Jimmie Rodgers - Mother, the Queen of My Heart lyrics

I had a home down in Texas Down where the blue bonnets grew I had the kindest old mother How happy we were just we two Till one day the angels called her A debt that we all have to pay She called me close to her bedside To me these words she did say Son don't start drinking and gambling Promise you'll always go straight Ten years have pa**ed since we parted My promise I've broke I must say I started gambling for pastime Soon I was just like them all I bet my clothes and my money Not thinking that I'd ever fall One day I bet all my money Not a thing was left to be seen All that I needed to break them Was one card and that was a queen The cards were dealt round the table Each man took one from the draw I drew the one that would beat them I turned it and here's what I saw I saw my mother's picture And to me she seemed to say Son you have broken your promise So I tossed the cards away I gave all my winnings to a newsboy I knew I was wrong from the start I'll never forget that promise To my Mother the queen of my heart