Tuesday, July 17, 2012

"Mama"

mama didn't allow no drinking around here~
mama didn't allow no drinking around here~
well~~daddy didn't care what mama didn't like
and kept on drinking day and night
and now he's gone~gone~gone
singing a sad song

mama didn't allow no gambling around here
mama didn't allow no gambling around here
well~~daddy didn't care what mama didn't like
and kept on gambling day and night
and now he's gone~gone~gone
singing a sad song

mama didn't allow no cussin' around here
mama didn't allow no cussin' around here
well daddy didn't care what mama didn't like
and kept on cussin' day and night
and now he's gone~gone~gone
singing a sad song

mama didn't allow no laziness around here
mama didn't allow no laziness around here
well Ed and Imogene did their work (sometimes ... -:)
but they really~really~really 'loved mama' all the time
and they were happy at home! and never did sing
a sad song

((((Imogene Owita Nabors Lewis~Jean Lewis IONL)))
(((written~July17~5:36pm)))) TITLE ~"Mama"~
(((((((~THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD~
I SHALL NOT WANT~)))))))

3 comments:

  1. The other day I had a 'thought' out of the blue~~~LORD I miss being (in love) with somebody~and LORD I miss somebody being (in love) with me~and LORD YOU KNOW MY HEART this very hour~and You know~~I know~~YOU HAVE ALL POWER!~~So LORD~~(Please send him on along home to me.)~~~8 words~~~in Bible meanings for numbers (8) means new beginning~2 or 3 more verses to this JeanSongIONL~July 18, 2012~~~
    C W would have been 80 on this day(his Birthday)

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  2. ~(MY BIRTHDAY IS MAY 15~ED'S BIRTHDAY WAS MAY 23~RUTH'S BIRTHDAY WAS MAY 27~ODELL'S BIRTHDAY WAS MAY 12(ALL OF US WERE BORN IN MAY!!!!I AM THE LAST IN MY CHILDHOOD FAMILY~(WALTER~WALT~~& JULIA~JULIE NABORS)~MARRIED IN 1917 OR 1918 probably)~~~~DADDY MARRIED AGAIN AFTER LEAVING MAMA & RUTH & ED & ME~THEY HAD 3 CHILDREN~ODELL~NANCY~VICKY(HIS WIFE MARGARET)

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  3. I WAS 2 YEARS OLD WHEN my BROTHER ODELL DIED because a bigger boy jerked him up & was making him walk on his hands & blood poisoning set up & he died in the hospital in Rome GA Mama had left hiHE DIEDm with Aunt ILA BECAUSE SHE WAS EXHAUSTED, AND~~ she had to change clothes & she would be back, by noon she had been there several days~I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY DADDY WAS(ODELL WOKE UP & ASKED WHERE MAMA WAS~SHE SAID "YOUR MAMA WILL BE HERE TO EAT LUNCH WITH YOU~~ODELL SAID~~I WON'T BE HERE THEN~~& he died before my mother got back to the hospital~~my darling mother had soooo much sorrow in her life BUT SHE WAS AN ANGEL TO RUTH, ED, & ME & I TRY TO LIVE FOR GOD LIKE SHE DID and KNOW MUCH HAPPINESS BECAUSE OF HER LOVING WAYS OF KINDNESS & TENDER MERCIES TO RUTH, ED, AND ME & FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS~~~HER FAVOURITE HYMN WAS "COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS" NAME THEM ONE BY ONE & IT WILL SURPRISE YOU~~WHAT THE LORD!!! HAS DONE

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