Blues in the Night
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Blues in the Night by William Gillespie
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Written for a film by the same name, this song appears in a scene when the two main characters are thrown in jail and hear a Black convict (William Gillespie) sing the song in a neighboring cell. The song was nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Song, but unexpectedly lost to “The Last Time I S...
Blues in the Night Lyrics
My mama done told me
When I was in knee pants
My mama done told me, "Son
A woman'll sweet-talk
And give you the big eye
But when that sweet talkin's done
A woman's a two-face
A worrisome thing
That'll leave you to sing
The blues in the night."
Now the rain's a-fallin'
Here the train a-callin'
Oo-wee
Hear that lonesome whistle
Blowin' cross the trestle
Oo-wee
A clickety-clack's
A echoin' back
The blues in the night
From Natchez to Mobile
From Memphis to St. Joe
Wherever the four winds blow
I been in somе big towns
An' heard me some big talk
But thеre is one thing I know
A woman's a two-face
A worrisome thing
Who'll leave you to sing
The blues in the night
Blues in the Night Q&A
Who wrote Blues in the Night's ?
Blues in the Night was written by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer.