What’s Your Mama’s Name Songtext
von Tanya Tucker

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 use to blossom in his world
People never took 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 odd years ago
A drunkard down in Memphis
Lost a month of life and labor
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 had to claim
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?