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What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name |
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Thirty some odd years ago a young man came to |
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Memphis Asking bout a rose that used to blossom in his world |
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People never took the time to mind the young man's questions |
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Till one day they heard him ask a little green eyed girl |
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What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name |
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Does she ever talk about a place called |
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New Orleans |
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Has she ever mentioned a man named |
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Buford Wilson |
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What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name |
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Twenty some odd years ago a drunkard down in |
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Memphis Lost a month of life and labored to the country jail |
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Just because he asked a little green eyed girl a question |
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And offered her a nickel's worth of candy if she'd tell |
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A year and some odd days ago an old man died in |
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Memphis Just another wayward soul the county had to claim |
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Inside the old man's ragged coat they found a faded letter |
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That said you have a daughter and her eyes are |
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Wilson green |
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What's your mama's name child... |
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What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name |