New Beale Street Blues

If we have to walk

We're going to Memphis

Got to play on Beale

It's the place to go if you wanna make a solid deal

North Carolina's alright if you wanna hand tobacco all day long

Babe, a guitar player like me's got to play his own song

So, pack your finest dresses

Pack your go-to-meetin' shoes

Babe, we gotta look sharp

When we play the New Beale Street Blues

We're going to Memphis

To play on Beale

It's the place to go if ya wanna make a solid deal

Bye-bye, Durhum, bye-bye, Chapel Hill

Gonna ride the blind like Railroad Hill

Gotta find Gas Cannon, Noah Lewis too

Gotta shake their hand

Play 'em our song, see if we can join the band

We're going to Memphis, join a jug band

I can't wait to shake Mister Canton's hand

Gonna buy new strings for your mandolin

And my Stella, too

Gotta spank this tune

They call the New Beale Street Blues

Now, Memphis Minnie and Joe McCoy

Make really good music, sho' nuff

Babe, I bench one day gonna hear 'em

Playin' our stuff

If we have to walk

We're going to Memphis

Goes to play on Beale

It's the place to go if ya wanna make a solid deal

It's the place to go if ya wanna make a solid deal