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There was a mother that had two sons
One of the boys was interesting in his self
This son loved his mother so very much.
He said mama one day I going to grow up and going to college
I'll going to be somebody
I'll going to take care of you mama
Like you been taking care of me.
Oh
That other brother he was no good he stayed in trouble all the time
Mama always had to go to court and get the boy out of trouble.
But I am told tonight those boys grew up
One went to college
That no good son left home
That old mother worked her finger to the bone
And sent that boy to school
She gets on her knee and scrub floors
She took in washing and ironing
I want
I want
I want my boy to be somebody
After about 8 long years
That some came back home
He said mama I am a doctor now
I got MD behind my name
I want you to meet my wife
I met her while I was in college
She is a school teacher mama
Yes she is
They told that mama we want you to come and live with us and help us raise our children
The years went on by
I wish I had a praying church
And that the children grew up
One day that school teacher went to her husband
She said honey your mama is in the way now
She gets in the away around the house
She uses bad English I don't want it to rub off on my little children
I think you ought to put her in a old folk home
Somebody say yeah
Yeah
Let me tell you what he did
The doctor went to his poor mama
He said mama!
Mama!
So me and my wife been talking and she seem to feel that
Mama that you're getting in the way around the house
We don't have anything else for you to do
You using bad English we don't want you to rub on our children
I am going to take you to an old folk home