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Blue Yodel #9 (Standin' on the Corner)

by Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band

on On Broadway: Act One - October 28th, 1987 (2015), Almost Acoustic (1988) The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute (1997)

Standing on the corner, I didn't mean no harm
When a police come, he took me by the arm (*1)
Was down in Memphis, corner of Beale and Main
Said "hey big boy, you better tell me your name" (*2)

I said "you'll find my name on the back of my shirt (*3)
I'm a Tennessee hustler and I don't have to work"
[yodel]

Come all you rounders, leave my woman alone
I'll take my special and run all you rounders home
My good girl love me, everybody knows
Spent a hundred cash dollars to buy me a suit of clothes (*4)

She come to the joint, forty-four in each hand
Said "step aside all you women and men
'Cause I'm looking for my man"
[yodel]

Come all you rounders, leave my woman alone
I'll take my special and run all you rounders home
My good girl love me, everybody knows
Spent a hundred cash dollars to buy me a suit of clothes

She come to the joint, forty-four in each hand
Said "step aside all you women and men
'Cause I'm looking for my man"
[yodel]