Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell

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 mom 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 looking

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 going away to stay

While I loved a woman better than even I'd ever seen

I once loved a woman better than I'd ever seen

Treat me like I was a king and she was a doggone queen

Sister tell your brother brother tell your now auntie

Auntie tell your uncle uncle tell my cousin now cousin tell my friend

Goin'up the country mama don't you want to go

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

Big eighty left savannah lord and did not stop

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

You can reach over in the corner mama and my hand me travelin'shoes

You know by that I've got them statesboro blues

Mama sister got 'em auntie got 'em

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

Up woke this morning we had them statesboro blues

I looked over in the corner grandma and grandpa had 'em too