Blind Willie McTell — Statesboro Blues

[Verse 1] 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? [Verse 2] 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 [Verse 3] She's a mighty mean woman, do me this a-way She's a mighty mean woman, do me this a-way When I leave this town, pretty mama, I'm goin' away to stay [Verse 4] I once loved a woman, better than any I'd ever seen I once loved a woman, better than any I'd ever seen Treated me like I was a king and she was a doggone queen [Verse 5] Sister, tell your brother, brother tell your auntie Now 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 [Verse 6] Big Eighty left Savannah, Lord, and did not stop You ought to saw that colored fireman when he got them 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 [Verse 7] Mama, Sister got 'em, Auntie got 'em Brother got 'em, friends 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