Hank Thompson - Mother the Queen of My Heart lyrics

I had a home down in Texas
Down where the Bluebonnets grew
I had the kindest old mother how
Happy we were just we two
Till one day the angels they called her
That debt we all have to pay
And she'd call me close to her bedside
These last few words to say

Son don't start drinking and gambling
Promise you'll always go straight
Ten years have passed since that parting that
Promise I've broke I must say
I started in gambling for past time and
Then I was just like them all
I bet my clothes and my money
Not dreaming that I'd ever fall

One night I've bet all my money
Nothing was left to be seen
All I needed to break them was one
Card and that was a Queen
The cards were delt round the table each
Man took a card on the draw
And I drew the card that would beat them
I turned it here's what I saw

I saw mother's picture and somehow
She seemed to say
Son you roken your promise so
I threw those cards away
My winnings I gave to a newsboy I
Knew I was wrong from the start
Well I'll never forget that promise to
Mother the Queen of my heart