Mama's Got The Blues
by Martin / Williams 
recording of 19 
from 
The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (Columbia/Legacy C2K-47091) 
Some people say that the weary blues ain't bad 
Some people say the weary blues ain't bad 
But it's the worst old feeling that I've ever had 
Woke up this morning, with the 
jinx 
around my bed 
I woke up this morning with the jinx around my bed 
I didn't have no daddy to hold my aching head 
Brown skin's deceitful, but a yellow man is worse 
Brown skin's deceitful, but a yellow man is worse 
I'm gonna get myself a black man and play safety first 
I got a man in Atlanta, two in Alabama, three in Chattanooga 
Four in Cincinnati, five in Mississippi, six in Memphis, Tennessee 
If you don't like my peaches, please let my orchard be