Luyện nghe bài hát Tupelo Blues

(John Lee 1959)

A song which was a likely inspiration for Tupelo. Nick's is also available.

Tupelo Blues - John Lee Hooker (3:23) (from the album The Country Of John Lee Hooker, Riverside 1959). Recorded several more times, issued as Vee Jay single "Tupelo (Backwater Blues) / Dusty Road", June 1960; also on 1962 Vee Jay album "The Folklore of John Lee Hooker" as "Tupelo". Also issued a live recording from Newport Folk Festival in the early 60s.

Did ya read about the
Happened long ago,
In Tupelo, Mississippi.
were thousands o' lives,
Destroyed.

It rained, it rained,
Both and day.
The people was worried.
have no place to go.
Could hear may people, "Lord!"
mercy!"
'Cause the only one,
we can turn to"
Happened a long ago.
A town,
Way in Mississippi,
In

Hm-mm, Hm-mm, Hm-mm-mm,
Hm-mm, Hm-mm, Hm-mm-mm,
Hm- mm, Hm-mm-mm,
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There was women, and was children,
were screamin' an' cryin',
Cryin', "Lord, mercy!
You're the one now, that we can turn to."

Way back down in Mississippi, a country town.
I know ya about it,
'Cause never forget it.
The mighty in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Been ago.

Hm-mm, Hm-mm-mm,
Oh-hoh, Oh- hoh

Oh-hmm, Lord, mercy!
Wasn't a mighty time? Tupelo's gone.