A D A E A
What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name
{Verse 1]
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Thirty some odd years ago a young man came to Memphis
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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
[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
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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]
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Twenty some odd years ago a drunkard down in Memphis
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Lost a month of life in labor to the county jail
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Just because he asked a little green-eyed girl a question
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And offered her a nickels worth of candy if she'd tell
Key Change Capo 3
[Verse 3]
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A year and some odd days ago an old man died in Memphis
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Just another wayward soul the county'd have to pay
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Inside the old man's ragged coat they found a faded letter
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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?
