My mother told me just before she died My mother told me just before she died My mother told me just before she dies My mother told me just before she dies Oh daughter, daughter, please don't be like me Oh daughter, daughter, please don't be like me Oh daughter, daughter, please don't be like me Oh daughter, daughter, please don't be like me To fall in love with every man you see But I did not listen what my mother said But I did not listen what my mother said But I did not listen what my mother said That's the reason why I'm sitting here today Baby, now she's dead, she's six feet underground Baby, now she's dead, she's six feet underground Baby, now she's dead, she's six feet underground And I'm a child and I am driftin' round Do you remember the day baby, you drove me from your door Do you remember the day baby, you drove me from your door Do you remember the day you drove me from your door Go away woman and don't come here no more I walked away and I wrang my hands and cried I walked away and I wrang my hands and cried I walked away and I wrang my hands and cried Didn't have no blues, I couldn't keep tarryin' aroun'