Hank Thompson I saw my Mother's Name Lyrics:
Your daddy was a gambling man my mother said to me
He left me when you were a child but he was all
this world to me I know your daddy loved me too
from tattoo on his arms Was a heart of love that
bored my name and was his good luck charm I didn't
heed my mother's words to leave the cards alone I
took to gambling just like dad and left my
mother's home One night the gang was gathered
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round we delt the hand of draw An old man sat
across from me and this is what I saw From out his
sleeve he pulled the card and I pulled out my gun
I shot him dead not knowing then what evil I had
done He fell across the table his hands reached
out in vain His sleeve slipped back and upon his
arm I could see so plain I gazed down at his
lifeless arm and I hung my head in shame For upon
his arm was tattooed heart and I saw my mother's
name
Lyrics: I saw my Mother's Name, Hank Thompson [end]