Alone and Motherless

DESCRIPTION: "I'm alone and motherless ever since I was a child (x2), Goin' home to your mother, be here after a while." "Ever since my mother was livin', I had the whole round world to please." "Jesus, sometimes I wonder, did I treat my mother right?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1979 (Rosenbaum-FolkVisionsAndVoices)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad mother
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Rosenbaum-FolkVisionsAndVoices, p. 49, "Alone and Motherless" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #16265
File: Rose049

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