[Verse] 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 the sweet talking's done A woman's a two-face, A worrisome thing who'll Leave you to sing the blues in the night Now the rain's a-falling, hear the train's a-calling "Whooee!" (My mama done told me) Hear dat lonesome whistle blowing Across the trestle, "Whooee!" (My mama done told me) A-whooee-ah-whooee old clickety-clack's A-echoing back the blues in the night The evening breeze'll start the trees to crying And the moon'll hide its light when you get the blues in the night Take my word, the mockingbird'll sing the saddest kind Of song, he knows things are wrong, and he's right From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe Wherever the four winds blow I been In some big towns and heard me some big talk But there is one thing I know a woman's a two-face, a Worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night My mama was right, there's blues in