Papa Was a Rollin' Stone Lyrics

It was the third of September,
That day I'll always remember, yes I will,
Cause that was the day, that my daddy died.
I never got a chance to see him,
Never heard nothing but bad things about him.
Mama, I'm depending on you, to tell me the truth.
Mama just hung her head and said:

Son, Papa was a rolling stone,
Where ever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died, all he left me was alone.

Hey Mama, is it true what they say
That Papa never worked a day in his life?
And Mama, there's some bad talk going around town
Saying that Papa had three outside children
And another wife, and that ain't right?
Hey, heard them talking about Papa
Doing some store front preaching,
Talking about saving souls and all the time leeching,
Dealing in debt and stealing in the name of the Lord.
Mama just hung her head and said:

Son, Papa was a rolling stone,
Where ever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died, all he left me was alone, oh, oh, oh, oh.

Mama, Mama, Mama,
I heard Papa called himself a jack of all trades.
Tell me is that what sent Papa to an early grave?
Folks say Papa would beg, borrow, steal to pay his bills.
And I wanna know Ma:
Folks say Papa never was much on thinking,
Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking.
Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth.
Mama, looked up with a tear in her eye and said:

Papa was a rolling stone, son,
Where ever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died, all he left me was alone.