"Blue Yodel #9 (Beale And Main)" lyrics
(originally by Jimmie Rodgers)
Standin' on the corner, I didn't mean no harm
Along come a police, he took me by the arm
It was down in Memphis, corner of Beale and Main
He says, "Big boy, you'll have to tell me your name"
I said, "You'll find my name on the tail of my shirt
I'm a Tennessee hustler and I don't have to work"
Listen all you rounders, you better leave my women alone
Or I'll take my special and run all you rounders home
My good gal loves me, everybody knows
And she paid a hundred cash dollars just for me, a suit of clothes
She come to the joint, a forty-four in each hand
She said, "Stand aside, all you women and men 'cause I'm looking for my man"
Along come a police, he took me by the arm
It was down in Memphis, corner of Beale and Main
He says, "Big boy, you'll have to tell me your name"
I said, "You'll find my name on the tail of my shirt
I'm a Tennessee hustler and I don't have to work"
Listen all you rounders, you better leave my women alone
Or I'll take my special and run all you rounders home
My good gal loves me, everybody knows
And she paid a hundred cash dollars just for me, a suit of clothes
She come to the joint, a forty-four in each hand
She said, "Stand aside, all you women and men 'cause I'm looking for my man"
