{"id":20857,"date":"2024-06-18T05:37:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T05:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=20857"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:09:31","slug":"mama-tried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/mama-tried\/","title":{"rendered":"Mama Tried"},"content":{"rendered":"

C – – – – – <\/span>\u200b\u200b\u200bMama Tried<\/span>, <\/span>Merle Haggard<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The first thing I remember knowing<\/span>
\n<\/span>Was a lonesome whistle blowing<\/span>
\n<\/span>And a young <\/span>\u2018<\/span>un’s<\/span> dream of growing up to ride<\/span>
\n<\/span>On a freight train leaving town<\/span>
\n<\/span>Not knowing where I’m bound<\/span>
\n<\/span>No one could change my mind, but mama <\/span>tried<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One and only rebel child<\/span>
\n<\/span>From <\/span>a<\/span> family meek and mild<\/span>
\n<\/span>My mama seemed to know what lay in store<\/span>
\n<\/span>Despite all my Sunday learning<\/span>
\n<\/span>Towards the bad I kept on turning<\/span>
\n<\/span>‘Til<\/span> mama couldn’t hold me <\/span>anymore<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I turned 21 in prison, doing life without parole<\/span>
\n<\/span>No one could steer me right<\/span>,<\/span> but mama tried, mama tried<\/span>
\n<\/span>Mama tried to raise me better<\/span>,<\/span> but her pleading I denied<\/span>
\n<\/span>That leaves only me to blame <\/span>’cause<\/span> mama <\/span>tried<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear old daddy, rest his soul<\/span>
\n<\/span>Left my mom a heavy load<\/span>
\n<\/span>She tried so very hard to fill his shoes<\/span>
\n<\/span>Working hours without rest<\/span>
\n<\/span>Wanted me to have the best<\/span>
\n<\/span>She tried to raise me right<\/span>,<\/span> but I refused<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

[<\/span>CHORUS<\/span>]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

C – – – – – \u200b\u200b\u200bMama Tried, Merle Haggard The first thing I remember knowing Was a lonesome whistle blowing And a young \u2018un’s dream of growing up to ride On a freight train leaving town Not knowing where I’m bound No one could change my mind, but mama … CLICK TO VIEW SONGMama Tried<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,126,13,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}