Mama Don't You Cry

from Rumblin' Wheel by Dan Hannaford

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about

My next-door neighbour, at the time when I wrote this song, was raising 4 teenage boys. Parents often worry about their kids and I thought what would I say to my mum and dad if I was a teenager again. My answer was "Dad don't worry.. mum don't cry". I thought this sounded like a Johnny Cash line so I wrote it in that vein.

lyrics

Mama don’t you cry

Tripping, God knows I’m tripping
Tripping ‘round the sun
Fighting, yeah I been fighting
I’m fighting what I’ve already won
Growing, I’m a growing
Growing these wings to fly
So Daddy, don’t you worry
Mama don’t you cry

Breaking, I been breaking
I’m breaking this rusty cage
Paying, I been paying
I’m paying all these dues I must pay
Living, God knows I’m living
I’m living before I die
So Daddy, don’t you worry
Mama don’t you cry

Cos I’m gunna be alright
I’m gunna be alright
I said goodness and mercy
They will follow me
So Daddy, don’t you worry
Mama don’t you cry

Dancing, yeah I been dancing
I’m dancing till my feet get sore
Hola, hear me hola
I hola ‘cos I want some more
Loving, yeah more loving
Loving been getting me high
So Daddy, don’t you worry
Mama don’t you cry

Cos I’m gunna be alright
Say I’m gunna be alright
Hey I’m gunna be alright
Yeah I’m gunna be alright
I said goodness and mercy
They will follow me
So Daddy, don’t you worry
I said Daddy don’t you worry
Daddy don’t you worry
Mama don’t you cry

Yeah Daddy, don’t you worry
Mama don’t you cry
I said now Daddy, don’t you worry
Mama don’t you cry
Yeah now Daddy, don’t you worry
Mama don’t you cry

credits

from Rumblin' Wheel, released February 22, 2024
Mama Don’t You Cry
Written and performed by Dan Hannaford.
Produced, engineered & mixed by DAVID RAVEN at ‘honky abbey’ Los Angeles.
DAN HANNAFORD: Vocals, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, IMANI HANNAFORD: sweet backing vocals (my daughter at 9 yrs old). DAVID RAVEN: Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
JOHNATHON FLAUGHER: Bass
BILLY WATTS: Electric Guitar

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Dan Hannaford Byron Bay, Australia

“A rock-solid slab of dusty country and ragged-edged blues, as honest as the day is long, twice as real and raw” – Sydney Morning Herald 2015


“Hannaford channels Bob Dylan and The Felice Brothers with his outlaw blues mojo on overdrive” – Rhythms Magazine 2015
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