Not Allowed

Now let me tell you a story
Now says, let me tell you a story
Oh now it's sad but true
Oh now it's sad but true
I woke up one early morning
I woke up one early morning
My father knocked on my door
My father knocked on my door

He said:- Son, something terrible has happened
Son, something terrible has happened
Your mother is dead and gone
Your mama's dead and gone

Now up the stairs then came my sister
Now up my stairs then came my sister
Teardrops falling from her eyes
Teardrops were falling from her eyes

She said:- There's one thing a mother's not allowed to do
There's one thing a mother's not allowed to do
A mother is not allowed to die
A mother is not allowed to die

Now well so we went to see her
Mm, so we went to see her
It all now felt so unreal
It all felt so unreal

Me and my sister held our mother's hand
Me and my sister held our mama's hand
Even then we could not understand
Even then we could not understand

My mother wrote a note just before she died
My mother wrote a note just before she died
It said:- Why? I'm but 49 years old
- Why? I'm 49 years old