Son House - My Black Mama Lyrics

Lyrics My Black Mama - Son House



Oh, black mama, what's the matter with you?
Said, if it ain't satisfactory, don't care what I do
Hey, mama, what's the matter with you?
Said, if it ain't satisfactory, baby, don't care what I do
You take a brownskin woman'll make a rabbit move to town
Say, but a jet-black woman'll make a mule kick his stable down
Oh, a brownskin woman will make a rabbit move to town
Oh, but a real black woman'll make a mule kick his stable down
Say, t'ain't no heaven, say, there ain't no burnin' hell
Say, where I'm going when I die, can't nobody tell
Oh, there ain't no heaven, now, there ain't no burnin' 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, well, they sure won't help her none
Well, you see my milk cow, tell her to hurry home
I ain't had no milk cow since that cow been gone
If you see my milk cow, tell her to hurry home
Yeah, I ain't had no milk cow since that 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 runnin' 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 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
Wouldn't mistreat you, baby, for my weight in gold
Part Two
Hey, I solemnly swear, Lord, I raise my right hand
That I'm goin' get me a woman, you get you another man
I solemnly swear, Lord, I raise my right hand
That I'm goin' 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 off, up the road
I got there, she was laying on the cooling board
I grabbed my suitcase, I took on up the road
I got there, she was laying on the cooling board
Well, I walked up close, I looked down in her face
Good old gal, you got to lay here till Judgment Day
I walked up close, and I looked down in her face
Yes, been a good old gal, got to lay here till Judgment Day
(Spoken: Aw sho' now, I feel low-down this evenin'!)
Oh, my woman so black, she shays apart of this town
Can't nothin' "go" when the poor girl is around
My black mama stays apart of this town
Oh, can't nothing "go" when the poor girl is around
Oh, some people tell me the worried blues ain't bad
It's the worst old feelin' that I ever had
Some people tell me the worried blues ain't bad
Buddy, the worst old feelin', Lord, I ever had
Hmmm, I fold my arms, and I walked away
"That's all right, mama, your trouble will come someday"
I fold my arms, Lord, I walked away
Say, "That's all right, mama, your trouble will come someday"



Writer(s): Son House


Son House - 100 Blues Classics
Album 100 Blues Classics
date of release
13-04-2011

1 Drivin' Wheel
2 Have A Good Time
3 Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
4 My Sweet Lovin' Woman
5 Christmas and New Year Blues
6 Dry Spell Blues
7 A Good Man Is Hard To Find
8 Booted
9 Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)
10 Trouble
11 He's in the Jailhouse Now
12 Strange Fruit
13 Lord, Send Me an Angel
14 Cannon's Blues
15 Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground
16 Billie's Blues (Live)
17 Trouble In Mind
18 Baby What You Want Me To Do
19 Stackolee
20 John Henry
21 Preachin' The Blues
22 Bedroom Blues
23 Things 'Bout Coming My Way
24 The Wolf Is at Your Door
25 Whiskey Headed Blues
26 Cool Drink of Water Blues
27 Peace in the Valley
28 My Baby
29 Sleepy Man Blues
30 It's Nobody's Fault but Mine
31 Back Water Blues
32 My Black Mama
33 I'm a King Bee (Live)
34 Mail Order Woman
35 Me and My Dog Blues
36 T Model Boogie
37 Black Angel Blues
38 Floating Bridge
39 Every Day I Have the Blues
40 Black Cat Bone
41 Prove It on Me Blues
42 Rollin' Mamma Blues
43 Snatch And Grab It
44 King Size Papa
45 Mardi Gras In New Orleans
46 God Bless the Child (Live)
47 Good Morning Little School Girl
48 Airplane Blues
49 22-20 Blues
50 California Blues
51 Bo-Weavil Blues
52 Kansas City Blues
53 Kid Man Blues
54 Bald Head
55 Hobo Blues
56 Baby Please Don't Go
57 One Scotch One Bourbon One Beer
58 I'm so Glad
59 Tipitina
60 Bad, Bad Whiskey
61 Oh Lord, Look What You're Doing to Me
62 Lightnin's Boogie
63 Seaboard Stomp
64 Mean Actin' Mama
65 5 O'clock Blues
66 Nice Work If You Can Get It (Live)
67 Backwater Blues
68 Delta Blues
69 Canned Heat Blues
70 Shetland Pony Blues
71 Devil Got My Woman
72 ma Rainey's Black Bottom
73 How Long, How Long Blues
74 Highway Blues
75 Moanin' At Midnight
76 Black Betty (Future Blues Mix)
77 Christmas In Jail
78 Decoration Day Blues
79 Candy Man Blues
80 Willie Mae Blues
81 C.C. Pill Blues
82 Cross and Evil Woman Blues
83 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
84 Sent for You Yesterday
85 Candy Man Blues
86 I'm a Rattlesnakin' Daddy
87 Didn't It Rain




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