I'VE JUST TOLD MAMA GOODBYE
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Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr.
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Words and music by Curley Kinsey and Sunshine Slim Sweet
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[D] Each year on [A7] Mother's [D] day
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The rose I [G] wore was [D] red
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But [G] today I'm saying [D] my first prayer
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Mama's lying on her [A7] dying [D] bed.
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[D] I've just told [A7] Mama good-[D] bye
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Mother's day has [G] turned to [D] night
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Like the [G] flowers in May, she [D] withered away
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And my red rose is [A7] turning [D] white.
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This is the dreaded hour
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We all must face someday
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Yet there's consolation in my heart
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She will bloom in the Master's bouquet.
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Her time has come to go
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And there's nothing I can do
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Only hold her hand and say goodbye
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Mama's day with her children is through.
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I've just told Mama goodbye
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And knelt beside her bed
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I heard her say, "I'll meet you someday,
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Where the white roses turn to red."
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I'VE JUST TOLD MAMA GOODBYE
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Hank Williams |