I had a home out in Texas,
down where the blue bonnet's grew.
I had the kindest old mother;
how happy we were just we two.
Till one day the angels' called her,
that debt we all have to pay.
She called me close to hr bedside,
these last few words to say.
Son,
dont start drinking and gambling,
promise youll
always
go
straight.
Ten years have passed since that parting,
that promise I've broke, I must say.
I started gambling for pastime,
at last I was just like them all.
I bet my clothes and my money, fall.
One night I bet all my money,
nothing was left to be seen.
All that I needed to break them was one card,
and that was a queen.
The cards were dealt all 'round the table,
each man took a card on the draw.
I drew the one that would beat them;
I turned it and here's wat I saw.
I saw my mother's picture,
and somehow she seemed to say.
Son,
you
have
broken
your
promise,
so I tossed the cards away.
My winnings I gave to a newsboy,
I knew I was wrong from the start.
And I'll ne'er forget that promise,
to Mother, the queen of my heart.
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- Crazy Guitar
- Songs for Rounders/At the Golden Nugget
- Miscellaneous
- Pathway Of My Life 1966 - 1986
- Hank World
- Songs of the Brazos Valley
- Greatest Country Music for a Wedding
- Wake Up Irene
- Classic Years of Hank Thompson Vol. 1
- Hank Thompson: Classics
- The Very Best of Hank Thompson
- Country Pioneers - Hank Thompson
- The All Time Greatest Country Artist (Volume 10)
- Hank Thompson
- Gems: Hank Thompson
- Gods of Country - Hank Thompson
- The Wild Side of Life
- Country Kings
- The Country Collection, Vol. 1
- Top 50 Classics - The Very Best of Hank Thompson