Mama, mama, save your drowning child Won't somebody please save a drowning child? Won't somebody please save a drowning child? I've been treated so bad by my lover Nobody knows my problems and fears Every night I cry like a drowning child An' I sleep in an ocean of tears Oh, somebody hear my plea Hmm, somebody help poor me I'm thinking about going to the river But the river won't drown my tears Every night I cry like a drowning child An' I sleep in an ocean of tears Oh, I never treated her wrong Oh, I never treated her wrong I'm just a young man who's had some troubles Nobody knows my troubles and fears Every night I cry like a drowning child An' I sleep in an ocean of tears Oh, somebody hear my plea Hmm, somebody help poor me Mama, mama, save your drowning child