When I leave this town, pretty mama, I'm going away to stay
You're a mighty mean woman, to do me this a way
You ought to saw that colored fireman when he got that boiler hot
I'm some sweet woman's Angel child
Have you got the nerve to drive Papa McTell from your door
May take me a fair brown, may take me one or two more
My mother died and left me reckless
You know by that, I've got them Statesboro blues
Treat me like I was a king and she was a doggone queen
Auntie tell your uncle, uncle tell my cousin now, cousin tell my friend
Mother died and left me reckless
Big Eighty left Savannah, Lord, and did not stop
Daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild
Sister, tell your brother, brother tell your auntie now
Brother got 'em, friend got 'em, I got 'em
No, I'm not good lookin'
My daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild
Mama, sister got 'em, auntie got 'em
While I loved a woman, better than even I'd ever seen
Goin' up the country, mama, don't you want to go?
I once loved a woman, better than even I'd ever seen
You're a mighty mean woman, to do me this a way
Woke up this morning, we had them Statesboro blues
You can reach over in the corner mama and hand me my travelin' shoes
