I've been blue all day My man's gone away He left his mama cold For another gal, I'm told I tried to treat him kind I thought he would be mine That man I hate to lose That's why mama's got the blues! The man I love has left me in this town The man I love has gone and left me in this town And if it keeps on a-snowing, I will be New Orleans bound Mailman passed by but he didn't leave no news Mailman passed by but he didn't leave no news I'll tell the world he left me cryin'; I got the New Orleans blues These men up north, they sure do make me tired These men up north, they surely do make me tired They've got a mouth full of gimme, and a hand full of much obliged I dreamed last night that my bed was fallin' down I dreamed last night that my bed was fallin' down But it was only the bedbugs makin' their last go-round