| Songs for the Mama That Tried | ||||
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| Released | September 1981 | |||
| Recorded | Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
| Genre | Country, gospel | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Merle Haggard | |||
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Songs for the Mama That Tried is a studio album by the American country music singer Merle Haggard with backing by the Strangers, released in 1981 by MCA Records. A gospel album, it reached No. 46 on the Billboard country albums chart.[1]