"Motherless Child Blues" (Thomas)
Elvie Thomas first recorded her "Motherless Child Blues" with Geeshie Wiley in 1930. This song tells of a daughter not following her dead mother's advice:
- Mother told me just before she died,
- ...
- Oh daughter, Oh daughter, please don't be like me,
- To fall in love with every man you see.
Odetta recorded Motherless Child see http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8i4pk_odetta-memorial-motherless-child-we_music
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