| The Memphis Blues | |
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| 1912 - w.m. William C. Handy | |
| Verse: | 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 |
| Chorus: | They got a fiddler there that always slickens his hair, an' folks he sure do pull some bow, And when the big Bassoon seconds to the Trombones croon, croon |
| Note: | a.k.a. Mr. Crump |
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