Mandolin Man

Sounds from the Southland from bygone years

Sweetest music that ever touched my ears

When I heard sleepy John estes sing

First time I heard yanks mandolin

Played with hammie nixon and sleepy John

Kept me glued to the gramophone

Such a funky sound

Was real thing

And I used to love yanks mandolin

I met yank rachell some years ago

Some place up north we shared the show

I felt so proud to be on the bandstand

Play the blues with the mandolin man

Such a gentle man with a big old smile

Rocked the joint

And a crowd went wild

Played the old time blues from way back when

Yank was known as the mandolin man

Early last april took up and died

Angels lifted him up to the sky

I bet he's playing in the heavenly band

Angels boppin to the blues of the mandolin man

Yank rachells gone to another shore

Hell never play down here no more

Ain't nobody that ever walked the land

Played the blues like the mandolin ma

Sounds from the Southland from bygone years

Sweetest music that ever touched my ears

When I heard sleepy John estes sing

First time I heard yanks mandolin