Mother The Queen Of My Heart Lyrics - Singles - Guthrie Arlo

Mother, the Queen of My Heart 

SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer 

SOURCE'S SOURCE: Arlo Guthrie 

COMMENTS: A Jimmy Rodgers song 

TEXT: (Capo up to D) 

C G7 C C7 

I had a home down in Texas 

F C 

Down where the bluebonnets grew 

G7 C a 

I had the kindest old mother 

D7 G G7 

How happy we were, just we two 

C G7 C 

Then one day the angels called her 

C7 F 

Said they, we'd all have to pay 

F C a 

She called me close to her bedside 

C G7 C 

These last few words to say 

Son, don't start drinkin' and gamblin' 

Promise you'll always go straight 

Ten years have passed since that parting 

That promise I broke by mistake 

I started in gambling for pastime 

At last I was just like them all 

I bet my clothes and my money 

Not dreaming that I'd ever fall 

One night I bet all my money 

Nothing was left to be seen 

And all that I needed to beat them 

Was one card, and that was the queen 

The cards were dealt all round the table 

Each one took a card in the draw 

And I drew the one that would beat them 

I turned it and here's what I saw 

I saw my mother's picture 

And somehow she seemed to say 

"Son, you have broken your promise" 

So I tossed the cards all away 

The winnings I gave to the newsboy 

I knew I was wrong from the start 

And I'll never forget my promise 

To my mother, the queen of my heart 

YODEL: C G7 C a 

D7 G7 C 

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