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Walking in Memphis with " the King"




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Walking in Memphis
(Marc Cohn)
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Listen to the song and�complete the lyrics with the missing words:
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Put on my blue suede�


(I) boarded

Touched �in the land of the Delta Blues

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In the� of the pouring rain

W.C. Handy won't you look down over me
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Yeah I got a first class

But I'm as �as a boy can be

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Then I'm walking in Memphis

Walking with my�
ten feet off of Beale

Walking in Memphis

But do I really�
the way I feel�

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the ghost of Elvis

On Union Avenue�

him up to the gates of Graceland

Then I watched him walk right through

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Now security they did not see him
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They just hovered 'round his tomb
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But there's a pretty little thing
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Waiting for�
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Down in the�
Room


(Chorus)


They've got catfish on the table

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They've got gospel in the air

And Reverend Green be glad to see you

When you haven't got a prayer

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But boy you've got a prayer in Memphis
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Now Muriel�
the piano

Every Friday at the Hollywood

And they brought me down to see her
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And they asked me if I would

Do a little�

And I sang with all my might
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She said

"Tell me are you a Christian child?"

(And) I said "Ma'am I am
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(Chorus)
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Put on my blue suede shoes
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(I) boarded the plane
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Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
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In the middle of the pouring rain

Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues

In the middle of the pouring rain
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Read the lyrics again and find the right word for each definition:
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1. A blues composer and musician �known as the "Father of the Blues"��
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2. Elvis Presley�s home in Memphis, Tennessee� �
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3. An American Gospel and Soul music singer who became a pastor later in his life

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4. A type of music that tells a religious story through a song. It is used to praise and thank God
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5. One of the first �Rock and Roll� song recorded in 1955. It has elements of Blues, Country and Pop

�� Music of the time
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6. One of the earliest styles of blues music. It originated in the Mississippi Delta�
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7. One of the most popular American singers of the 20th century called the "King of Rock and Roll" or
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���simply "the King" �
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