My mother told me just before she died
My mother told me just before she died
My mother told me just before she died
My mother told me just before she died

Oh, Daughter, Daughter, please don't be like me
Oh, Daughter, Daughter, please don't be like me
Oh, Daughter, Daughter, please don't be like me
To fall in love with every man you see

But I did not listen what my mother said
But I did not listen what my mother said
But I did not listen what my mother said
That's the reason why I'm sitting in here today

Baby now she's dead, six feet in the ground
Baby now she's dead, she's six feet in the ground
Baby now she's dead, she's six feet in the ground
And I'm a child and I am drifting 'round

Do you remember the day baby, you drove me from your door
Do you remember the day baby, you drove me from your door
Do you remember the day you drove me from your door
"Go away from here, woman, and don't come here no more."

I walked away and I wrangled my hands and cried
I walked away and I wrang my hands and cried
I walked away and I wrang my hands and cried
Didn't have no blues, i couldn't keep tarryin' aroun'