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Blue Yodel No. 9

by Jimmie Rodgers

on Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934 (1923)

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 on the corner of Beale and Main
He says big boy you'll have to tell me your name

[yodel]

I said you'll find my name on the tail of my shirt
I'm a Tennessee hustler I don't have to work
So listen all you rounders you better leave my women alone
Cause I'll take my Special and run all you rounders home

[yodel]

My good gal love me, everybody knows
And she paid a hundred cash dollars to buy me a suit of clothes
She come to the joint, a forty-four in each hand
She said "step aside all you women and men
'Cause I'm looking for my man"

[yodel]