Chords:
{t: Mother's Lament}
{artist: Cream}
{key: C}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDE1ZvvHVVg D so capo 2
{c: Thanks to William Kizer}
A [F] mother was washing her [Gm] baby one night;
The [C] youngest of ten and a [F] deli-[Dm]cate [C] mite.
The [F] mother was poor and her [Gm] baby was thin;
'Twas [C] naught but a skeleton [F] covered [Dm] with [C] skin.
The [F] mother turned 'round for the [Gm] soap off the rack.
She was [C] only a moment but [F] when [Dm] she turned [C] back.
Her [F] baby had gone, and in [Gm] anguish she cried,
"Oh, [C] where has my baby gone?"
The [F] angels [Dm] re[C]-plied:
Oh, your [F] baby has [Dm] gone down the [Bb] plug hole.
Your [C] baby has gone down the [F] plug.
The [Bb] poor little thing was so [C] skinny and [D7] thin,
He [G7] should have been washed in a [C] jug... [C] in [Cmaj7] a [C7] jug.
Your [F] baby is perfectly [Bb] happy;
He [C] won't need a [C7] bath any-[F]more.
He's a-[Bb]muckin' a-[Bm]about
With [F] the [C] angels a-[D7]bove,
Not [G7] lost and no [C7] longer [C] be [F] poor.
