Standard (EADGBE)

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Oh, the / path was deep and / wide, from footsteps / leading to our / cabin,

A - / bove the door there / burned a scarlet / lamp, and

Late at night, a / hand would knock and / there would stand a / stranger,

I'm the son of / Hick'ry Holler's / tramp.

Mama sacri - / ficed her pride, and / neighbors started / talkin',

But / I was much too / young to under - / stand the things they / said,

The / things that mattered / most of all was / Mama's chicken / dumplin's, and

A / goodnight kiss be- / fore we went to / bed.

When / Daddy left, and / destitution / came upon our / fam'ly,

Not one neighbor / volunteered to / give a helpin' / hand,

So / let 'em gossip / all they want; she / loved us and she / raised us.

The / proof is standing / here, a full grown / man.

Last / summer Mama / passed away and / left the ones who / loved her,

Each and ev'ry / one is more than / grateful for his / birth,

Each / Sunday she receives a / fresh bou - / quet of fourteen / roses, and

A / card that says, " To the / greatest Mom on / earth."

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