Forty some odd years ago a young man came to Memphis
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Askin' about 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 New Orleans
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Has she ever mentioned a man named 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 Memphis
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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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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 New Orleans
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Has she ever mentioned a man named Buford Wilson
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What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name?
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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 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've got a daughter and her eyes are Wilson green.
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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 New Orleans
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Has she ever mentioned a man named Buford Wilson
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What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name?
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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 New Orleans
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Has she ever mentioned a man named Buford Wilson
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What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name?...
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What's Your Mama's Name Child
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| Bobby Bare |
