Been in business and I been in love
I used to fly high like a turtle dove
I had the blues many a time
Just a girl on a poor boy's mind.

I got the mournin' blues, oh so bad
Mama come a-kiss me, they're the worst I ever had.

A nickel's worth of grease and a dime's worth of lard
I would buy more but the times are too hard
There ain't no use for me to work so hard
'Cause I can live off the chickens in my neighbour's yard.

I got the mournin' blues, oh so bad
Mama come a-kiss me, they're the worst I ever had.

I woke up this mornin' with a pain in my head
So I crawled right back in bed
Alone in the mornin' makes you feel so sad
The lonesome blues make you feel so bad.

I got the mournin' blues, oh so bad
Mama come a-kiss me, they're the worst I ever had.