Mother The Queen Of My Heart

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i had a home down in texas
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down where the blue bonnets grew
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i had the kindest old mother
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how happy we were just we two

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till one day the angels called her
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a debt that we all have to pay
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she called me close to her bedside
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to me these words she did say

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son don’t start drinking and gambling
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promise you’ll always go straight
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ten years have passed since we parted
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my promise i’ve broke i must say

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i started gambling for pastime
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soon i was just like them all
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i bet my clothes and my money
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not thinking that i’d ever fall

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one day i bet all my money
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not a thing was left to be seen
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all that i needed to break them
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was one card and that was a queen

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the cards were dealt round the table
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each man took one from the draw
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i drew the one that would beat them
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i turned it and heres what i saw

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i saw my mother’s picture
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and to me she seemed to say
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son you have broken your promise
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so i tossed the cards away

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i gave all my winnings to a newsboy
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i knew i was wrong from the start
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i’ll never forget that promise
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to my mother the queen of my heart