Mama

Mama used to get up early make the eggs and morning ham

Mama used to get up early make the eggs and morning ham

Long before the rooster used to cocka-doodle doo

Long before the rooster used to cocka-doodle doo

Bathrobe and a slipper on to you know who

Cause Mama used to get up early make the eggs and morning ham

I was a traveler passing though, working as a farm hand

But Mama used to get up early make the eggs and morning ham

Cuppa coffee on our way

Planting crops and sweaty days

Lord knows for little pay

But at the end

We’d lay on hay

And dream of a girl

On a cherry orchard

Not too far away

And mamamama used to get up early make the eggs and morning ham

mamamama used to get up early make the eggs and morning ham

Work the soil, Work the soil, Work the soil, Work the soil,

Till the land

Ride the horses, Ride the horses, Ride the horses, Ride the horses, 

Feed the lambs

Forest mountains, Forest mountains, Forest mountains, Forest mountains, 

The rio grande

Cherry blossom peach orchards

Grass hoppers and singing birds

And the barn loft owl is often heard

And the barn loft owl hoots these words

Mama Mama used to get up early make the eggs and morning ham

Fields of flowers honey bees

Maple syrup from the trees

Butterflies in the breeze

Country girls super sweet

They run around in their bare feet

And late at night they go to sleep

And when they woke there was something to eat

Milk the cow chopping wood

Clear the brush it aint too much

Ride the tractor into town to get some goods

And the harvest moon and the county fair

And the fireworks in the air

So wonderful being there