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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tanya Tucker
Tanya Tucker
Lead Vocals
The Jordanaires
The Jordanaires
Background Vocals
The Nashville Edition
The Nashville Edition
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dallas Frazier
Dallas Frazier
Songwriter
Earl Montgomery
Earl Montgomery
Songwriter
Bill McElhiney
Bill McElhiney
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Billy Sherrill
Billy Sherrill
Producer
Lou Bradley
Lou Bradley
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
What's your mama's name, child?
What's your mama's name?
[Verse 2]
Thirty some odd years ago
A young man came to Memphis
Asking 'bout a rose
That used to blossom in his world
[Verse 3]
People never took the time
To mind the young man's questions
Until one day they heard him ask
A little green eyed girl
[Verse 4]
What's your mama's name, child?
What's your mama's name?
Does she ever talk about a place called New Orleans?
[Verse 5]
Has she ever mentioned
A man named Buford Wilson?
What's your mama's name, child?
What's your mama's name?
[Verse 6]
Twenty some odd years ago
A drunkard down in Memphis
Lost a month of life and labor to the county jail
[Verse 7]
Just because he asked
A little green eyed girl a question
And offered her a nickel's worth of candy is she'd tell
[Verse 8]
A year and some odd days ago
An old man died in Memphis
Just another wayward soul the county had to claim
[Verse 9]
Inside the old man's ragged coat
They found a faded letter
It said you have a daughter
And her eyes are Wilson green
[Verse 10]
What's your mama's name, child?
What's your mama's name?
Does she ever talk about a place called New Orleans?
Has she ever mentioned
A man named Buford Wilson?
[Verse 11]
What's your mama's name, child?
What's your mama's name?
What's your mama's name, child?
What's your mama's name?
Written by: Dallas Frazier, Earl Montgomery

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