Jug Band Quartette (a.k.a. Jug Band Music)

Recorded by Memphis Jug Band on Nov 8, 1934 in Chicago, IL

G, G, G, G7
C, C, G, G
D7, D7, G, G

You know, way down yonder in Tennessee
The jug band music sounds sweet to me

Oh it sounds so sweet, ahh, it's hard to beat
Jug band music certainly was a treat to me

I heard the boys playing the other day
You know those boys drove my blues away

Oh it sounds so sweet, ahh, it's hard to beat
Jug band music certainly was a treat to me

I went home, turned on my radio
Jug band music made me stomp the floor

Oh it sounds so sweet, ahh, it's hard to beat
Jug band music certainly was a treat to me

You know that old lady Dinah, she's sitting on a rock
She has a 40 dollar razor trying to shave that knot

Oh it sounds so sweet, ahh, it's hard to beat
Jug band music certainly was a treat to me

I told those people way across that hall
I'm playing this piece and you know that's all

Oh it sounds so sweet, ahh, it's hard to beat
Jug band music certainly was a treat to me

Now run here, doctor, won't you run here quick
All I want is to get my ham-bone fixed

Oh it sounds so sweet, ahh, it's hard to beat
Jug band music certainly was a treat to me

I was with my gal, put my hand on her knee
She said, "If you don't play the jug, you can't play with me"

Oh it sounds so sweet, ahh, it's hard to beat
Jug band music certainly was a treat to me

Then I took off my socks, I took off my shoes
I danced all night to the jug band blues

Oh it sounds so sweet, ahh, it's hard to beat
Jug band music certainly was a treat to me

I heard the boys playing the other day
You know those boys drove my blues away

Oh it sounds so sweet, ahh, it's hard to beat
Jug band music certainly was a treat to me

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