- Version 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 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.
You're a mighty mean woman, to do me this a-way.
You're a mighty mean woman, to do me this a-way.
Going to leave this town, pretty mama, going away to stay.
I once loved a woman, better than I've ever seen.
I once loved a woman, better than I've 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, mama and hand me my travelin' shoes.
You know by that, I got them Statesboro blues.
Sister got 'em, daddy 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, grandpa and grandma had 'em too.
Version Allman Brothers Band:
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
You got no nerve babe, to turn Uncle John from your door.
I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro Blues.
I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro Blues.
Well, I looked over in the corner, and grandpa seemed to have them too.
Well my momma died and left me.
My poppa died and left me.
I ain't good lookin' baby,
But someone's sweet and kind
I'm goin' to the country, baby do you want to go.
If you can't make it baby, your sister Lucille said she wanna go
(and I sure will take her).
I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen.
I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen.
Well, she treats me like a king, I treat her like a dog gone queen.
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
You got no nerve, baby, to turn Uncle John from your door.