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Roses for Mama (song)
single by C.W. McCall
"Roses for Mama" is a song recorded by country music artist C. W. McCall and covered by Red Sovine, and was a top 5 hit for McCall in The song was also covered, in German, by Austrian singer Jonny Hill in [1][2]
One of McCall's numerous recitations released during the s, "Roses for Mama" differed from his usual novelty-style tales.
Instead, this song focuses on a traveller's kind-hearted actions toward a motherless boy.
Content
The narrator is travelling to Florida to vacation with an old friend when he makes a stop in a small town in Georgia.
During the stop, he calls his mother in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, to wish her a happy birthday and plans to wire her some roses.
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At the flower shop, he runs into a teary-eyed 5-year-old boy. The boy is upset because he cannot afford to purchase roses for his mother, whom he says he has not seen in almost a year.
The boy tells his story about living with his grandfathe