Mother, the Queen of My Heart
SOURCE:          Bob Pfeffer
SOURCE'S SOURCE: Arlo Guthrie
COMMENTS:        A Jimmy Rodgers song
TEXT:           (Capo up to D)
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I had a home down in Texas
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Down where the bluebonnets grew
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I had the kindest old mother
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How happy we were, just we two
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Then one day the angels called her
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Said they, we'd all have to pay
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She called me close to her bedside
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These last few words to say
Son, don't start drinkin' and gamblin'
Promise you'll always go straight
Ten years have passed since that parting
That promise I broke by mistake
I started in gambling for pastime
At last I was just like them all
I bet my clothes and my money
Not dreaming that I'd ever fall
One night I bet all my money
Nothing was left to be seen
And all that I needed to beat them
Was one card, and that was the queen
The cards were dealt all round the table
Each one took a card in the draw
And I drew the one that would beat them
I turned it and here's what I saw
I saw my mother's picture
And somehow she seemed to say
"Son, you have broken your promise"
So I tossed the cards all away
The winnings I gave to the newsboy
I knew I was wrong from the start
And I'll never forget my promise
To my mother, the queen of my heart
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