Blues In the Night

My mama done told me

When I was in knee pants

My mama done told me, son

A woman'll sweet talk

And give you the big eyes

But when that sweet talkin's done

A woman's a two-face

A worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing

The blues in the night

Now that rain's a-fallin'

Every train a-callin' hoo-wee

My mama done told me

Hear that lonesome whistle

Blowin' 'cross the trestle, hoo-wee

My mama done told me

A hoo-we-da-hoo-we or clickety-clack's

A-echoin' back the blues in the night

From Natchez to Mobile

From Memphis to St. George

Wherever the fall winds blow

I've been in some big towns

And heard me some big talk

But there is one thing I know

A woman's a two-faced

A worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing

The blues in the night