[dcab-l] Fred Moore Original: Momma's Gone

 

Songwriters & Music Lovers:

 

Fred Moore from Philadelphia, a singer-songwriter and friend for many years, has

created many excellent original songs through the years. 

 

This selection, Momma’s Gone, is particularly poignant, and has been in my own

repertoire for years.  It’s a “Mother Song” so popular in bluegrass and other genre, and

describes Daddy’s heart rending decline after Momma’s death.  Words appear below.

 

 

Rattlesnake Hill Musicians:

 

Jack Sanbower     Banjo

Ed Schaeffer         Rhythm, Lead Guitar & Vocal

Carolyn Kellock     Bass

Heather Twigg      Fiddle & Harmony

Kevin Conroy        Mandolin

 

 

To listen, click:  http://rattlesnakehill.org/Web_Music/edsmusic.html

 

Ed

 

(As always, turn up and headphones preferred)

 

 

 

                              Momma's Gone            G

                                   Fred Moore

 

Chorus:       Momma's gone n' Daddy's all alone

            In this world with no one to confide

            I believe the race is nearly run

            Daddy drifts away since Momma died

 

                    The gray hair on his weary head

                    That once so neatly combed did lay

                    Now tossed, disheveled n' betrayed

                    Daddy drifts since Momma passed away

 

Chorus:

                     

                    The hours pass in a dream

                    n' Daddy holds on by a thread

                    His life don't seem to mean a thing

                    Wake n' sleeps the same now Momma's dead

 

Chorus: