The / corn was dry, the / weeds were high when / Daddy took to / drinkin'
/ RE / / SOL / LA7When / him and Lucy / Walker, they took / up and run a - / way.
RE / / SOL / REMama cried a / tear and then she / promised fourteen / children,
"I / swear you'll never / see a hungry / day."
/ RE / / SOL / RE
Oh, the / path was deep and / wide, from footsteps / leading to our / cabin,
/ SOL / LA7 / REA - / bove the door there / burned a scarlet / lamp, and
Late at night, a / hand would knock and / there would stand a / stranger,
SOL / LA7 / REI'm the son of / Hick'ry Holler's / tramp.
RE / / SOL / RE
Mama sacri - / ficed her pride, and / neighbors started / talkin',
/ RE / / SOL / LA7But / I was much too / young to under - / stand the things they / said,
The / things that mattered / most of all was / Mama's chicken / dumplin's, and
/ SOL / LA7 / REA / goodnight kiss be- / fore we went to / bed.
/ RE / / SOL / RE
When / Daddy left, and / destitution / came upon our / fam'ly,
RE / / SOL / LA7Not one neighbor / volunteered to / give a helpin' / hand,
So / let 'em gossip / all they want; she / loved us and she / raised us.
/ SOL / LA7 / REThe / proof is standing / here, a full grown / man.
/ RE / / SOL / RE
Last / summer Mama / passed away and / left the ones who / loved her,
RE / / SOL / LA7Each and ev'ry / one is more than / grateful for his / birth,
Each / Sunday she receives a / fresh bou - / quet of fourteen / roses, and
/ SOL / LA7 / REA / card that says, " To the / greatest Mom on / earth."
Chorus
The / corn was dry, the / weeds
/ / SOL..were high when / Daddy took to /
/ RE..drinkin'
When / him and Lucy / Walker, they
/ SOL /..took / up and run a - / way.
LA7
Mama cried a / tear and then she /
/ SOL / RE..promised fourteen / children,
/ SOL /"I / swear you'll never / see a
..hungry / day."
/ RE
Oh, the / path was deep and /
/..wide, from footsteps / leading
..to our / cabin,
/ SOLA - / bove the door there / burned
/ LA7 / RE.. a scarlet / lamp, and
Late at night, a / hand would
/ SOL..knock and / there would stand a
/ RE../ stranger,
I'm the son of / Hick'ry Holler's
/ RE../ tramp.
RE /
Mama sacri - / ficed her pride,
/ SOL..and / neighbors started /
..talkin',
/ RE /But / I was much too / young to
/ SOL..under - / stand the things they
../ said,
/ REThe / things that mattered / most
/ /..of all was / Mama's chicken /
..dumplin's, and
/ SOL /A / goodnight kiss be- / fore we
LA7 / RE..went to / bed.
/ RE
When / Daddy left, and /
..destitution / came upon our /
/ RE..fam'ly,
RE /Not one neighbor / volunteered to
../ give a helpin' / hand,
/ RE /So / let 'em gossip / all they
/ SOL..want; she / loved us and she /
..raised us.
/ SOL /The / proof is standing / here, a
LA7 / RE..full grown / man.
/ RE /
Last / summer Mama / passed away
..and / left the ones who / loved
/ RE..her,
RE /Each and ev'ry / one is more than
../ grateful for his / birth,
/ REEach / Sunday she receives a /
/ /..fresh bou - / quet of fourteen /
.. roses, and
/ SOLA / card that says, " To the /
/ LA7..greatest Mom on / earth."
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