All Mama's Children — Carl Perkins
Chords and lyrics for All Mama's Children by Carl Perkins (key of C).
Verse 1
All Mama's Children:Carl Perkins.
The B-Side of Boppin' The Blues, released by
Sun Records in 1956.
#1.
[C]There was an old woman that lived in a shoe,
had so many children, she didn't know what to do.
They were [F]doin' all right, till she took 'em to town,
the [C]kids started pickin' 'em up and puttin' 'em down.
Chorus
Now, [F]all your children wanna rock, Mama..
[C]All your children want to roll.
[G7]They wanna roll, wanna rock, wanna [F]bop till they pop..
[C]All your children wants to rock.
Rock now, go!
#2.
[C]Well, we're not tryin' to live too fast..
And we might as well try to live in class.
We [F]better move out before the rent comes due,
cause [C]we wanna live in a blue suede shoe.
Chorus
Now, [F]all your children wanna rock, Mama..
[C]All your children want to roll.
[G7]They wanna roll, wanna rock, wanna [F]bop till they pop..
[C]All your children wants to rock.
Rock now, go!
#3.
[C]Well, every night when it's quiet and still..
You can hear it echoing through the hill.
From a [F]blue suede shoe on a mountain top..
[C]all of mama's young 'uns are doin' the bop.
Chorus
Now, [F]all your children wanna rock, Mama..
[C]All your children want to roll.
[G7]They wanna roll, wanna rock, wanna [F]bop till they pop..
[C]All your children wants to rock.
Rock now, go!
Chorus
Now, [F]all your children wanna rock, Mama..
[C]All your children want to roll.
[G7]They wanna roll, wanna rock, wanna [F]bop till they pop..
[C]All your children wants to rock.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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