"Mama Tried" is a seminal 1968 country song written and recorded by Merle Haggard and The Strangers, released as a single and title track of his album of the same name. It spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard country chart, became a defining hit of his career, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999

Here is my cover of it. Thank you for listening and for your comments.