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 she s a mighty mean woman do me this a way she s a mighty mean woman do me this a way when i leave this town pretty mama i m goin away to stay i once loved a woman better than any i d ever seen i once loved a woman better than any i d ever seen treated me like i was a king and she was a doggone queen sister tell your brother brother tell your auntie now auntie tell your uncle uncle tell my cousin now cousin tell my friend goin up the country mama don t you want to go may take me a fair brown may take one or two more big eighty left savannah lord and did not stop you ought to saw that colored fireman when he got them boiler hot you can reach over in the corner mama and hand me my travelin shoes you know by that i ve got them statesboro blues mama sister got em auntie 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 grandma and grandpa had em too