Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) - Woody Herman

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 talkin’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 fallin'

Hear the train a callin'

Whoo-ee

(My Mama done told me)

Hear that lonesome whistle

Blowin' 'cross the trestle

Whoo-ee

(My Mama done told me)

A whoo-ee-duh whoo-ee

Ol' clickety clack’s a echoin' back the blues

In the night

From Natchez to Mobile

From Memphis to St. Joe

Wherever the four winds blow

Yeah I’ve 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 you to sing the blues

In the night