Motherless Child | Sue Foley

🎵 Motherless Child | Sue Foley 🎵 - Length: 0:4:3

Motherless Child - Written by L.V. Thomas Recorded Live April 5, 2024 Live from Norfolk Street is an on-going concert series recorded live at McGonigel's Mucky Duck in Houston, Texas. Our live-streamed concert series is listener supported. For access to our catalog of full length shows, extras, encores, and interviews, become a contributing member at: https://livefromnorfolkstreet.com/ Lyrics: 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'