The Man Who Turned My Mama On Lyrics - Ed Bruce

Words & Music by Ed Bruce 

I wish I'd known the man a little better 

That turned my mama on 

He must have been a heck of a man 

'Cause mama was a lady, don't you know 

Mama was no prude, but she was proper 

Never wore her dress too short 

She didn't care if I did, but she'd have never taken a drink 

Grandma Kate did the best she could to see mama grew up right 

So she'd be fittin' one day for courtin' 

And to wear some gentleman's ring 

- Chorus - 

I wish I'd known the man a little better 

That turned my mama on 

They say he was always laughing and sang a right nice song 

I wish I'd known the man a little better 

That turned my mama on 

He must have been a heck of a man 

'Cause mama was a lady, don't you know 

I hear he came to town one day in a rusty old '49 Ford 

Selling ladies shoes and assorted greeting cards 

He was killin' good-lookin' and easy to like 

And turnin' all the ladies heads 

But he saw mama first and you've heard stories 

'Bout how some of them travelin' men are 

(Repeat Chorus) 

Mama seemed to forget the things that Grandma Kate had always told her 

She ran away one night with that travelin' man 

hey bought gas at Reba's truck stop and drove to DeSoto County 

But he brought her home next day, a lady, with a ring upon her hand 

Mama told me how the fever took him when I was barely five 

But I can remember him pitchin' me up and catchin' me 

And I love to sit and listen to her tell me about my Daddy 

She says he thought the sun must surely rise and set in me 

(Repeat Chorus)