Smokey Mountain - Mama lyrics

Mama she wrote me a letter Saying she's gonna be fine Please take good care of your sister I'll be home in three years time Mama it seems like forever You've been gone since I was five They say you were a good teacher In the same school where I can't survive Mama's a maid in London I want to believe that she's fine She could be lonely in London I want to know why she had to go I need her, I want to be near her I've got to be with her And see to it that we're together once more My English teacher she told me She wants to be where you are Mama she's leaving her family To earn all the money she wants London, Vancouver, or Hong Kong Governess, housekeeper, or nurse What is to happen to all of us children? With mothers who travel so far Mama's a maid in London I want to believe that she's fine She could be lonely in London I want to know why she had to go I need her, I want to be near her I've got to be with her And see to it that we're together once more Once more...