Forgotten Blues

My Mama don't want me, she say I ain't worth a dime
My Mama don't want me, she say I ain't worth a dime
Then I went to my Father, he say, "You ain't no child of mine"

I go over to my Auntie's, right across the hill
I go over to my Auntie's, right across the hill
She says, "Boy, you ain't no good, and I b'lieve you never will"

"Oh, I'm beggin' you down on my knees
Oh, I'm beggin' you down on my knees
Why don't you open this door, Auntie, and let me in, if you please"

When you got money, your kinfolks all run you down
When you got money, your kinfolks all run you down
But when you get broke, they throw you out on the ground

Oh, ain't got no kinfolks now
Oh, ain't got no kinfolks now
Says, the way I feel, I don't need no kinfolks nohow