Standard (EADGBE)

WHAT'S YOUR MAMA'S NAME CHILD WHAT'S YOUR MAMA'S NAME

THIRTY SOME ODD YEARS AGO

A YOUNG MAN CAME TO MEMPHIS

ASKING BOUT A ROSE THAT USED TO BLOSSOM IN HIS WORLD

PEOPLE NEVER TOOK THE TIME

TO MIND THE YOUNG MAN'S QUESTIONS

TILL ONE DAY THEY HEARD HIM ASK A LITTLE GREEN EYED GIRL

CHO:

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

TWENTY SOME ODD YEARS AGO

DRUNKARD DOWN IN MEMPHIS

LOST A MONTH OF LIFE IN LABOR TO THE COUNTY JAIL

JUST BECAUSE HE ASKED A LITTLE GREEN EYED GIRL A QUESTION

AND OFFERED HER A NICKELS WORTH OF CANDY IF SHE'D TELL

REPEAT CHO:

A YEAR AND SOME ODD DAYS AGO

AN OLD MAN DIED IN MEMPHIS

JUST ANOTHER WAYWARD SOUL THE COUNTY'D HAVE TO PAY

INSIDE THE OLD MAN'S RAGGED COAT

THEY FOUND FADED LETTER

IT SAID YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER

AND HE EYES ARE WILSON GREEN

REPEAT CHO: 2X'S