DON'T WAIT TILL MOTHER'S HAIR HAS TURNED TO SILVER


Asher Sizemore & Little Jimmie - 1935


Don't wait till Mother's hair has turned to silver
Before you come back home
You know she cannot wait forever
For the boy who had to roam

A message came to me in Atlanta
That Mother was dying all alone
Don't wait till Mother's hair has turned to silver
Before you come back home

Years ago I left the old plantation
Left my Mother standing in the door
When we said goodbye she still was smilin'
But inside I knew her heart was sore

Don't wait till Mother's hair has turned to silver
Before you come back home
You know she cannot wait forever
For the boy who had to roam

A message came to me in Atlanta
That Mother was dying all alone
Don't wait till Mother's hair has turned to silver
Before you come back home







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2011)