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

The song is about a man who is searching for a woman who used to live in his world. He asks a little girl about her mother's name and if she ever talked about New Orleans or a man named Buford Wilson. Years later, an old man dies and they find a letter saying the man had a daughter with 'Wilson Green' eyes. The song repeats the question of what the protagonist's mother's name is.