Wrong Black Mare

	Mama’s little baby won’t hush down
	She’s spookin’ all the hens and the old milk cow
	Rest your head in the cradle now
	Ain’t no one gonna hear a sound
	Daddy laid it all on the wrong black mare
	Hopped the next train to God knows where
	But God don’t go where your daddy’s gone
	Where the cowards and the fools belong
	Mama waited up on the porch all night
	Waited up ‘til the morning light
	She fed those hens and she milked that cow
	Then she got behind the old man’s plow
	And late last night a bad man came
	Screamin’ curses at your daddy’s name
	You woke screamin’ to a frightening sound
	And your mama laying on the ground
	A bad man running down the back door stairs
	Blame it all on the wrong black mare
	Mama’s little baby won’t hush down
	She’s spookin’ all the hens and the old milk cow
	Rest your head in the cradle now
	Ain’t no one gonna hear a sound

	Mama' s little baby won' t hush down
	She' s spookin' all the hens and the old milk cow
	Rest your head in the cradle now
	Ain' t no one gonna hear a sound
	Daddy laid it all on the wrong black mare
	Hopped the next train to God knows where
	But God don' t go where your daddy' s gone
	Where the cowards and the fools belong
	Mama waited up on the porch all night
	Waited up ' til the morning light
	She fed those hens and she milked that cow
	Then she got behind the old man' s plow
	And late last night a bad man came
	Screamin' curses at your daddy' s name
	You woke screamin' to a frightening sound
	And your mama laying on the ground
	A bad man running down the back door stairs
	Blame it all on the wrong black mare
	Mama' s little baby won' t hush down
	She' s spookin' all the hens and the old milk cow
	Rest your head in the cradle now
	Ain' t no one gonna hear a sound