Lord I woke up this morning : with the blues all around 
my baby's bed
I turned my face to the wall : baby these are the words 
I said
Lordy it's sweet to mama : now mama where you stay last 
night
Because your clothes all wrinkled : mama and your hair 
sure ain't fixed up right
Lord it's two drops of water : Lord and one or two 
grains of sand
Now babe the blues ain't nothing : but a woman want to 
see her man
Lord it's two pretty steamers : Lord they running along 
side by side
And now you know my good gal : I can't keep her 
satisfied
Lord my mama told me : Lord when I was a child
You having good times now : you have trouble after 
awhile
If I just had a?listened : to just what my mama said
I would have been at home : trying to live good and
Lord when you see the spider : Lord a?running up and 
down the wall
He must be going somewhere : great God to try and have 
his ashes hauled
I said a?weeping Mary : now Mary don't you weep no more
And now stop and take your time : and do your work 
everywhere you go