MAIL MAN BLUES
(Lee Morse)


Lee Morse - 1924



 
  
Two weeks ago today my daddy went away
And promised me to write every night
Now you know how they are when they get away so far
They just can’t treat a gal right
Now all I do is sit and wait
Thinkin' his love has turned to hate
I got the mail man blues, just waitin’ for the news
That my daddy’s comin’ home

I've got the mail man blues 
Because my daddy don’t choose 
To let other women alone
Ever since the day when he went away
All I can do is just hope and pray 
That man I once knew
And he’ll get the blues 
I've got the mail man blues 

When a woman gets blue
She hang her head and cry, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
When a woman gets blue
She hang her head and cry
But when a man gets blue
He catch a train and ride 

A man in Memphis
One in Missouri too, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
A man in Memphis, oooh
One in Missouri too
My man in Memphis don’t love me
Man in Missouri do 

Oh, a black-headed woman
Make a good man leave this town, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
I said a black-headed woman
Make a preacher lay his Bible down
But a red-headed woman
Make a boy spank his pappy down, yes, yes
I got the mail man blues, oh, oh
I ain’t got no good news
 
 




(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2012)