Mother's Lament Lyrics - Eric Clapton

Are we rolling? A one, a two, a three, a four 

A mother was washing her baby one night 

The youngest of ten and a delicate mite 

The mother was poor and the baby was thin 

'Twas naught but a skeleton covered with skin 

The mother turned 'round for a soap off the rack 

She was only a moment but when she turned back 

Her baby had gone and in anguish she cried 

"Oh, where has my baby gone?" The angels replied 

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Oh, your baby has gone down the plug hole 

Oh, your baby has gone down the plug 

The poor little thing was so skinny and thin 

He should have been washed in a jug, in a jug 

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Your baby is perfectly happy 

He won't need a bath anymore 

He's a-muckin' about with the angels above 

Not lost but gone before 

Do you want to do it again?