MAMA had a sick child,
she thought it might die
Hallelujah
Mama had a sick child,
she floated my dot
Mama had a sick child,
she floated my dot
Round the bedside, she began to cry
All we got now is true religion,
hallelujah
He sent for the doctor
to come and save, hallelujah
He sent for the doctor
to see if he could save it
He sent for the doctor, he might save it
He said it's the hardest case
I've ever been given
All we got now is true religion,
hallelujah
You know the doc picked up his bag,
he started to go, hallelujah
The doc picked up his bag,
he started to go
The doc picked up his bag,
he started to go
said you need me the world
gonna let me know
but all we got now is
true religion
mama mama come hold my hand
mama mama come hold my hand
Mama, mama, come hold my hand
I'm gonna remember you
in the promised land
All we've got now
is true religion, hallelujah
The people knelt down
and they started to pray hallelujah
The people knelt down,
they started to pray
The people knelt down,
they started to pray
And the boy got up,
and he's alive to tell the day
That hardly gotten hours to religion,
hallelujah
Mama had a sick child,
thought it might die,
hallelujah
Mama had a sick child,
thought it might die
Mama had a sick child,
thought it might die
Around the bedside, she began to cry
I guess that all we got now
is true religion, hallelujah
I know that all we got now
is true religion, hallelujah
All we got now is true religion,
hallelujah you