NINE LITTLE MILES FROM TEN-TEN-TENNESSEE


Al Sherman / Al Lewis / Con Conrad (m & l) ) 1930


As sung by Billy Smith 

(with Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra) 

November 1930



(Orchestral bridge to start)


Gotta go, go, go, gotta be, be, be

Where somebody waits for me

Five-six-seven-eight-nine little miles

From ten-ten-Tennessee.


Gotta step, step, step, got to see, see, see

Someone sweet as she could be

Five-six-seven-eight-nine little miles

From ten-ten-Tennessee.


I'm on my way

Home to stay...

Never more to stray


I gotta kiss, kiss, kiss, waitin' there for me

Will I get it, yesiree

Five-six-seven-eight-nine little miles

From ten-ten-Tennessee.


(Orchestral bridge to end)


Notes:


Duke Ellington, an American born in Washington DC USA, was one of the

pillars in the history of jazz music. He was a brilliant musician,

pianist and bandleader. Ellington even appeared in a film, for which he

wrote the soundtrack [Anatomy Of A Murder]. He composed thousands of

songs for a variety of sources within the entertainment industry for

over 50 years. He eventually was known by the moniker 'Duke', apparently

for his very genteel ways. It would be hard to pick his most popular

songs, but two of them might be SOPHISTICATED LADY and SATIN DOLL. 


(Transcribed by David Story June 2014)