Part 1
Spoken:
You know there are long forgotten tunes, made about different cities, but the one I like best is the one about Kansas City. The first I remember hearing was Kansas City by Jim Jackson, goes something like this:
Now I was first on main Street, again Beale, I was looking for a gal they call Lucille
She done moved to Kansas city, sure as you're born
She done moved to Kansas city, sure as you're born
She done moved to Kansas city, honey where they don't allow you
Now I went down on Main street, I turned on Beale
I was looking for gal they call Lucille
She done moved to Kansas city, sure as you're born
She done moved to Kansas city, sure as you're born
She done moved to Kansas city, honey where they don't allow you
It takes a rocking chair to rock, a rubber ball to roll
A brown skin woman to satisfy my soul
She done moved to Kansas city, sure as you're born
She done moved to Kansas city, sure as you're born
She done moved to Kansas city, honey where they don't allow you
Now I 've got a woman, I've got a bull dog too
My woman don't love me, but my bull dog too
I've got to move to Kansas city, sure as you're born
I'm gonna move to Kansas city, sure as you're born
I'm gonna move baby, honey where they don't allow you
Part 2
Spoken:
That was the Kansas City by the one and only Jim Jackson, guitar player from Memphis, Tennessee, back in the early twenties. This is by the one and only Big Joe Turner:
Well I been to Kansas City, girls and everything was really all right
You know the boys jump and swing until the broad daylight
Well I dreamed last night, I was standing on 18th and Vine
I shook hands with Piney Brown and I could hardly keep from crying
Well, Come to me baby, I wanna tell you why I'm in love with you
Please come to me baby, I wanna tell you why I'm in love with you
Because you understand, every little thing I do
I wanna watch you baby, while the tears roll down your cheek
Yes, I wanna watch you baby, while the tears roll down your cheek
I wanna hold your hand, and tell you that your kind can't be beat
Tell you that your kind can't be beat
Part 3
Spoken:
And the one I know by Little Willie Littlefield:
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women there, and I'm gonna get me one
I'm gonna be standing on the corner, Twelfth Street and Vine
I'm gonna be standing on the corner, Twelfth Street and Vine
With my Kansas City baby, And a bottle of cherry wine
Well I might take a train, I may take a plane
But if I have to walk, I'm goin' just the same
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women there, and I'm gonna get me one
Now if I stay with that woman, I know I'm gonna die
Gotta find a brand new baby, That's the reason why
I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women there, And I'm gonna get me one
They got some crazy little women there, And I'm gonna get me one
They got some crazy little women there, And I'm gonna get me one