Sweeter than the flowers down in new Orleans
You gotta jive when the words roll out of her mouth
To hear her when she swings it on her old guitar
She'll play a little rhythm do the boogie up right
All the jive jumpin' jitterbugs they gather around
My music makin' mama from Memphis Tennessee
Everybody travels from near and far
A singin' and a pickin' on her old banjo
My music makin' mama from Memphis Tennessee
You gotta start dancin' when she gets in the groove
The Tennessee polka maybe blues in the night
A breakdown a hoedown and does it up neat
She plays a down beat an off beat any old beat
My baby starts a pickin' and a pickin' down low
Plays the big bass fiddle or she'll yodel the blues
You can hear her in the evening when the sun sinks low
She's my music makin' mama from Memphis Tennessee
She'll play a little rhythm do the boogie up right
Everybody's callin' her the queen of the south
She's my piano playin' mama from Memphis Tennessee
They keep yellin' to my honey now queenie let's go
You can tell when my baby is a comin' to town
The Tennessee polka maybe blues in the night
To hear her when she swings it on her old guitar
She's sweeter than the music when she tickles the strings
She's my bass pickin' baby from Memphis Tennessee
Everybody travels from near and far
