Mammie Lyrics - The Fairest Of Them All - Dolly Parton

Mammie delivered me into this world 

Mammie watched my mama die at my birth 

And Mammie she loved me she took me to raise 

Mammie was all I had on this earth 

Let's get in the firewood, I'd hear Mammie say 

Let's go to the spring before it gets dark 

And you do up the dishes while the water's still hot 

And don't throw that dishwater out in the yard 

Oh Mammie taught me how to sing a song 

She taught me to play her old guitar 

And at night before bedtime we'd sing for hours 

As the teakettle whistled along on the fire 

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And at night as I laid alone in my bed 

I'd hear Mammie praying and each night she said 

Oh dear God help me raise her to know right from wrong 

And I pray she'll do right even after I 'm gone. 

I'd wait until Mammie had fallen asleep 

Then out of my window I'd quietly sneak 

And I'd wait by the mill pond according to plans 

And there in the darkness I'd meet a man 

Oh it's not that I wanted to bring Mammie shame 

I just couldn't control wild blood in my veins 

They tell me my mama could not name my dad 

So I guess it was natural for me to be bad 

One night I awoke at the sound of my name 

Come quickly, I heard Mammie cry 

She said you be good and I told her I would and 

That night I watched as my Mammie died 

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All I have now are the memories of Mammie 

And the goodness that loving her brought me 

Although she is gone in my heart she lives on 

And I know how much good she taught me. 

Ah Mammie, I'm being good Mammie ...