Mother's Children Have a Hard Time

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 dead, 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