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Eric Clapton — Motherless Child

Album: From the Cradle
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Released: 1994
Length: 2:52
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If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm
If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm
Well, I'm a motherless child; I don't know right from wrong

Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night?
Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night?
Well, you didn't come home 'till the sun was shining bright

I had to go so far girl to get my ham bones boiled
Had to go so far girl to get my ham bones boiled
Well, he's had a lotta women, gonna let my ham bones burn

Well, I did more for you, girl, than your daddy ever done
Well, I did more for you, girl, than your daddy ever done
Well, I give you my jewelry, he ain't give you none

And when you see two women, always running hand in hand
When you see two women, always running hand in hand
You can bet your bottom dollar, one got the other one's man

Lord, I'm going to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair
I'm going to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair
And if the blues overtake me, gonna rock away from here

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3Chords wrote:

I couldn't agree more. Perhaps he is having early stages of dementia.

I wouldn't blame his bigotry on dementia.

Posted 2 years ago by Laptopdog [ Reply ]

I would've preferred to hear Motherless Children off his 461 Ocean Boulevard album. This tune has a weird syncopation that never seems to work for me.

Posted 2 years ago by Laptopdog [ Reply ]

"I think Enoch’s right, I think we should send them all back. Stop Britain from becoming a black colony. Get the foreigners out," Clapton said from the stage. "England is for white people, man. We are a white country. ... This is Great Britain, a white country. What is happening to us, for f---’s sake?"

-Eric Clapton, 1976 Concert

Posted 2 years ago by ufamsm [ Reply ]

Thanks for keeping Eric AND Neil and Joni all in the rotation. ❤️

Posted 2 years ago by KristinCredit [ Reply ]

Ipse_Dixit wrote:

A lot of motherless children during these troubling times... wish Eric Clapton's anti-vax crusade weren't making things worse. His past and present views continue to cause me to lose respect for him as a person. Great artist though.

I got tired of him around the time he made the shameless and maudlin "Tears in Heaven" and starting selling tunes to beer advertisers. He went the route of Elton John.

The world is full of excellent musicians, most of whom will never find fame.

Posted 3 years ago by ice-9 [ Reply ]

Ipse_Dixit wrote:

I couldn't agree more. Perhaps he is having early stages of dementia.

Posted 3 years ago by 3Chords [ Reply ]

Posted 3 years ago by Ipse_Dixit [ Reply ]

jakeinprogress wrote:

Fantastic. The Homeless Child/Motherless Chile segue is an obvious and fitting one. I love this song, and Clapton plays it straight: a nice and easy tune.

Even better segue, 15 years later: Beck's Jack-Ass to anything by Clapton.

Great musician, but that's about it.

Posted 3 years ago by TLynneHenry [ Reply ]

Fantastic. The Homeless Child/Motherless Chile segue is an obvious and fitting one. I love this song, and Clapton plays it straight: a nice and easy tune.