BLUE YODEL NO. 9 (STANDIN' ON THE CORNER)
(J. Rodgers)
As recorded by Jimmie Rodgers, 1930. (Victor 23580-A)

Standin’ on the corner, I didn’t mean no harm.
Along come a pólice; he took me by the arm.
It was down in Memphis, corner of Beale an’ 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."
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 loves me, ev’rybody knows,
An’ she paid a hundred cash dollars, just for me a suit of clo’es.
She come to the joint, a forty-fo’ in each han’.
She says: “Stand aside, all you women an’ men, ‘cause I'm looking for my man.”
YODEL