Eddie Noack – Mother The Queen Of My Heart (Guitar)

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I had a home out in Texas

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Down where the bluebonnets grew

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I had the kindest old mother

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How happy we were, just we two

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'til one day the angels called her

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That debt we all have to pay

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She called me close to her bedside

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These last few words to say

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"Son, don't start drinking and gambling

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Promise you'll always go straight"

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Ten years have passed since that parting

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That promise, I've broke, I must say

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I started in gambling for pastime

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At last, I was just like them all

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I bet all my clothes and my money

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Not dreaming that I'd ever fall

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One night, I bet all my money

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Nothing was left to be seen

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And all that I needed to break them

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Was one card and that was a queen

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The cards were dealt all 'round the table

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Each man took a card on the draw

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I drew the one that would beat them

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I turned it and here's what I saw

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I saw my mother's picture

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And somehow, she seemed to say

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"Son, you have broken your promise"

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So I tossed the cards away

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My winnings I gave to a newsboy

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I knew I was wrong from the start

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And I'll never forget that promise

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To my mother, the queen of my heart