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I remember as a baby barely one year old
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When I first met Mama Courtney with her heart of gold
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I didn?t know away back then how she?d influence me
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And I thank Mama Courtney for the man I grew to be


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My mother lost her way in life Mama Courtney took me in
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She became my foster Mother and my best friend
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She?d drive us kids around the town in a big black ghost mobile
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To this day I still remember how good she made us feel


Chorus

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There are many children in this world who suffer hurt and shame
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I thank all the Mama Courtney?s who took away their pain
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God works in mysterious ways I believe this is true
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Though she had no children of her own she fostered 32


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Blackie was her husband he drove a pick-up truck
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He worked at the power station to earn an honest buck
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At weekends he go hunting squirrels up in Arkinsaw
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And every night when he tucked us in we would call him Pa


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Us kids are all now grown up and gone our separate ways
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I look back on my childhood with many happy days
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And when I go back to Sri-Port I place flowers on her grave
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And I thank Mama Courtney for all us kids that she saved


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