Annabell of Mobile

Papa died leaving me and mama alone
 Didn't starve, but we were relatively on our own
 Mama bought us a house high up on the hill
 In the outskirts overlooking Mobile
 Friday night mama's friends climbed up our hill
 Clever men, big businessmen from Mobile
 They call me over and they touch my yellow hair
 My mama would look at them, she'd say, "Don't you dare"
 
 I remember when the morning came
 Mama cryin' in the morning rain
 Because they called her by a funny name
 
 Annabell of Mobile
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 I'd go to bed and mama would always tuck me in
 She'd kiss my eyes and tell me that she'd see me in the morning
 Then I'd hear the laughter from another room
 As I fell asleep beneath an Alabama moon
 Fell in love with a boy, took him home so mama could meet him
 He caught onto mama right away and he couldn't believe it
 'Cause I didn't know she took him inside and she said
 "If you really love her don't tell her what I am 'til I'm dead"
 I remember when the morning came
 Mama cryin' in the morning rain
 Because they called her by a funny name
 Annabell of Mobile
 One night the light didn't burn so bright on the hill
 You see I knew what mama was and I loved her still
 And the laughter in the rooms are gone for evermore from the hill
 There's a lot of lonely men tonight all over Mobile
 I remember when the morning came
 I was cryin' in the morning rain
 My mama's gotta know I'm not ashamed
 Of Annabell of Mobile
 My mama