Statesboro Blues

Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low

Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low

Have you got the nerve to drive Papa McTell from your door?



My mother died and left me reckless,

my daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild

Mother died and left me reckless, Daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild

No, I'm not good lookin', but I'm some sweet woman's angel child



She's a mighty mean woman, to do me this a-way

She's a mighty mean woman, to do me this a-way

When I leave this town, pretty mama, I'm going away to stay



I once loved a woman, better than I ever seen

I once loved a woman, better than I ever seen

Treat me like I was a king and she was a dog-gone queen



Sister, tell your Brother,

Brother tell your Auntie, Auntie, tell your Uncle,

Uncle tell my Cousin, Cousin tell my friend

Goin' up the country, Mama, don't you want to go?

May take me a fair brown, may take me one or two more



Big Eighty left Savannah, Lord, and did not stop

You ought to saw that colored fireman when he got that boiler hot. You can

Reach over in the corner, Mama, and hand me my travelin' shoes

You know by that, I've got them Statesboro blues



Sister got 'em, Auntie got 'em

Brother got 'em, friend got 'em, I got 'em

Woke up this morning, we had them Statesboro blues

I looked over in the corner,

Grandma and Grandpa had 'em too.