- 1. Midnight Ramble
... King Curtis - Have Tenor Sax, Will Blow ...
Year Of Release: 1959
King Curtis - tenor saxophone
Al Casey - guitar
Herman Foster - piano
Jimmy Lewis - bass
- A1. Free for All
...It's Party Time with King Curtis ...
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs,
New Jersey on July 11, 1961 & January 5, 1962
King Curtis - tenor, alto saxophones
Sam "The Man" Taylor - tenor saxophone
Ernie Hayes - organ
- All the Way
When somebody loves you
It's no good unless he loves you, all the way
Happy to be near you
When you need someone to cheer you, all the way
Taller than the tallest tree is
That's how it's got to feel
Deeper than the deep blue see is
- Memphis Soul Stew
Today's special is Memphis soul stew
We sell so much of this people wonder what we put in it
We're going to tell you right now
Give me about a half a teacup - of bass
Now I need a pound of fat back drums
Now give me four tablespoons of boiling Memphis guitars
This is going to taste all right
- Ode to Billie Joe
It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day
I was out choppin' cotton, and my brother was balin' hay
And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
And mama hollered out the back door, y'all, remember to wipe your feet
And then she said, "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
Today, Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
And papa said to mama, as he passed around the blackeyed peas
- Watermelon Man
On her way to work one morning
Down the path along side the lake
A tender hearted woman saw a poor half frozen snake
His pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew
"Poor thing," she cried, "I'll take you in and I'll take care of you"
"Take me in tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake