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 eye
But when that sweet talkin's done
A woman's a two-face
A worrisome thing
That'll leave you to sing
The blues in the night."

Now the rain's a-fallin'
Here the train a-callin'
Oo-wee
Hear that lonesome whistle
Blowin' cross the trestle
Oo-wee
A clickety-clack's
A echoin' back
The blues in the night
From Natchez to Mobile
From Memphis to St. Joe
Wherever the four winds blow
I been in somе big towns
An' heard me some big talk
But thеre is one thing I know
A woman's a two-face
A worrisome thing
Who'll leave you to sing
The blues in the night