Memphis Yodel

by Jimmie Rodgers

From the album: The Essential Jimmie Rodgers

Track 6 of 20 on The Essential Jimmie Rodgers (1997).

Duration: 3:32

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Lyrics for Memphis Yodel

I woke up this morning The blues all around my bed I woke up this morning The blue's all around my bed I didn't have nobody To hold my aching head If you don't want me, woman Give me your right hand If you don't want me, woman Give me your right hand 'Cause I can find me another mama And I know you can find a man I love you, Memphis You know I love, love you so Lord, I love you, Memphis Tennessee, I love you so And I'd rather be here Than any other place I know I've got my ticket I'm sure gonna ride this train, hey, hey, hey Lord, I've got my ticket I'm sure gonna ride this train I'm goin' some place Where I won? t hear 'em call your name I'm goin' to the river Take me a rockin' chair, sing them blues, boy I'm goin' to the river And take me a rockin' chair And if the blues don't leave me I'll rock all the way from here I don't want you, mama And I know you don't want me, Lord, Lord, Lord I don't want you, woman And I know you don't want me So I'm goin' to New Orleans From there on across the sea

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  1. Away Out On The Mountain
  2. Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)
  3. Daddy And Home
  4. Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea
  5. In The Jailhouse Now
  6. Memphis Yodel
  7. My Old Pal
  8. Blue Yodel No. 2 (Lovin' Gal Lucille)
  9. Sleep Baby, Sleep
  10. The Brakeman's Blues (Yodelling The Blues Away)
  11. The Sailor's Pleas
  12. My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans
  13. Never No Mo' Blues
  14. Blue Yodel No. 4 (California Blues)
  15. I'm Lonely And Blue
  16. Waiting For A Train
  17. Frankie And Johnnie
  18. Pistol Packin' Papa
  19. Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)
  20. T.B. Blues