My mama done tol' mewhen I was in knee-pants

My mama done tol' me" son a woman'll sweet talk"

And

Give ya the big eyebut when the sweet talkin's done

A woman's a two-facea worrisome thing who'll

Leave ya to sing the blues in the night



Now the rain's a-fallin'hear the train's a-callin

"whooee!"

(my mama done tol' me) hear dat lonesome whistle blowin' 'cross the trestle"whooee!"

(my

Mama done tol' me) a-whooee-ah-whooee ol' clickety-clack's a-echoin' back th' blues in the night

The

Evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin' and the moon'll hide it's light when you get the blues in

The night

Take my wordthe mockingbird'll sing the saddest kind o' songhe knows things are wrong

And he's right



From natchez to mobilefrom memphis to st. joewherever the four winds blow

I been

In some big towns an' heard me some big talkbut there is one thing I know

A woman's a two-facea

Worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night



My mama was rightthere's blues in