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Topic: "Lordy Mama"

My Mom is celebrating her 71st birthday tomorrow. She is a big reason why I love all types of music so this one is for her.

Lordy Mama By Jeff Gilpin


May 7th, 2008


Dedicated to my Mother,  Mary Gilpin, for her 71st birthday




Verse 1


[E]Mama,[A] [E] how’d you [A]ever put up with [E]me [A]


[E]Lordy,[A] [E] I must have been a [B7]chore [E] [B7]


Yet you [A]helped me make it through


Had some [E]scraps but only one or [A]two


Lordy [E]Mama, How’d you [B7]ever put up with [E]me [A] [E] [B7]




Verse 2


[E]Headstrong, [A] [E] I [A]guess that’s putting it [E]mild [A]


[E]If I [A]wanted [E]to, I’d try hard to get my [B7]way [E] [B7]


But you [A]showed me right from wrong


And [E]somehow I still got a[A]long


Lordy [E]Mama, I surely [B7]was a devil [E]child [A] [E] [B7]





Verse 3


[E]Mama, [A] [E] you sure [A]had a winding [E]road [A]


[E]And you [A] [E] thought raising me was [B7]tough [E] [B7]


When your [A]life should have slowed down


You [E]start on another [A]round


Lordy [E]Mama you sure [B7]had a winding [E]road [A] [E] [B7]




Verse 4


[E]Mama,[A] [E] [A]I will never ever for[E]get [A]


How [E]you’ve[A] [E] always been there for [B7]me [E] [B7]


Through the [A]ups and the downs


Making me [E]smile when I come to [A]town


I love you [E]Mama and I will [B7]never ever for[A]get [B7] [E]



J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

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Re: "Lordy Mama"

True. Thanks to those mamas
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Re: "Lordy Mama"

hi jeff mums are totally undervalued ,they do a hundred and one different jobs in their lifetime and get paid peanuts ,my mum still tends to all the family like a mother hen tends her chicks,theirs no payment big enough to reimberse them and all they need is a bit of love and company in their old age,that costs nothing,lovely song....stay cool

love is life ,life is for love,keep a true heart and live life to the full....stay cool

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Re: "Lordy Mama"

Thanks you two - Moms are very special so thanks to them too.

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

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Re: "Lordy Mama"

Hi Jeff,

I too have been blessed with a great mum. She is 86 in September and she can still bend and touch her toes easier than I can, I am sure she is fitter than I.

Lovely song and I am sure she will be over the moon when you sing it to her.

Roger

"Do, or do not; there is no try"

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  • From: Hendersonville, NC USA
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Re: "Lordy Mama"

Hey Roger, thanks. I got to play it for her over the phone and she liked it although I'm not sure how it sounded.

J  E  T  S
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Re: "Lordy Mama"

Well done Jets,

I know your Mamma has to be proud of you. She reared a good un!

Old Doll.

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  • From: Hendersonville, NC USA
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Re: "Lordy Mama"

Hey Lena - She did at that. She helped me to know that keeping a good sense of humor can get you though the toughest of times.

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

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