NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS
(Harry Beasley Smith / Marvin Hughes / Owen Bradley)
Roy Acuff - 1942
Spade Cooley - 1945
Red Foley - 1951
Carl Smith - 1958
Jimmy Dean - 1961
'Little' Jimmy Dickens - 1962
The Anita Kerr Singers - 1962
The Osborne Brothers - 1963
Floyd Cramer (Instr.) - 1964
Webb Pierce - 1965
Rick Nelson - 1966
Mel Tillis - 1967
Hank Locklin - 1967
Bonnie Guitar - 1969
Hank Williams Jr. - 1969
The Danny Davis Singers - 1975
Dick Curless - 1980
Dolly Parton - 1994
Cadcatz - 1999
The Mercy Brothers - 2003
Also recorded by:
King Curtis; Joe Maphis; Bobby Hebb; Everclear; Duane Eddy;
Sleepy LaBeef; Jerry Lee Lewis; Dean Martin; Grandpa Jones;
Jimmy Sturr & His Orch.; Tennessee Ernie Ford; Bing Crosby;
Carl Perkins; Bobby Brown & The Curios.
Take that night train to Memphis
Take that night train to Memphis
And when you arrive at the station
I'll be right there to greet you
Gonna be right there to meet you
So don't turn down my invitation
Hallelujah (Hallelujah), Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
I'll be shoutin' Hallelujah all the day (all the day)
There gonna be a jubilee a-down in Memphis Tennessee
And we'll shout Hallelujah all the way
Take that night train to Memphis
Take that night train to Memphis
You know how I'm longin' to see you
Leave at three-fifty-seven and arrive at eleven
Then I'll be a-shoutin' Hallelujah
Hallelujah (Hallelujah), Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
I'll be shoutin' Hallelujah all the day (all the day)
There gonna be a jubilee a-down in Memphis Tennessee
I'm gonna shout Hallelujah all the day, yeah!
(Instrumental Break)
Night train to Memphis take
That night train to Memphis, oh yeah
Keep that engine stack a-smokin'
I'm not a-kiddin,' I'm not a-jokin'
I'll soon be with my gal I'm hopin'
Hallelujah (Hallelujah), Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
I'll shout Hallelujah all the day (all the day)
There'll be a jubilee a-down in Memphis Tennessee
And we'll shout Hallelujah all the way
I'm gonna shout Hallelujah all the way
I'm gonna shout Hallelujah all the way
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2012)
