When Their Mama Is Gone

Motherless children have a hard time

When their mama is gone

Motherless children have a hard time

When their mama is gone

Motherless children have a hard time

All that weeping

And all that crying

Motherless children have a hard time

When their mama is gone

When their mama is gone

So, hush, little baby

Don't you cry

Cause your mama is gone

Cause your mama is gone

I say, hush, little baby

Please don't cry

Cause your mama is gone

Cause your mama is gone

I beg you, hush, little baby

Don't you cry

You gonna see your mama

In the by and by

Hush, little baby

Don't you cry

Cause your mama is gone

Husband or wife may be good to you

When your mama is gone

Oh, when your mama's gone

Your husband or wife may be good to you

When your mama is gone

Oh, when your mama's gone

Husband or wife may be good to you

But nobody treat you like your mama do

Motherless children have a hard time

When their mama is gone

When their mama is gone

Motherless children have a hard time

When their mama is gone

Motherless children have a hard time

When their mama is gone

Motherless children have a hard time

All that weeping now

And all that crying

Motherless children have a hard time

When their mama is gone

When their mama is gone

When their mama is gone

When their mama is gone

When their mama

Is gone

When their mama is gone