My Black Mama (Parts 1&2)

===(Part 1)===

Well black mama what's the matter with you today
Ain't satisfactory don't care what I do
Hey mama what's the matter with you
Baby, it ain't satisfactory, baby, I don't care what I do

You say a brownskin woman will make a rabbit move to town
Say a [jet, real] black woman will make a mule kick his stable down
A brownskin woman will make a rabbit move to town
A black woman will make a mule kick his stable down

Yeah it ain't no heaven now and it ain't no burning hell
Said I where I'm going when I die can't nobody tell
It ain't no heaven now and it ain't no burning hell
Oh where I'm going when I die can't nobody tell

Well my black mama's face shine like the sun
Oh lipstick and powder sure won't help her none
My black mama's face shine like the sun
Oh lipstick and powder sure won't help her none

Well, if you see my milkcow tell her to hurry home
I ain't had no milk since the cow been gone
If you see my milkcow tell her to hurry home
Yeah, I ain't had no milk since the cow been gone

Well I'm going to the race track to see my pony run
He ain't the best in the world but he's a running son of a gun
I'm going to the race track to see my pony run
He ain't the best in the world but he's a running son of a gun

Oh Lord have mercy on my wicked soul
I wouldn't mistreat you baby for my weight in gold
Oh Lord have mercy on my wicked soul
Mmm

===(Part 2)===

Well, I solemnly swear Lord, I raise my right hand
That I'm going to get me a woman, you get you another man
I solemnly swear Lord, I raise my right hand
That I'm going to get me a woman, you get you another man

I got a letter this morning how do you reckon it read
Oh hurry, hurry gal you love is dead
I got a letter this morning how do you reckon it read
Oh hurry, hurry gal you love is dead

I grabbed my suitcase I took on up the road
I got there she was lying on the cooling board
I grabbed my suitcase I took on up the road
Oh when I got there she lying on the cooling board

Well, I walked up close I looked down in her face
Good old gal got to lay there till the Judgment Day
I walked up close and I looked down in her face
[???] Good old gal got to lay there till the Judgment Day

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Oh my woman's so black she stays apart of this town
Can't nothing go when the poor gal is around
Oh my black mama she stays apart of this town
Oh, can't nothing go when the poor gal is around

Oh, some people tell me the worried blues ain't bad
It's the worst old feeling that I ever had
Some people tell me the worried blues ain't bad
But it's the worst old feeling , Lord, that I ever had

Mmm, I fold my arms and I walked away
That's all right mama your troubles will come some day
I fold my arms and I walked away
That's all right mama your troubles will come some day