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Mammie delivered me into this worldMammie watched my mama die at my birthAnd Mammie she loved me she took me to raiseMammie was all I had on this earthLet's get in the firewood, I'd hear Mammie sayLet's go to the spring before it gets darkAnd you do up the dishes while the water's still hotAnd don't throw that dishwater out in the yardOh Mammie taught me how to sing a songShe taught me to play her old guitarAnd at night before bedtime we'd sing for hoursAs the teakettle whistled along on the fireAnd at night as I laid alone in my bedI'd hear Mammie praying and each night she saidOh dear God help me raise her to know right from wrongAnd I pray she'll do right even after I 'm goneI'd wait until Mammie had fallen asleepThen out of my window I'd quietly sneakAnd I'd wait by the mill pond according to plansAnd there in the darkness I'd meet a manOh it's not that I wanted to bring Mammie shameLetras de cancionesI just couldn't control wild blood in my veinsThey tell me my mama could not name my dadSo I guess it was natural for me to be badOne night I awoke at the sound of my nameCome quickly, I heard Mammie cryShe said you be good and I told her I would andThat night I watched as my Mammie diedAll I have now are the memories of MammieAnd the goodness that loving her brought meAlthough she is gone in my heart she lives onAnd I know how much good she taught meAh Mammie, I'm being good Mammie From Letras Mania