Blues in the Night [Take B]

Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer

My mama done tol' me,
When I was in knee pants,
My mama 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 mama done tol' me)
Hear that lonesome whistle
Blowin' `cross the trestle,
Whoo-ee (my mama done tol' me)
A whoo-ee-duh-whoo-ee, ol' clickety clack's
A-echoin' back the blues in the night

The evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin'
And the moon'll hide its light
When you get the blues in the night

Take my word, the mockin' bird'll
Sing the saddest kind o' song
He knows things are wrong and he's right

From Natchez to Mobile,
From Memphis to St. Jo,
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 woman's a two face,
A worrisome thing
Who'll leave ya t'sing the blues in the night.

My mama was right,
There's blues in the night.

Trivia about the song Blues in the Night [Take B] by Big Joe Turner

When was the song “Blues in the Night [Take B]” released by Big Joe Turner?
The song Blues in the Night [Take B] was released in 1997, on the album “Complete Jazz Series 1941-1946”.
Who composed the song “Blues in the Night [Take B]” by Big Joe Turner?
The song “Blues in the Night [Take B]” by Big Joe Turner was composed by Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer.

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