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Wayward Girl Blues

Lottie Brown & Ace Jones
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(Yee hoo! Hello, Lottie. Let's go down to the cabaret tonight and have a big time!) (Oh, I can't do it, buddy. I'm all in) (Why, what's the matter?) (I've got the blues) (Why, tell me about it) I've got the blues from my mother's knee And I know she's got the blues for me (Hey, hey) I've been thinking all day, thinking of the past And I'm thinking of my mother last (Oh, Lord!) I received a letter, what do you suppose it read? (What'd it say?) Says, "Come home, your poor old mother's dead." (What'd you do?) Then I grabbed a train, I went home a-flying She wasn't dead but she was slowly dying Said, "Run here, daughter, fall down on your knees Won't you sing, "Nearer My God To Thee"?" Fell on my knees, I began to moan "Yes, dear mother, I'll try to sing that song" The tears rolled down like the black showers of rain "Goodbye, mother, I won't see you again" Then I scampered away with fear in my heart I had no mother here to take my part