My Black Mama (Parts 1&2)

Lyrics

===(Part 1)=== [Verse 1] Well black mama what's the matter with you today Ain't satisfactory don't care what I do Hey mama what's the matter with you Baby, it ain't satisfactory, baby, I don't care what I do [Verse 2] You say a brown-skin woman will make a rabbit move to town Say a jet black woman will make a mule kick his stable down A brown-skin woman will make a rabbit move to town A real black woman will make a mule kick his stable down [Verse 3] Yeah it ain't no heaven now and it ain't no burning hell Said I where I'm going when I die, can't nobody tell It ain't no heaven now and it ain't no burning hell Oh where I'm going when I die, can't nobody tell [Verse 4] Well my black mama's face shine like the sun Oh lipstick and powder sure won't help her none My black mama's face shine like the sun Oh lipstick and powder sure won't help her none [Verse 5] Well, if you see my milkcow tell her to hurry home I ain't had no milk since that cow been gone If you see my milkcow tell her to hurry home Yeah, I ain't had no milk since that cow been gone [Verse 6] Well I'm going to the race track to see my pony run He ain't the best in the world but he's a running son of a gun I'm going to the race track to see my pony run He ain't the best in the world but he's a running son of a gun [Verse 7] Oh Lord have mercy on my wicked soul I wouldn't mistreat you baby for my weight in gold Oh Lord have mercy on my wicked soul Mmm ===(Part 2)=== [Verse 8] Well, I solemnly swear Lord, I raise my right hand That I'm going to get me a woman, you get you another man I solemnly swear Lord, I raise my right hand That I'm going to get me a woman, you get you another man [Verse 9] I got a letter this morning how do you reckon it read Oh hurry, hurry gal you love is dead I got a letter this morning how do you reckon it read Oh hurry, hurry gal you love is dead [Verse 10] I grabbed my suitcase I took on up the road I got there she was lying on the cooling board I grabbed my suitcase I took on up the road Oh when I got there she laying on the cooling board [Verse 11] Well, I walked up close I looked down in her face Good old gal got to lay there till the Judgment Day I walked up close and I looked down in her face [???] Good old gal got to lay there till the Judgment Day [Spoken:] [?], I feel lowdown this evening [Verse 12] Oh my woman's so black she stays apart of this town Can't nothing go when the poor gal is around My black mama she stays apart of this town Oh, can't nothing go when the poor gal is around [Verse 13] Oh, some people tell me the worried blues ain't bad It's the worst old feeling that I ever had Some people tell me the worried blues ain't bad But it's the worst old feeling , Lord, that I ever had [Verse 14] Mmm, I fold my arms and I walked away That's all right mama your troubles will come some day I fold my arms, Lord, I walked away That's all right mama your troubles will come some day