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I remember as a baby barely one year old

 When I first met Mama Courtney with her heart of gold

 I didn’t know away back then how she’d influence me

 And I thank Mama Courtney for the man I grew to be

My mother lost her way in life Mama Courtney took me in

 She became my foster Mother and my best friend

 She’d drive us kids around the town in a big black ghost mobile

 To this day I still remember how good she made us feel

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 There are many children in this world who suffer hurt and shame

 I thank all the Mama Courtney’s who took away their pain

 God works in mysterious ways I believe this is true

 Though she had no children of her own she fostered 32

Blackie was her husband he drove a pick-up truck

 He worked at the power station to earn an honest buck

 At weekends he go hunting squirrels up in Arkinsaw

 And every night when he tucked us in we would call him Pa

Us kids are all now grown up and gone our separate ways

 I look back on my childhood with many happy days

 And when I go back to Sri-Port I place flowers on her grave

 And I thank Mama Courtney for all us kids that she saved

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