(Dolly Parton)      Mammie delivered me into this world   Mammie watched my mama die at my birth   And Mammie she loved me she took me to raise   Mammie was all I had on this earth.      Let's get in the firewood I'd hear Mammie say   Let's go to the spring before it gets dark   And you do up the dishes while the water's still hot   And don't throw that dishwater out in the yard.      Oh Mammie taught me how to sing a song   She taught me to play her old guitar   And at night before bedtime we'd sing for hours   As the teakettle whistled along on the fire.      And at night as I laid alone in my bed    I'd hear Mammie praying and each night she said    Oh dear God help me raise her to know right from wrong   And I pray she'll do right even after I 'm gone.      I'd wait until Mammie had fallen asleep   Then out of my window I'd quietly sneak   And I'd wait by the mill pond according to plans    And there in the darkness I'd meet a man.      Oh it's not that I wanted to bring Mammie shame   I just couldn't control wild blood in my veins   They tell me my mama could not name my dad   So I guess it was natural for me to be bad.      One night I awoke at the sound of my name   Come quickly I heard mammie cry   She said you be good and I told her I would and    That night I watched as my Mammie died.      All I have now are the memories of Mammie    And the goodness that loving her brought me   Although she is gone in my heart she lives on    And I know how much good she taught me.      Ah mammie, I'm being good Mammie...