My Black Mama - Son House

Hey black mama what's the matter with you

Said it aint satisfaction don't care what I do

Hey mama what's the matter with you

Said it aint satisfaction baby don't care what I do

You take a brown-skinned woman will make a rabbit move to town

But a jet-black woman will make a mule kick his stable down

Oh a brown skinned woman will make a rabbit move to town

Oh but a jet-black woman will make a mule kick his stable down

Aint no heaven aint no burnin' hell

Where I'm goin' when I die can't nobody tell

Oh it aint no heaven now aint no burnin' hell

Oh where I'm goin' when I die can't nobody tell

Well my black mama's face shines like the sun

Oh lipstick and powder sure won't help her none

My black mama's face shines like the sun

Oh lipstick and powder well that sure won't help her none

Well you see my milk cow tell her hurry home

I aint had no milk since that cow been gone

If you see my milk cow tell her hurry home

Yeah I aint had no milk since that cow been gone

Well I'm going to the racetrack to see my pony run

He aint the best in the world but he's a runnin' son of a gun

I'm going to the racetrack to see my pony run

He aint the best in the world but he's a runnin' son of a gun

Oh Lord have mercy on my wicked soul

Wouldn't mistreat you baby for my weight in gold

Oh Lord have mercy on my wicked soul

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