Motherless Child

Intro: (add 1/2 a ) If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm Well Im a motherless child who don't know right from wrong. Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night Well you didn't come home til the sun was shining bright. I have to go so far gal, get my ham bones boiled I have to go so far gal, get my ham bones boiled Well these other lotta women gonna let my ham bones burn. Now I did more for you gal, than your daddy ever done Now I did more for you gal, than your daddy ever done Well I give you my jelly, he aint give you none. And when you see two women always runnin hand in hand And you see two women always running hand in hand You can bet your bottom dollar one Well Im goin to the river get me a tangled rocking chair Im goin to the river get me a tangled rocking chair And if the blues overtake me gonna rock away from there End: