Here's what I was able to transcribe from a few sound samples:


MY MOTHER ALWAYS TALKED TO ME (partial lyrics)
John Hammond, 1927

So my mama always talked to me. She give me good advice.
My mama always talked to me. She give me good advice.
She told me quit my rambling and marry me a purty little wife, Lord, Lord,
And marry me a purty little wife.

So my papa always talked to me. I took it all as fun.
My papa always talked to me. I took it all as fun.
He told me I'd ride that Frankfort train before I's twenty-one.

So along on Friday morning about the break of day,....


[Note: The Kentucky State Prison, later known as the Kentucky State Reformatory, was located at Frankfort from 1798 until around 1937.

[The title is given as "...MOTHER..." on the original 78-rpm record, but "...MAMA..." on the CDs where it has been reissued, probably because "mama" is used in the lyrics.]