Ive just told mama goodbye
Recorded by hank williams, sr
Words and music by curley kinsey and sunshine slim sweet

[d] each year on [a7] mothers [d] day

The rose I [g] wore was [d] red
But [g] today Im saying [d] my first prayer
Mamas lying on her [a7] dying [d] bed

[d] Ive just told [a7] mama good-[d] bye

Mothers day has [g] turned to [d] night
Like the [g] flowers in may, she [d] withered away
And my red rose is [a7] turning [d] white

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

Her time has come to go
And there's nothing I can do
Only hold her hand and say goodbye
Mamas day with her children is through

Ive just told mama goodbye
And knelt beside her bed
I heard her say, I'll meet you someday,
Where the white roses turn to red