My Mammy

Everything seems lovely

When you start to roam

The birds are singing the day that you stray

But wait until you are farther away

Things won't be so lovely

When you're all alone

Here's what you'll keep saying

When you're far from home

Mammy, mammy

The sun shines east, the sun shines west

I know where the sun shines best

Mammy, my little mammy

My heart strings are tangled around Alabammy

I'm a-coming

Sorry that I made you wait

I'm a-coming

I hope and pray I'm not too late

Oh, mammy, my little mammy

I'd walk a million miles

For one of your smiles, my mammy

We all start our travels

Searching for a friend

If you went searching down deep in your mind

You know you just left your best pal behind

After all our travels

Where do we all wend?

Back home to our first love

At the journey's end

Mammy, my little mammy

The sun shines east, the sun shines west

I know where the sun shines best

It's on my mammy

I'm talking 'bout no one else, my mammy

Her heart strings are tangled around Alabammy

Mammy, mammy, I'm a-coming

Oh, I hope I didn't make you wait

Mammy, mammy, I'm a-coming

I hope and pray I'm not too late

Oh, mammy, mammy

I'd walk a million miles

For one of your smiles, my mammy