Cash, Johnny - Going To Memphis Lyrics
Bring a drink of water Leroy
Bring a drink of water, no
If I could get to the mercy man
He'd give me some I know
Bertha is her name
Wish I's tied to Bertha
Instead of this ball and chain
I'm goin' to Memphis, that's right Lord, yeah
A dude took all my money
Wouldn't let me see the cards
I owe the boss about a hundred years
For sleepin' in his backyard
I'm goin' to Memphis, yeah Memphis
Yeah I'm goin' to Memphis
Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed
But when that levee's through and I am too
Let the honky tonk roll on
Come mornin' I'll be gone
I'm goin' to Memphis, yeah Memphis
I never been to Chicago
But it must be a mighty fine place, that's right
I couldn't get past Tennessee
With Mississippi all over my face
I'm goin' to Memphis, that's right Lord, Memphis
Well, the freezin' ground at night
Is my own foldin' bed
Pork salad is my bread and meat
And it will be till I'm dead
Well, I brought me a little water
In a Mr. Prince Albert can
But the boss man caught me drinkin' it
And I believe, he broke my hand
They all call me crazy for sassin' Mr. Scott
My brother was killed for a deed I did
But I dis remember what, yeah
Well another boy is down
The shovel burned him out
Let me stand on his body
To see what the shoutin's about
I'm goin' to Memphis, yeah I'm goin' to Memphis
Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed
But when that levee's through and I am too
Let the honky tonk roll on
Come mornin' I'll be gone
I'm goin' to Memphis, yeah Memphis
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Cash, Johnny Going To Memphis Comments
ou myn god
you is god
Thanks for checking it out and have a great day from Lloyd :)
14 December 1959 [19:30-23:30] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Cash (Johnny Cash [vcl/ac gt],Luther Perkins [gt], Marshall Grant [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Floyd Cramer [piano] + vocal chorus. Producer: Don Law)
Thanks Stephen for listening and have a great day from Lloyd :)
He understood the working man and sung our songs. The people who built this country didn't push pencils and computer keys
Have a great day Rick and thanks for listening from Lloyd :)
Wish I was tied to Bertha instead of this ball and chain 👌👌
Thanks Noah for listening and have an awesome week from Lloyd :)
carl perkins does a great rockin version of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmhuLqrUEhk
Thanks Eduardo for checking it out and have an awesome week from Lloyd :)
I love this song. I've always preferred the corpus of material Cash recorded during the Columbia years to the Sun recordings, I might add.
I like most of his records on all the labels he recorded on with some favorites from each of the specific labels. Thanks for listening.
It is a great track. Thanks for listening to this Johnny Cash 45 recording...Friends, Lloyd.
I remember where I was when I first heard this song, 12 years ago. I instantly recognized it as a classic.
Thank you for checking it out...Friends, Lloyd.
This song has a fantastic rhythm and the voices in the background make it better..awesome!
It is amazing that many of these songs were on different labels in different countries, Columbia here in the U.S., and Philips in the U.K. Thanks for listening to this Johnny Cash record...Friends, Lloyd.
I had this when I was a kid on a blue Philips label, I remember playing it to some of my school friends who all wanted to know where I'd got it as they thought it was a groundbreaking recording. I lost all these old forty fives at parties over the years so it's just wonderful to hear them again. Great post - thanks.
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He did an amazing thing keeping a cheerful theme for a dire situation!!