johnny mercer'ın sözlerini yazdığı ve harold arlen'in bestelediği 1941 tarihli ünlü şarkı. aynı isimli filmde ilk kez william gillespie tarafından seslendirilmiştir. mercer'ın çalışma tekniğine uygun şekilde önce arlen tarafından bestelenmiş, daha sonra mercer tarafından sözleri yazılmıştır. aynı yıl oscar ödüllerinde en iyi şarkı dalında heykele aday olmuş, ancak the last time i saw paris'e kaptırmıştır. sözleri şöyledir;

my mama done tol' me when i was in pigtails
my mama done tol' me, "hon
a man's gonna sweet talk and give ya the big eye
but when the sweet talkin's done

a man is a two-face
a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing
the blues in the night"

now the rain's a-fallin'
hear the train's a callin', whooee
my mama done tol' me
hear dat lonesome whistle
blowin' 'cross the trestle, whooee!

my mama done tol' me, a-whooee-ah-whooee
ol' clickety-clack's a-echoin'
back th' blues in the night
the evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin'
and the moon'll hide it's light
when you get the blues in the night

take my word, the mockingbird'll sing
the saddest kind o' song
he knows things are wrong
and he's right

from natchez to mobile, from memphis to st. joe
wherever the four winds blow
i been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk
but there is one thing i know

a man's a two-face
a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing
the blues in the night

the evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin'
and the moon'll hide it's light
when you get the blues
blues in the night

take my word, the mockingbird'll sing
the saddest kind o' song
he knows things are wrong
and he's right

from natchez to mobile, from memphis to st. joe
wherever the four winds blow, winds blow
i been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk
but there is one thing ı know

a man's a two-face
a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing
the blues in the night
yes, babe, only, only blues in the night

william gillespie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-doml2q4no

dinah shore - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnyulq8t9ns

ella fitzgerald - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5ow0hopdqy

julie london - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_vqs_fk1ia

peggy lee& the benny goodman orchestra - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrpghaxxtla

katie melua - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtjt-0rl5la

(sanver - 26 Kasım 2014 11:56)