TENNESSEE NEWSBOY [The Newsboy Blues]
Dick Manning / Percy Faith

as rec by Frank Sinatra w Orch cond by Axel Stordahl  
June 3rd 1952 Hollywood


Down in Nashville, Tennessee
A little fella shouted this to me;
"Buy a paper, know the news,
Or else I gotta sing The Newsboy Blues".

Dick a nickel from your jeans,
A nickel buys a lot of jelly beans!
Hey there mister, don't refuse
I hate to have to sing The Newsboy Blues!

See the headlines, whadda you read?
See the want ads, whadda you need?
Read the funnies, whadda you say?
I haven't even sold a paper today!

I tell you what I'm gonna do,
Gimme a nickel and I'll sing for you!
Tap the rhythm with my shoes,
My little song is called The Newsboy Blues.

See the headlines, whadda you read?
See the want ads, hey whadda you need?
Read the funnies, whadda you say?
I haven't even sold a paper today!

Tell you what I'm gonna do,
Gimme a nickel and I'll croon for you!
Tap the rhythm with my shoes,
My little song is called The Newsboy Blues.

Tap the rhythm with my shoes,
My little song is called The Newsboy Blues.



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - April 2011)