Hello!

I am stuck again. It's been 2 hours, a missed mid-morning breakfast ("just one more site and I'll eat"), umpteen websites, and I have not been able to track down the lyrics to "I Can See Everybody's Mother (but My Own)." It's not in Mudcat, either.

OOOOh, the frustration of all those ads & false leads!!!! [big frowny face] ;o)

Anyway--it was the song that put the Blind Boys of Alabama on the map. I believe it is from 1947. (Hard to believe that their first hit's lyrics are so hard/impossible to find!)

Here's what I've been able to hear so far:

I can see everybody's mother
Lord, I can't see mine
I can see everybody's mother
Lord, I can't see mine
Whoa yeah
Yea yea

See ol death
Has come along
Takin my darling mother
Takin my mother on home

Chorus
I wonder, can I get a witness

I remember kneelin'
down by my mother's side
I was nothin but a little boy
when my mother died
but I got to thinking
That I was losin
I was losin my only friend
Whoa have mercy


Almost
Almost broke my heart
To see my darlin mother
My mother at the __________

Chorus

Where you see the blank is the only word I can't figure out. (That's right--I've been trying to track down just ONE word!)

So, if anyone has the magic word, I'd be most obliged. In fact, I'll bet a whole lot of people would be happy to be able to know these lyrics. (How do lyrics get posted in DigiTrad?)


(Max was right about losing free time once you get hooked on lyric searching!)