Mama You'd Have Been Proud Of Me Song Lyrics and Chords
Mama You'd Have Been Proud Of Me Song Lyrics and Chords by Dottie West
Mama You'd Have Been Proud Of Me
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Hank Cochran
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The one I love so much
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told me goodbye
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It hurt so much but
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I didn't
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cry
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I let a smile hide my
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misery
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Mama you'd have been proud of
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Yesterday I talked to him just
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like a friend
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Smiled and asked him
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how he'd
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been
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Said I hope you're happy
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as can be
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Mama you'd have been proud of
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me
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A-nd if
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you could have seen
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today
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I'd smile and laugh in my old
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carefree
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They thought that I was like I'd
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like to be
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Mama you'd have been proud of
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Mama you'd have been proud of
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Mama You'd Have Been Proud Of Me?
- The song Mama You'd Have Been Proud Of Me was sang by Dottie West.
Who is Dottie West?
- Dorothy "Dottie" Marie Marsh West (October 11, 1932 - September 4, 1991) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and fellow recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. West's career started in the 1960s, with her top-10 hit, "Here Comes My Baby Back Again", which won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965, the first woman in country music to receive a Grammy.
In the early 1970s, West wrote a popular commercial for the Coca-Cola company, titled "Country Sunshine", which reached number two on Billboard's Hot Country Singles in 1973. In the late 1970s, she teamed up with country pop superstar Kenny Rogers for a series of duets, which took her career to new highs, earning platinum-selling albums and number-one records for the first time.
Her duet recordings with Rogers, "Every Time Two Fools Collide", "All I Ever Need Is You", and "What Are We Doin' in Love", became country music standards. In the mid-1970s, her image and music underwent a metamorphosis, bringing her to the peak of her popularity as a solo act, and reaching number one on her own for the first time in 1980 with "A Lesson in Leavin'".
In 2018, West was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
