A D A E A What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name {Verse 1] A E D A Thirty some odd years ago a young man came to Memphis A E D A Asking bout a rose that used to blossom in his world A E D A People never took the time to mind the young man's questions A E D A ‘Till one day they heard him ask a little green-eyed girl [Chorus] A D E A What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name A D A E Does she ever talk about a place called New Orleans A E A D Has she ever mentioned a man named Buford Wilson A D A E A What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name Key Change Capo 2 [Verse 2] A E D A Twenty some odd years ago a drunkard down in Memphis A E D A Lost a month of life in labor to the county jail A E D A Just because he asked a little green-eyed girl a question A E D A And offered her a nickels worth of candy if she'd tell Key Change Capo 3 [Verse 3] A E D A A year and some odd days ago an old man died in Memphis A E D A Just another wayward soul the county'd have to pay A E D A Inside the old man's ragged coat they found a faded letter A E D A It said you have a daughter and her eyes are Wilson green [Chorus] A D E A What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name A D A E Does she ever talk about a place called New Orleans A E A D Has she ever mentioned a man named Buford Wilson A D A E A What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name A D A E Asus4 A What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name?