Mother's Children Have a Hard Time - Blind Willie Johnson

Well well well ah

A motherless children have a hard time

Motherless children have a hard time mother's dead

They'll not have anywhere to go

Wanderin' around from door to door

Have a hard time

Nobody on earth can take a mother's place when

When mother is dead Lord

Nobody on earth takes mother's place when mother's dead

Nobody on earth takes mother's place

When you were startin' paved the way

Nobody treats you like mother will when

Your wife or husband may be good to you

When mother is dead Lord

They'll be good to you mother's dead

Wife or husband may be good to you

But better than nothing has proved untrue

Nobody treats you like mother will when

When mother is dead Lord

Lord Lord Lord

Yeah well ah

Well some people say that sister will do

When mother is dead

That sister will do when mother's dead

Some people say that sister will do

But as soon as she's married

She turn her back on you

Nobody treats you like mother will

And father will do the best he can

When mother is dead Lord

Well the best he can when mother is dead

Father will do the best he can

So many things a father can't understand

Nobody treats you like mother will

A motherless children have a hard time

When mother is dead Lord

Motherless children have a hard time mother's dead

They'll not have anywhere to go

Wanderin' around from door to door

Have a hard time