Good riddance, goodbye
Every trick of his, you're on to -
But fools will be fools, and where's he gone to?
The road gets rougher…
It's lonelier and tougher
With hope, you burn up
Tomorrow, he may turn up
There's just no let-up
The livelong night and day
Ever…
…since this world began
There is nothing sadder than
A one-man woman
Looking for the man that got away
Don't know why
There's…
…nothing what you've done"
And then there's Nancy
But she's too young or something else
And then there's Grace, a new heartbreaker
She…
…to find a job
And that's not easy all the time
'Cause yesterday is gone forever
Don't you know, it's so hard to survive
And still there's Nancy But…
…she already has a date
And still there's Grace, your own heartbreaker
She says: "I love you"
But you're no hero anymore…
…it all the time
"I'm going away to the end of the railroad track
Nothing but sweet Betty can bring me back
Dupree tol…
…' the lawyer, "Clear me if you can
For I have money to back me, sure as I'm a man
The lawyer tol' Dupree, You are a very brave man
But I think you…
…will go to jail and hang"
Dupree tol' the judge, "I am not so brave and bol'
But all I wanted was Betty's jelly roll…
Betty drink it all the time
"I'm going away to the end of the railroad track
Nothing but sweet Betty can bring me back
Dupree tol…
…' the lawyer, "Clear me if you can
For I have money to back me, sure as I'm a man
The lawyer tol' Dupree, you are a very brave man
But…
I think you will go to jail and hang"
Dupree tol' the judge, "I am not so brave and bol'
But all I wanted was Betty's jelly…
…away to the end of the railroad track
Nothing but sweet Betty can bring me back
Then he got his pistol, went…
…in that old Atlanta jail.
Dupree tol' the lawyer, "Clear me if you can
For I have money to back me, sure…
…as I'm a man
The lawyer tol' Dupree, You are a very brave man
But I think you will go to jail and hang"
Dupree tol' the judge, "I am not so brave and bol'
But…
My mama done tol' me,
When I was in pigtails
My mama done tol' me, " Hon,
A man's gonna sweet talk
And give ya the big eye,
But…
…to Mobile,
From Memphis to St. Joe,
Wherever the four winds blow
I've been in some big towns
And I've heard me some big talk,
But…
…the rain's a-fallin',
Hear that train a-callin, "Whooee!"
(My mama done tol' me)
Hear dat lonesome whistle
Blowin' 'cross the trestle, "Whooee…
Writer(s): Mercer/Arlen
My mama done tol' me, when I was in knee-pants
My mama done tol' 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 tol' me) Hear dat lonesome whistle blowin…
By Frank Sinatra (1992)
On album Concepts (1992)
My mama done tol' me when I was in knee-pants
My mama done tol' me,"Son, a woman'll sweet talk
And give ya the big eye, but…
…the rain's a-fallin', hear the train a-callin', "Whooee!"
My mama done tol' me, "Hear dat lonesome whistle blowin'
'Cross the trestle, "Whooee…
…!"
My mama done tol' me, "A-whooee-ah-whooee
Ol' clickety-clack's a-echoin' back th' blues in the night
The evenin' breeze…
My mama done tol' me, when I was in pigtails
My mama done tol' me, " Hon, a man's gonna sweet talk"
And give ya the big eye, but…
…the rain's a-fallin', hear the train's a-callin, "Whooee!"
(My mama done tol' me) Hear dat lonesome whistle blowin' 'cross…
…the trestle,
"Whooee!"
(My mama done tol' me) A-whooee-ah-whooee ol' clickety-clack's a-echoin' back
th' blues in the night
The evenin' breeze'll…
My mama done tol' me, when I was in knee-pants
My mama done tol' me, "Son a woman'll sweet talk"
And
Give ya the big eye, but…
…the rain's a-fallin', hear the train's a-callin,
"Whooee!"
(My mama done tol' me) Hear dat lonesome whistle blowin' 'cross…
…the trestle, "Whooee!"
(My mama done tol' me) A-whooee-ah-whooee ol' clickety-clack's a-echoin' back th' blues in the night
The evenin' breeze'll…
My mama done tol' me, when I was in knee-pants
My mama done tol' me, "Son, a woman'll sweet talk"
And give ya the big eye, but…
…the rain's a-fallin', hear the train a-callin, "Whooee!"
(My mama done tol' me) Hear that lonesome whistle blowin' 'cross…
…the trestle, "Whooee!"
(My mama done tol' me) A-whooee-dah-whooee o' clickety-clack's a-echoin' back the blues in the night
The evenin' breeze…
My momma done tol' me
When I was in knee-pants
My momma done tol' me, "Son, What did she tell you?
A woman gon' sweet-talk Yeah…
…!
And give you de glad-eyes, Ah, ahh..
But when that sweet-talk is done: Keep on a- talkin'
A woman's a two-faced
A worrisome thing…
…in some big towns, Yeah!
And I done heard me some big talk, Ahh,ahh...
But there's one thing I know: Keep…
My mama done tol' me, when I was in knee-pants
My mama done tol' me, "Son a woman'll sweet talk"
And give you the big eye, but…
…the rain's a-fallin', hear the train's a-callin, "Whooee!"
(My mama done tol' me) Hear that lonesome whistle blowin' 'cross…
…the trestle, "Whooee!"
(My mama done tol' me) A-whooee-ah-whooee ol' clickety-clack's a-echoin' back the blues in the night
The evenin' breeze'll…
My mama done tol' me, when I was in pigtails
My mama done tol' me, " Hon, a man's gonna sweet talk"
And give ya the big eye, but…
…the rain's a-fallin', hear the train's a-callin, "Whooee!"
(My mama done tol' me) Hear dat lonesome whistle blowin' 'cross…
…the trestle,
"Whooee!"
(My mama done tol' me) A-whooee-ah-whooee ol' clickety-clack's a-echoin' back
The blues in the night
The evenin' breeze'll…
My mama done tol' me,
When I was in pig tails,
My mama done tol' me,
Hon, A man is gonna sweet talk
give ya the big eye;
But…
…the rain's a fallin',
Hear the train a collin'
Whoo-ee (my mama done tol' me)
Hear the lonesome whistle
Blowin' cross the trestle,
Whoo-ee (my…
…mama done tol' me)
A whoo-ee-duh-whoo-ee, ol' clickety clack's
An echoin' back th' blues in the night
The evenin' breeze…