Words & Music by Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen, 1941
Recorded by Rosemary Clooney, 1952 (#17)
Written for a film called Hot Nocturne, this song became so popular that the movie
was re-titled Blues in the Night
[CHORUS] . . . [A] My mama done tol' me, when I was in kneepants, My mama done tol' me, [A7] "Son. . . A woman'll [D7] sweet talk, and give ya the big eye, [B7] Then when the [E7] sweet talkin's [A] done . . . A [E7] woman's a two-face, a [Am7] worrisome thing who'll [E7] leave ya singin' The [A] blues [D9] in the [A] night."
Refrain:
[A7] Now the rain's a-fallin', [E7] hear the [Am7] train a- [D7] -callin',
[A] "Whoo-ee." (My mama done tol' me,)
[D9] Hear that lonesome whistle [Dm6] blowin' 'cross the [E7] trestle,
[A] "Whoo-ee." (My mama done tol' me.)
A [E7] whoo-ee-duh whoo-ee, Ol' [B7] clickety clack's a- [E7] -echoin' back the [A7] blues [D9] in the [A] night.
[CHORUS]
