Transcribed from vocals by Ethel Waters, recorded
3/1923.
From Ethel
Waters 1921 - 1923, The Chronogical Classics, vol. 796.
Down home,
A little cabin,
And a soft
Little rabbit.
I'm weeping and I'm grievin', [?]
And I've found, oh, so even. [?]
Memphis Man comes knockin' at the
door.
Knocked like nobody ever knocked
before.
If you know why, you should let
him in,
'Cause he's so different when loving
begins.
Memphis Man,
The lovingest man I know,
Loves you like you've never been
loved before.
Love you while he's talking, love
you while he sings,
Biggest eyes and hands and a few
other things.
If you want to please me, love
me like a Memphis Man.
Why, a Memphis Man knows more about
lovin'than the rest.
He loves you just where it feels
the best;
Love you when he's working, love
you when he plays,
He could write a book on his loving
ways.
If you want to please me, love
me like a Memphis Man.
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Ethel Waters starred in both the stage and film version of Cabin in the Sky. The movie also starred Lena Horne and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington had minor roles. Waters commented in her remarkable autobiography, His Eye is on the Sparrow, that she didn't enjoy making the movie -- too much behind-the-scenes back-biting.
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