My mama done tol' me, when I was in knee-pants My mama done tol' me, " Son a woman'll sweet talk" And give ya the big eye, but when the sweet talkin's done A woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing She'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
From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe, Wherever the four winds blow I been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk, But there is one thing I know A woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing She'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night