A slow drag from 1916.
Words by Maceo Pinkard.
Music by I. Seidel.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- There’s a soothing melody
It is full of mystery
How I love to hear it when I’m blue
When I’m blue
And don’t know what I will do
Every time I hear that strain
Brings my old love back again
And those days in dear old Tennessee
Vision thoughts
And it sounds so good to me
Chorus
Just listen to that sweet melody
Form dear old Tennessee
I can’t resist, but must admit
It makes me feel so good
I don’t know what to do
Now listen to that sweet harmony
It’s rag with sympathy to make a hit
Just take a tip, play that strain
Know as Chattanooga blues
- When you hear that melody
You will like it to a “T”
Then you’ll hang around a music man
When he starts that tune
You will say it’s grand
If you like good harmony
That’s not used so commonly
It’s the kind old Litz would try to use
In that strain
Known as Chattanooga Blues
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: