The Man That Turned My Mama On

[ti:The Man That Turned My Mama On] [ar:The Hit Crew] [al:Classic Country Favorites: The 1970's, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.94]The Man That Turned My Mama On - The Hit Crew [00:04.37] [00:10.51]I wish I'd known the man a little better [00:12.93]That turned my mama on [00:15.01]He must have been a heck of a man [00:16.89]Cause mama was a lady don't you know [00:19.99] [00:20.94]Mama was no prude but she was proper [00:23.45]Never wore her dress too short [00:25.48] [00:26.08]She didn't care if you did [00:27.58]But she'd never taken a drink [00:29.68] [00:31.74]Grandma Kate did the best she could [00:34.13]To see mama grew up right [00:35.95] [00:36.77]So she'd be fittin' one day for courtin' [00:39.45]And to wear some gentleman's ring [00:41.52] [00:42.34]I wish I'd known the man a little better [00:44.77]That turned my mama on [00:46.51] [00:47.47]People was always laughing [00:48.70]And sang a right sweet song [00:50.87] [00:52.97]I wish I'd known the man a little better [00:55.35]That turned my mama on [00:57.12] [00:57.91]He must have been a heck of a man [00:59.66]Cause mama was a lady don't you know [01:01.96] [01:03.92]I hear he came to town one day in a rusty old '49 Ford [01:08.13] [01:08.80]Sellin' ladies shoes and assorted greeting cards [01:12.15] [01:13.91]He was killer goodlookin' and easy to like [01:16.65]And turnin' all the ladies heads [01:18.50] [01:19.28]But he saw mama first and Lord knows [01:21.99]How some of them travelin' men are [01:23.89] [01:26.15]I wish I'd known the man a little better [01:28.52]That turned my mama on [01:30.31] [01:31.41]People was always laughing and sang a right sweet song [01:34.54] [01:36.72]I wish I'd known the man a little better [01:39.05]That turned my mama on [01:41.09]He must have been a heck of a man [01:43.15]Cause mama was a lady don't you know [01:45.99] [01:47.33]Mama seemed to forget the things [01:49.47]That grandma Kate had always told her [01:52.03] [01:52.75]She ran away one night with that traveling man [01:55.82] [01:57.47]They bought gas at Reba's Truck Stop [01:59.75] [02:00.49]And drove to Deseto County [02:02.30] [02:02.99]But he brought her home with a ring upon her hand [02:06.42] [02:08.26]Mama's told me how the fever took him [02:11.10]When I was barely five [02:12.71] [02:13.53]But I remember him pitchin' me up and catchin' me [02:16.56] [02:18.90]And I love to sit and listen to her tell me about my daddy [02:23.38] [02:24.17]She says he thought the sun would surely rise and set in me [02:28.88] [02:29.66]I wish I'd known the man a little better [02:31.96]That turned my mama on [02:33.74] [02:34.35]He must have been a heck of a man [02:36.04]Cause mama was a lady don't you know [02:38.15] [02:40.20]I wish I'd known the man a little better [02:42.28]That turned my mama on [02:44.07] [02:44.82]He must have been a heck of a man [02:46.52]Cause mama was a lady don't you know