Felt - Weepin' Mama Blues lyrics

My mama never had nothing That she could call her own When I was three my daddy left me and my mother all alone I had to quit school and get a job So I could pay my way I broke my back on cotton field for fifteen cents a day But don't cry mama Don't you cry Oh mama don't you cry We made it through to six days When Vietnam broke out My brother got k**ed and that gave my mama some more to cry about They sent us a wire and said there he'd been k**ed and attacked He helped a friend to get on his feet And they shot him in the back But don't cry mama Don't you cry Oh mama don't you cry We made it through our trouble We made it through the war But mother's heart was so weak And she just couldn't take any more I told her not to worry That we always had survived But in the winter of 69 She just took sick and died And I cried for mama everyday You know I cried, cried for my mama