[Verse 1]
Wake up, mama, turn your lamp down low
Wake up, mama, turn your lamp down low
Have you got the nerve to drive Papa McTell from your door?

[Verse 2]
My mother died and left me reckless
My daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild
Mother died and left me reckless
Daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild
No, I'm not good lookin' but I'm some sweet woman's angel child

[Verse 3]
She's a mighty mean woman, do me this a-way
She's a mighty mean woman, do me this a-way
When I leave this town, pretty mama, I'm goin' away to stay

[Verse 4]
I once loved a woman, better than any I'd ever seen
I once loved a woman, better than any I'd ever seen
Treated me like I was a king and she was a doggone queen

[Verse 5]
Sister, tell your brother, brother tell your auntie
Now auntie, tell your uncle, uncle tell my Cousin
Now cousin, tell my friend
Goin' up the country, mama, don't you want to go?
May take me a fair brown, may take one or two more

[Verse 1]
Wake up, mama, turn your lamp down low
Wake up, mama, turn your lamp down low
Have you got the nerve to drive Papa McTell from your door?

[Verse 2]
My mother died and left me reckless
My daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild
Mother died and left me reckless
Daddy died and left me wild, wild, wild
No, I'm not good lookin' but I'm some sweet woman's angel child

[Verse 3]
She's a mighty mean woman, do me this a-way
She's a mighty mean woman, do me this a-way
When I leave this town, pretty mama, I'm goin' away to stay

[Verse 4]
I once loved a woman, better than any I'd ever seen
I once loved a woman, better than any I'd ever seen
Treated me like I was a king and she was a doggone queen

[Verse 5]
Sister, tell your brother, brother tell your auntie
Now auntie, tell your uncle, uncle tell my Cousin
Now cousin, tell my friend
Goin' up the country, mama, don't you want to go?
May take me a fair brown, may take one or two more