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What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name
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Thirty some odd years ago a young man came to Memphis
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Asking bout 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
C G D7
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
D7 C G
Twenty some odd years ago a drunkard down in Memphis
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Lost a month of life in labor to the county jail
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Just because he asked a little green eyed girl a question
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And offered her a nickels worth of candy if she'd tell
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What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name
C G D7
Does she ever talk about a place called New Orleans
G D7 G C
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
D7 C G
A year and some odd days ago an old man died in Memphis
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Just another wayward soul the county'd have to pay
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Inside the old man's ragged coat they found a faded letter
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It said you have 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
C G D7
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
