Mama's dead, mama's dead, papa's gone astray
You left me in this world, nothin' but her face
You left me in this world, nothin' but her face
Mama told me, told me, when she was on her bed a-dyin'
Mama told me, told me, on her bed a-dyin'
Says, these fast-life women surely get you down
Says, these fast-life women surely get you down
I'm gonna buy me a rubber, great big rubber ball
I'm gonna buy me a rubber, great big rubber ball
I'm gonna k** my woman just to see her fall