{"id":1063,"date":"2018-12-04T19:27:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T19:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1063"},"modified":"2023-05-23T13:58:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T13:58:12","slug":"memphis-blues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/memphis-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"The Memphis Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: there are some racial stereotypes in this song that are not acceptable today. The Sheet Music Singer does not condone them. It is presented here as a part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1913 popular song<br>words by George A. Norton<br>music by William C. Handy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A southern rag. This started as a different song written by W.C. Handy. He revised it into a piano blues instrumental in 1912. George Norton added the lyrics in 1913.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Memphis-Blues.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Memphis Blues - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-96bc25ba-72a8-4d77-a533-0a3138b99700\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Memphis-Blues.pdf\">Memphis Blues &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Memphis-Blues.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-96bc25ba-72a8-4d77-a533-0a3138b99700\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4062bc72-20a5-4808-b250-55d369389bf3\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Memphis-Blues-MIDI.mid\">Memphis Blues &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Memphis-Blues-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4062bc72-20a5-4808-b250-55d369389bf3\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Folks I&#8217;ve just been down, down to Memphis town<br>That&#8217;s where the people smile<br>Smile on you all the while<br>Hospitality, they were good to me<br>I couldn&#8217;t spend a dime, and had the grandest time<br>I went out a-dancin&#8217; with a Tennesee dear<br>They had a fellow there named Handy<br>With a band you should hear<br>And while the whi&#8217; folks gently swayed<br>All dem darkies played real Harmony<br>I never will forget the tune that Handy called<br>The Memphis Blues, oh them Blues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>They got a fiddler there that always slickens his hair<br>An&#8217; folks he sure do pull some bow<br>And when the big Bassoon<br>Seconds to the Trombones croon, croon<br>It moans just like a sinner<br>On Revival Day, on Revival Day<br>That melancholy strain that ever haunting refrain<br>Is like a Darkies sorrow song<br>Here comes the very part<br>That wraps a spell around my heart, heart<br>It sets me wild to hear that lovin&#8217; tune again<br>The Memphis Blues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Oh, that melody, sure appealed to me<br>Just like a mountain stream rippling on it seemed<br>Then it slowly died, with a gentle sigh<br>Soft as the breeze that whines<br>High in the summer pines<br>Hear me people, hear me people hear me I pray<br>I&#8217;m going to take a million lesson&#8217;s<br>&#8216;Til I learn how to play because I seem to hear it yet<br>Simply can&#8217;t forget that blue refrain<br>There&#8217;s nothin&#8217; like the Handy Band<br>That played the Memphis Blues so grand<br>Oh them Blues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u-esMfrowoo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: there are some racial stereotypes in this song that are not acceptable today. The Sheet Music Singer does not condone them. It is presented here as a part of music history.] a 1913 popular songwords by George A. Nortonmusic by William C. Handy A southern rag. This started as a different song written by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/memphis-blues\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Memphis Blues&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1063","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-h9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1063"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4076,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1063\/revisions\/4076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}