(Frazier Dallas/Earl Montgomery)

What's Your Mama's Name, Child?
What's Your Mama's Name.

Thirty Some Odd Years Ago, A Young Man Came To Memphis.
Asking 'bout A Rose That Used To Blossom In His World.
People Never Too The Time To Mind The Young Man's Questions,
Until One Day They Heard Him Ask A Little Green-eyed Girl:

What's Your Mama's Name, Child?
What's Your Mama's Name?
Does She Ever Talk About A Place Called New Orleans.
Has She Ever Mentioned A Man Named Buford Wilson?
What's Your Mama's Name, Child?
What's Your Mama's Name?

Twenty Some Off Years Ago, A Drunkard Down In Memphis,
Lost A Month Of Life In Labour To The County Jail.
Just Because He Asked A Little Green-eyed Girl A Question,
And Offered Her A Nickel's Worth Of Candy If She'd Tell.

A Year And Some Odd Days Ago, An Old Man Died In Memphis.
Just Another Wayward Soul, The County'd Had To Pay.
Inside The Old Man's Ragged Coat, They Found A Faded Letter.
It Said: "You Have A Daughter And Her Eyes Are Wilson Green."

What's Your Mama's Name, Child?
What's Your Mama's Name?
Does She Ever Talk About A Place Called New Orleans.
Has She Ever Mentioned A Man Named Buford Wilson?
What's Your Mama's Name, Child?
What's Your Mama's Name?

What's Your Mama's Name, Child?
What's Your Mama's Name?