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My mama done tol' me
When I was in pigtails
My mama done tol' me
A man's gonna sweet-talk and give you the big eyes
But when the sweet-talking's done
A man is a two-face, a worrisome thing
Who'll leave you to sing the blues in the night
Now the rain's a-fallin'
Hear the train a-callin, whoo-ee!
My mama done tol' me
Hear that lonesome whistle blowin' 'cross the trestle, whoo-ee!
My mama done tol' me
A-whooee-ah-whooee ol' clickety-clack's
A-echoin' back th' blues in the night
The evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin'
And the moon'll hide it's light
When you get the blues in the night
Take my word, the mockingbird'll sing the saddest kind o' 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
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 you to sing the blues in the night
The evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin'
And the moon'll hide it's light
When you get the blues in the night
Take my word, the mockingbird'll sing the saddest kind o' 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
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
Yes the lonely, lonely blues in the night
- Album:
- Miscellaneous
- Lullabies of Birdland
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
- For Sentimental Reasons
- Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to...
- Sweet and Hot
- Songs in a Mellow Mood
- Ella Sings Gershwin
- Definitive Gold
- Ella Swings Gently With Nelson
- Autograph
- Ella Fitzgerald (Seven Classic Albums)
- Lady Jazz
- Ella In Hamburg (Live)
- Ella Fitzgerald: The Voice Of Jazz
- Lovely Jazz The Ladies Sing
- At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (Remastered)
- At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975
- Ella at Juan-Les-Pins
- Ella In Hollywood (Live At The Crescendo)