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"

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

Whooee whooee

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 man's a two-face

A worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing

The blues in the night

Whooee whooee

My mama with like the talk give the eye