Motherless Child

If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm

If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm

Well, I'm a motherless child; I don't know right from wrong



Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night?

Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night?

Well, you didn't come home 'till the sun was shining bright



I had to go so far girl to get my ham bones boiled

Had to go so far girl to get my ham bones boiled

Well, he's had a lotta women, gonna let my ham bones burn



Well, I did more for you, girl, than your daddy ever done

Well, I did more for you, girl, than your daddy ever done

Well, I give you my jewelry, he ain't give you none



And when you see two women, always running hand in hand

When you see two women, always running hand in hand

You can bet your bottom dollar, one got the other one's man



Lord, I'm going to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair

I'm going to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair

And if the blues overtake me, gonna rock away from here