Mother, Queen of My Heart

Mother, The Queen Of My Heart - Hank Thompson/The Brazos Valley Boys

I had a home down in

Texas down where the

Blue bonnets grew

I had the kindest old mother

How happy we were just we two

Till one day the angels they called her

That debt we all have to pay

And she'd call me close to her bedside

These last few words to say

Son don't start drinking and gambling

Promise you'll always go straight

Ten years have passed since that parting

That promise I've broke I must say

I started in gambling for past time

And then I was just like them all

I bet all my clothes and my money

Not dreaming that I'd ever fall

One night I've bet all my money

Nothing was left to be seen

All I needed to break them

Was one card and that was a queen

The cards were delt round the table

Each man took a card on the draw

And I drew the card that would beat them

I turned it here's what I saw

I saw my mother's picture

And somehow she seemed to say

Son you broken your promise

So

I threw those cards away

My winnings I gave to a newsboy

I knew I was wrong from the start

Well I'll never forget that promise

To mother the queen of my heart