Lyr Req: I Saw My Mother's Name (Hank Thompson)

Subject: My Mother's Name - old C&W
From: GUEST,Les
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 03:17 PM

Looking for any info about an old song. Lyrics I can recall:

"Your daddy was a gambling man,” my mother said to me.
He left me when you were a child and was all the world to me.

I know your daddy loved me too for tattooed on his arm
??? ??? ??? ?? and was his good luck charm

I didn't heed my mother's to leave the cards alone.
I took to daddy's ???? and left my mother home.

One night a gang was gather round. We played a hand of stud.
An old man set 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 the ??? that I had done.

He fell across the table - his hands reached out in vain.
His sleeve rolled up and on his arm I saw my mother’s name

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 2-Apr-02.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Mother's Name - old C&W
From: lardingo
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 04:03 PM

I did a quick google search and came up with this. It is apparently a Hank Thompson song, and is available at this link: (Sorry, I don't know how to create a hyperlink on this board, so you'll have to copy and paste.) www.allcountry.de/Songbook_Interpreten/Interpreten_T/Thompson_Hank/ body_thompson_hank.html

PS. On google, I typed in "Your daddy was a gambling man" Be sure to use the quotes.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Mother's Name - old C&W
From: Genie
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 04:15 PM

Making this--www.allcountry.de/Songbook_Interpreten/Interpreten_T/Thompson_Hank/ body_thompson_hank.html--into THIS CLICKY, if all goes well ...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Mother's Name - old C&W
From: Genie
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 04:34 PM

Well, that URL was not found, so maybe the think I clickified was not the exact part of the address I needed.

Lardingo, if you can find the site again, just paste this directly in front of the address (no space between):

some word(s)

Note: where I wrote "some words" you can put anything you like--the song title, the words "click here," or whatever. That part will BE the blue clicky.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Mother's Name - old C&W
From: GUEST,Gene
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 06:57 PM

Try the COWPIE LYRICS SITE -
* * * CLIK: TO COWPIE * * *

http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/songs/songslister.html/t/thompson_hank/i_saw_my_mothers_name.crd

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Mother's Name - old C&W
From: Genie
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 08:02 PM

Sorry about that last head-scratcher of a post. I was trying to post INSTRUCTIONS on making a blue clicky, and, despite my taking what I thought were adequate precautions against it, the blurb got changed into a blue clicky--except it's one that goes nowhere!

I'll just refer anyone who cares to the HTML instruction threads here at Mudcat.

Genie

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Mother's Name - old C&W
From: masato sakurai
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 08:45 PM

We can listen to 'I Saw My Mother's Name' (Hank Thompson) at the site The Record Lady's All-Time Country Favorites (Click on "Real Country Page 23").

~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Mother's Name - old C&W
From: GUEST,RE: HANK THOMPSON SONG
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 08:48 PM

Does this work?

* ALL COUNTRY LYRICS *

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Mother's Name - old C&W
From: lardingo
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 04:29 PM

Testing one two

Okay. After some searching, I am ready to see if I correctly created a hyperlink.

Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: I SAW MY MOTHER'S NAME (Thompson)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 02 Apr 02 - 09:55 AM

Copied (with some editing) from http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/songs/songslister.html/t/thompson_hank/i_saw_my_mothers_name.crd

I SAW MY MOTHER’S NAME
Recorded by Hank Thompson
Words and music by Hank Thompson and Billy Gray

 C                                   C7     F       C   C7
  “Your daddy was a gambling man,” my mother said to me.
       F        C       Em      Am              C         G7       C
  “He left me when you were a child, 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.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Mother's Name - old C&W
From: Genie
Date: 10 May 02 - 11:48 AM

Great country song for Mother's Day, eh?