Son Of Hickory Hollers Tramp

C

F

C

The corn was dry the weeds were high when Daddy took to drinking

F

C

G7

When him and Lucy Walker they took up and run away

C

F

C

Mama cried a tear and then she promised fourteen children

F

G7

C

I swear you’ll never see a hungry day

C

G7

F

C

Oh the path was deep and wide from footsteps leading to our cabin

F

G7

C

Above the door there burned a scarlet lamp

G7

And late at night a hand would knock

F

C

And there would stand a stranger

F

G7

C

I’m the son of Hickory Holler’s tramp

F

C

Mama sacrificed her pride and neighbors started talking

F

C

G7

But I was much too young to understand the things they said

C

F

C

The things that mattered most of all was Mama’s chicken dumplings

F

G7

C

And a goodnight kiss before we went to bed

F

C

When Daddy left and destitution came upon our family

F

C

G7

Not one neighbor volunteered to give a helping hand

C

F

C

So let ’em gossip all they want she loved us and she raised us F G7 C

F

C

Last summer Mama passed away and left the ones who loved her

F

C

G7

Each and every one is more than grateful for his birth

C

F

C

Each Sunday she receives a fresh bouquet of fourteen roses

F

G7

C

And a card that says to the greatest Mom on earth

C

G7

F

C