I'VE JUST TOLD MAMA GOODBYE
(Curly Kinsley / Slim Sweet)

Hank Williams - 1949

Also recorded by: Johnny Duncan; Miki & Griff



 
Each year on Mother's Day
The rose I wore was red
But today I'm sayin' my first prayer
Mama's lying on her dying bed

I've just told mama goodbye
Mother's Day has turned to night
Like the flowers of May she withered away
And my red rose is turnin' white

This is the dreaded hour
We all must face some day
Yet there's consolation in my heart
She will bloom in the Master's bouquet

I've just told mama goodbye
Mother's Day has turned to night
Like the flowers of May she withered away
And my red rose is turnin' white

Her time has come to go
And there's nothin' I can do
Only hold her hand and say goodbye
Mama's day with her children is through

I've just told mama goodbye
And knelt beside her bed
I heard her say I'll meet you some day
Where the white roses turn to red



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2010)