MAMA'S
FLOWER BED
By: Dixie Hall (BMI)
Tom T. Hall (BMI)
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1: MAMA HAD THE FINEST FLOWER BED IN MORGAN COUNTY
A HUNDRED FEET OF PHLOX
AND DAFFODILS
YOU COULD PLAINLY SEE IT FROM THE HIGHWAY
A BLAZE OF GLORY
ON THE COAL BLACK HILL
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2: MAMA WASHED AND COOKED AND ALWAYS TENDED TO HER FAMILY
LORD KNOWS THAT
SHE DID MORE THAN HER SHARE
WHEN SHE KNEW THAT WE WERE TAKEN CARE OF
SHE'D BE OUT THERE WORKING IN THE FLOWERS
CHORUS:
MAMA'S FLOWER BED WAS HER SALVATION
LIVING BACK THERE IN THE HILLS OF HOME
AS LONG AS SHE COULD SEE HER FLOWERS BLOOMING
SHE WASN'T POOR AND NEVER FELT
ALONE
WE NEVER ASKED FOR MUCH AS I REMEMBER
BUT WE THANKED GOD THAT ALL
OF US WERE FED
WE'D PRAY LORD LET DADDY'S COUGH GET BETTER
AND KEEP THEM
DOGS AND CHICKENS OUT OF MAMA'S FLOWER BED
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3: DADDY SPENT HIS LIFETIME WORKING DOWN THERE IN THE COAL MINE
MAMA WORKED
ALL DAY 'TIL DARKNESS FELL
MOSTLY GOD SENT RAIN DOWN FOR THE FLOWERS
OR
MAMA CARRIED WATER FROM THE WELL
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4: SOMETIMES US KIDS WOULD LISTEN IN TO MAMA IN THE GARDEN
LORD TAKE THESE
WEEDS AND KEEP THEM IN YOUR CARE
FLOWERS ARE LIKE PEOPLE THERE ARE WILD ONES
BUT I KNOW YOU WILL GIVE THEM SPACE UP THERE
REPEAT
CHORUS