Statesboro Blues

Wake up mama, and turn your lamp down low
Wake up mama, and turn your lamp down low
You've got the nerve to tell me got
Another man at your back door

Once had a woman
The prettiest thing I have ever seen
Once had a woman
 the prettiest thing I have ever seen
She treated me like a king and
She was a doggone queen

My daddy left me reckless
My mama left me wild
Oh, my mama left me reckless, my
Daddy left me wild, wild, wild
I know I ain't good lookin' but
I'm some sweet woman's angel child

Well, my brother's got 'em
My sister's got 'em
My uncle's got 'em, Lord, everybody's got 'em
When I woke up this morning
I had them Statesboro blues
I looked over in the corner
And grandma 'n grandpa had 'em too

Now, I'm goin' up the county, mama
Don't you wanna go?
I'm goin' up the county, mama
Don't you wanna go?
It may take a thousand and it
May take one or two more

Now, Big Eighty left Savannah, Lord
She did not stop
Tell that colored fireman when his
Boiler got red hot
Will you reach in the corner, mama
And hand me my travelin' shoes
When I woke up this morning, Lord
I had them Statesboro blues

Because my brother's got 'em
My sister's got 'em
My uncle's got 'em, Lord, everybody's got 'em
When I woke up this morning
I had them Statesboro blues
Looked over in the corner
Grandma 'n grandpa had 'em too