Ive just told mama goodbye Recorded by hank williams, sr. Words and music by curley kinsey and sunshine slim sweet [d] each year on [a7] mothers [d] day The rose I [g] wore was [d] red But [g] today Im saying [d] my first prayer Mamas lying on her [a7] dying [d] bed. [d] Ive just told [a7] mama good-[d] bye Mothers day has [g] turned to [d] night Like the [g] flowers in may, she [d] withered away And my red rose is [a7] turning [d] white. This is the dreaded hour We all must face someday Yet theres consolation in my heart She will bloom in the masters bouquet. Her time has come to go And theres nothing I can do Only hold her hand and say goodbye Mamas day with her children is through. Ive just told mama goodbye And knelt beside her bed I heard her say, "ill meet you someday, Where the white roses turn to red."