What's Your Mama's Name, Child
What's your mama's name, child?
What's your mama's name?
30 some odd years ago
A young man came to Memphis
Askin' 'bout a rose that used to blossom in his world
People never took the time
To mind the young man's questions
Until one day they heard him ask
A little green-eyed girl
What's your mama's name, child
What's your mama's name
And does she ever talk about
A place called New Orleans
Has she ever mentioned
A man named Buford Wilson?
What's your mama's name child?
What's your mama's name?
20 some odd years ago
A drunkard down in Memphis
Lost a month of life and labor
To the county jail
Just because he asked a little green-eyed girl a question
And offered her a nickel's worth of candy if she'd tell
A year and some odd days ago
An old man died in Memphis
Just another wayward soul
The county had to claim
Inside the old man's ragged coat
They found a faded letter
It said you have a daughter
And her eyes are Wilson green
What's your mama's name, child?
What's your mama's name?
Does she ever talk about
A place called New Orleans?
Has she ever mentioned
A man named Buford Wilson?
What's your mama's name, child?
What's your mama's name?
What's your mama's name, child?
What's your mama's name?
What's your mama's name?
30 some odd years ago
A young man came to Memphis
Askin' 'bout a rose that used to blossom in his world
People never took the time
To mind the young man's questions
Until one day they heard him ask
A little green-eyed girl
What's your mama's name, child
What's your mama's name
And does she ever talk about
A place called New Orleans
Has she ever mentioned
A man named Buford Wilson?
What's your mama's name child?
What's your mama's name?
20 some odd years ago
A drunkard down in Memphis
Lost a month of life and labor
To the county jail
Just because he asked a little green-eyed girl a question
And offered her a nickel's worth of candy if she'd tell
A year and some odd days ago
An old man died in Memphis
Just another wayward soul
The county had to claim
Inside the old man's ragged coat
They found a faded letter
It said you have a daughter
And her eyes are Wilson green
What's your mama's name, child?
What's your mama's name?
Does she ever talk about
A place called New Orleans?
Has she ever mentioned
A man named Buford Wilson?
What's your mama's name, child?
What's your mama's name?
What's your mama's name, child?
What's your mama's name?
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Writer(s): Earl Montgomery, Dallas Frazier
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