Whats your mamas name child?
Whats your mamas name?
Thirty some odd years ago, a young man came to Memphis
Askin bout a rose that used to blossom in his world
People never took the time to mind the young mans questions
Until one day they heard him ask a little green-eyed girl
Whats your mamas name, child?
Whats your mamas name?
Does she ever talk about a place called New Orleans?
Has she ever mentioned a man named Bufford Wilson?
Whats your mamas name, child?
Whats your mamas name?
Twenty some odd years ago, a drunkard down in Memphis
Lost a month of life and labor to the county jail
Just because he asked a little green-eyed girl a question
And offered her a nickels worth of candy if shed tell
A year and some odd days ago, a old man died in Memphis
Just another wayward soul the county had to claim
Inside the old mans ragged coat, they found a faded letter
That said youve got a daughter and her eyes are Wilson green.
Whats your mamas name, child?
Whats your mamas name?
Does she ever talk about a place called New Orleans?
Has she ever mentioned a man named Bufford Wilson?
Whats your mamas name, child?
Whats your mamas name?
Whats your mamas name child?
Whats your mamas name?