Wayward Girl Blues (Spt 9286, 14161-A)

Hello, Lottie. Let's go down to the
Cabaret tonight and have a big time
No, I can't do it, buddy, I'm all in
Why, what's the matter?
I've got the blues
Why, tell me about it

I've got the blues for my mother's knee
And I know she's got a blues for me (Hey, hey)
I've been thinking all day, thinking of the past
And I'm thinking of my mother last (Oh, no!)

I received a letter, what do you suppose it read? (What did it say?)
Said "Come home, your poor old mother's dead" (What'd you do?)
Then I grabbed a train, I went home up the line
She wasn't dead but she was slowly dyin'

Said "Run here, darling, fall down on your knees
Won't you sing 'Nearer My God to Thee'?"
Fell on my knees, I begin to moan
Yes, dear mother, I tried to sing that song

Oh, la-hee
Oh, la-hee
Oh, la-hee-hee-hee
Oh, la-hee
Oh, la-hee
Oh, la-hee-ya-hee

The tears rolled down my cheeks like showers of rain
Goodbye, mother, I won't see you again
Then I scampered away with fear in my heart
I had no mother here to take my part

Oh, la-hee
Oh, la-hee
Oh, la-hee-hee-hee
Oh, la-hee
Oh, la-hee
Oh, la-hee-ya-hee