What's your mama's name, child?
Thirty -some odd years ago
A young man came to Memphis
that used to blossom in his world.
People never took the time to mind
the young man's questions
till one day they heard him ask a
what's your mama's name, child,
a place called New Orleans?
a man named Beaverwood Wilson?
What's your momma's name,
What's your momma's name?
Twenty -some -odd years ago,
a drunkard down in Memphis
the little green -eyed girl a question
And offered her a nickel's worth
A year and some odd days ago
an old man died in Memphis
Just another wayward soul
Inside the old man's ragged coat
they found a faded letter
That said, you've got a daughter
And her eyes are wilson green
What's your mama's name, child?
a man named Bifford Wilson?
What's your momma's name,
What's your momma's name?
What's your momma's name, child?
