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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Frank Sinatra
Vocals
Larry Walsh
Remixer
Nelson Riddle
Conductor
Felix Slatkin
Conductor
Bill Miller
Piano
Gus Bivona
Alto Saxophone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Harold Arlen
Composer
Johnny Mercer
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Larry Walsh
Studio Personnel
Dave Cavanaugh
Producer
Lyrics
My mama done told me
When I was in knee-pants
My mama done told me
Son, a woman'll sweet talk
And give ya the big eye
But when the sweet talkin's done
A woman's a two-face
A worrisome thing
Who'll leave ya to sing
The blues in the night
Now the rain's a-fallin'
Hear the train's a-callin, "Whooee!"
My mama done told me
Hear that lonesome whistle
Blowin' 'cross the trestle, "Whooee!"
My mama done told me
A-whooee-ah-whooee
Ol' clickety-clack's a-echoin' back
The blues in the night
The evenin' breeze will start the trees to cryin'
And the moon will hide its light
When you get the blues in the night
And take my word
The mockingbird'll sing
The saddest kind of song
He knows things are wrong
And he's so right
From Natchez to Mobile
From Memphis to St. Joe
Wherever the four winds they might blow
I've been in some big towns
And I heard me some big talk
But there is one thing I know
A woman's a two-face
A worrisome thing
Who'll leave ya to sing
The blues in the night, hmm, hmm
My mama was right
There's blues in the night
Writer(s): Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen
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