Blues in the Night Ann Hampton Callaway

My mama done tol' me
When I was in pigtails
My mama done tol' me, " Hon
A man's gonna sweet talk
And give ya the big eye
But when the sweet talkin's done
A man is a two-face
A worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing
The blues in the night"

From Natchez to Mobile
From Memphis to St. Joe
Wherever the four winds blow
I've been in some big towns
And I've heard me some big talk
But there is one thing I know
A man is a two-face
A worrisome thing
Who'll leave ya to sing
The blues in the night

Now the rain's a-fallin'
Hear that train 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 echoin' back
The blues in the night