Stonewall Jackson - Mother the Queen of My Heart lyrics

I had a home out in Texas out where the Bluebonnets grew I had the kindest ol' mother how happy we were just we two Then one day the angels called her a debt we all have to pay She'd call me close to her bedside these last few words to say Son don't start drinkin' and gamblin' promise you'll always go straight Ten years have pa**ed since that promise the promise I thought I'd never break Then I started drinkin' for past time and soon I was bad as them all At cards I was king of the tables never dreaming that I'd ever fall Then one night I sat at the table the big game was down to a draw And I drew the card that would beat them but I turned it and here's what I saw I saw the sad face of my mother and somehow she seemed to say My son you have broken your promise you made me when I went away I gave all my wins to a newsboy went straight home and burned all the cards And I'll never forget that last promise to my mother the Queen of my heart