can be
He really breaks me
From a pocket to a pocket to a pocket
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You can shut the door and lock it
Throw away the key
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You can shut the door and lock it
Throw away the key
I got a man, he's so tough
He's gonna get you when
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He's gonna get you when
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But I'm gonna roll
All alone on the sand
All alone on the sand
I got those blues, blues in the morning
Those blues, blues in the evening
Those blues, blues in the evening
The blues in the morning
The blues in the night
My heart ???
And my ???
The blues in the night
My heart ???
And my ???
The blues, the blues, the blues, the blues, the blues
Got the blues
Got the blues
The blues, the blues, blues
I got the blues, blues, the blues
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Got the blues
Got the blues
The blues, the blues, blues
I got the blues, blues, the blues
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Blues
