Momma loved us, every one   Every daughter, every son   She gave herself so happily   That's just the way she was, you see      From dawn to dark she'd find a chore   And work it 'til it was no more   And every day until she died   In the evening, momma cried      Momma cried   There was mourning in the evening   And momma cried   'Cause her little girl was gone      Her little girl was snatched away   She was there and then just gone one day   And momma blamed herself, I'd say   But all of us had debts to pay      Momma cried   There was mourning in the evening   And momma cried   'Cause her little girl was gone      I did my best to cheer her pride   That day that something broke inside   I swore I'd find her and I tried   In the evening, momma cried      Momma cried   There was mourning in the evening   And momma cried   'Cause her little girl was gone      Momma cried   There was mourning in the evening   And momma cried   'Cause her little girl was gone