I've Just Told Mama Goodbye

Each year on Mother's Day, the rose I wore was red

But today I'm saying my first prayer

Mama's lying on her dyin' bed

I've just told Mama goodbye, Mother's Day has turned to night

Like the flowers in May, she withered away

And my red rose is turnin' white

This is the dreaded hour, we all must face someday

Yet there's consolation in my heart

She will bloom in the Master's bouquet

I've just told Mama goodbye, Mother's Day has turned to night

Like the flowers in May, she withered away

And my red rose is turnin' white

Her time has come to go and there's nothin' I can do

Only hold her hand and say goodbye

Mama's day with her children is through

I've just told Mama goodbye and knelt beside her bed

I heard her say, "I'll meet you someday

Where the white roses turn to red"