Two weeks ago today,
My daddy went away,
And promised me to write every night.
Now you know how they are,
When they get away so far,
They just can’t treat a gal right,
Now all I do is sit and wait,
Thinkin' his love has turned to hate.

I've got the mail man blues,
Just waitin’ for the news,
That my daddy’s comin’ home,
I've got the mail man blues,
Because my daddy don’t choose,
To let other women alone,
Ever since the day,
When he went away,
All I can do is just hope and pray,
That man I once knew,
And he’ll get the blues,
I've got the mail man blues. 

When a woman gets blue,
She hang her head and cry,
When a woman gets blue,
She hang her head and cry,
But when a man gets blue,
He catch a train and ride. 

A man in Memphis,
One in Missouri too.
A man in Memphis,
One in Missouri too.
My man in Memphis don’t love me,
Man in Missouri do. 

Oh a black-headed woman,
Make a good man leave this town.
I said a black-headed woman,
Make a preacher lay his Bible down.
But a red-headed woman,
Make a boy spank his pappy down, yes, yes.

I got the mail man blues, oh, oh.

I ain’t got no good news.