Discover the story of the song > What’s Your Mama’s Name Child – Tanya Tucker

The song is about a man who is searching for a woman he once knew and loved, and he believes she may have had a daughter. He asks people in Memphis about her, but nobody knows who she is until he comes across a little girl with green eyes who may be her daughter. Years later, after the man has passed away, an old letter is found that confirms the woman did have a daughter. The song repeatedly asks the question, "What's your mama's name, child?" in reference to the search for the woman and her daughter.