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| Statesboro Blues (Blind Willie McTell) Wake up darling, turn your lamp down low Wake up darling, turn your lamp down low Have you got the nerve to drive a woman from your door 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, I ain't good lookin', I'm some sweet man's angel child He's a mighty mean man, to treat me this a-way Lordy, a mighty mean man, to treat me this a-way Said I'm gonnna leave your town, sweet daddy, going away to stay I once loved a woman, better than I ever seen I once loved a woman, better than I ever seen Treat me like I was a king and she was a doggone queen Sister, tell your Brother, Brother tell your Auntie, Auntie, tell your Uncle, Uncle tell my Cousin, Cousin tell my friend Goin' up the country, Mama, don't you want to go? May take me a fair brown, may take me one or two more Big Eighty left Savannah, Lord, and did not stop You ought to saw that colored fireman when he got that boiler hot Reach over in the corner, hand me my travelin' shoes You know by that, I got them Statesboro blues Mama got 'em, papa got 'em Sister got 'em, mama got 'em Woke up this morning, we had them Statesboro blues Reach over in the corner, hand me my travelin' shoes You know by that, I got them Statesboro blues |