"No Mama Blues" lyrics

Oh, my mama how she loved me
But had to let me go
So she led me down to the river
In the forest off the road

And her hair shone like silver
And her eyes were black as stone
She took me down, down to the garden
And she left me all alone

Oh mother, don't you know my sorrow
Don't forget me when you go
Motherless children only follow
With a name I'll never know

And her hair shone like silver
And her eyes were black as stone
She took me down, down to the garden
And she left me all alone

There I lived in that garden
Till I died old
The very last thought I thought
Made my blood run freezing cold

And her hair shone like silver
And her eyes were black as stone
She kissed me on the forehead
Said, "Son, I must go home"

And her hair shone like silver
And her eyes were black as stone
She took me down, down to the garden
And she left me all alone

Oh, mama