Dark Was The Night

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
 A wife or a 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 daed, 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