Earl Montgomery - What's Your Mama's Name? lyrics

What`s your mama`s name, child? What`s your mama`s name? [Verse 1:] Thirty some odd years ago A young man came to Memphis Asking about a rose That used to blossom in his world People never took the time To mind the young man`s questions Until one day They heard him ask a little green eyed girl [Chorus:] 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? [Verse 2:] Twenty some odd years ago A drunk down in Memphis Lost a month of life and labor to the county jail Just because he asked A little green eyed girl a question And offered her a nickel`s worth of candy If she`d tell A year and some odd days ago An old man died in Memphis Just another wayward soul the county had to claim Inside the old man`s ragged coat They found a faded letter It said you have a daughter And her eyes are Wilson green [Chorus:] 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? What`s your mama's name, child? What`s your mama's name?