Spoken: Ah, Lord, have mercy on poor me! I can't sleep at night, baby, and the jinx does got poor me I can't sleep at night and the, jinx does got poor me And since my woman's been gone, then the blues won't let me be Blues, blues, blues, don't worry my mind so long Oh, blues, blues, blues, don't worry my mind so long Because I'm a hard-lucked man, God, I ain't done nothin' wrong My Mama told me, "Son, don't weep and moan" My Mama told me, Lord, "Son, don't weep and moan These ugly women will be here, when you're dead and gone" Lord, I been a dog in your family, mama, I been drove from door to door I been a dog in your family, drove from door to door Lordy, if my mind don't change, then I won't knock here no more Lord, when I was a infant baby, lyin' in my Mother's arms Ah, when I was a infant, Lord, lyin' in my Mother's arms You know you told me, Mama, you wa'n't to going to do me no harm