My Black Mama (Part 1)

My Black Mama Pt 1 - Son House/Bertha Lee

Hey black mama what's the matter with you

Said it ain't satisfaction don't care what I do

Hey mama what's the matter with you

Said it ain't satisfaction baby don't care what I do

You take a brown-skinned woman will make a rabbit

Move to town

But a jet-black woman

Will make a mule kick his stable down

Oh a brown-skinned woman

Will make a rabbit move to town

Oh but a jet-black woman

Will make a mule kick his stable down

Yeah ain't no heaven ain't no burnin' hell there

Where I'm goin' when I die can't nobody tell

Oh it ain't no heaven now ain't no burnin' hell

Oh where I'm goin' when I die can't nobody tell

Well my black mama's face shines like the sun

Oh lipstick and powder sure won't help her none

My black mama's face shines like the sun

Oh lipstick and powder

Well that sure won't help her none

Well you see my milk cow tell her hurry home

I had no milk since that cow been gone

If you see my milk cow tell her to hurry home

Yeah I ain't had no milk since that cow been gone

Well I'm going to the racetrack to see my pony run

He ain't the best in the world

But he's a runnin' son of a gun

I'm going to the racetrack to see my pony run

He ain't the best in the world

But he's a runnin' son of a gun

Oh Lord have mercy on my wicked soul

Wouldn't mistreat you baby for my weight in gold

Oh Lord have mercy on my wicked soul