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My mamma done tol' me,
when i was in knee pants,
my mamma 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 who'll leave ya t' sing
the blues in the night"
Now the rain's a-fallin'
hear the train a-callin' "whoo-ee"!
(my mamma done tol' me.)
hear that lonesome whistle
blowin 'cross the trestle, "whooee,"
(my mamma done tol' me.)
a whooee-a-whooee,
ol' clickety clack's a-echo-in' back the blues in the night
(hum---)
my mamma was right, there's blues in the night