Hank Thompson - I Saw My Mother's Name

      
 
 I SAW MY MOTHER'S NAME
 Recorded by Hank Thompson
 Words and music by Hank Thompson and Billy Gray
 
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  Your daddy was a gambling man
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 My  mother  said to  me  ...
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 He  left me  when you  were a  child
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 But he was  all this  world to  me.
 
 I know your daddy loved me too
 For tattooed on his arm
 Was a heart of love that bore my name
 And was his good luck charm.
 
 I didn't heed my mother's words
 To leave the cards alone
 I took to gambling just like dad
 And left my mother's home.
 
 One night a gang was gathered 'round
 We dealt a hand of draw
 An old man sat across from me
 And this is what I saw.
 
 >From out his sleeve he pulled a card
 And I pulled out my gun
 I shot him dead not knowing then
 What evil I had done.
 
 He fell across the table
 His hands reached out in vain
 His sleeve slid back and upon his arm
 I could see so plain.
 
 I gazed down at his lifeless form
 And I hung my head in shame
 For upon his arm was a tattooed heart
 And I saw my mother's name.