Long Tall Mama Blues
Love, Blues, and Long, Tall Mamas: Jimmie Rodgers' Musical Tale
Lyrics
I've got a little mama, Got a long
I have a small mama, and I also have a tall mama
Tall mama too
-I've got a little mama, Got a long
-Tall mama too
-I ain't a goin' to tell my little mama
I'm not going to disclose to my small mama what my tall mama can do
What my long, tall mama can do
-She rubbed my back with alcohol
She rubbed my back with alcohol to cure my cough
Just to cure my cough
-She rubbed my back with alcohol
-Just to cure my cough
-Lawd, I like to break my neck
I almost broke my neck trying to lick the alcohol off
Tryin' to lick the alcohol off
-When it comes meal time, I can't eat a bite
I can't eat during meal times
When it comes meal time, I can't eat a bite
-Wond'ring which mama is goin' to
Wondering which mama will be too controlling
Be just too tight
-My little mama is good but
My small mama is good, but she's too stout
She's too darn stout
-My little mama is good, lawdy
-But she's too darn stout
-She put ashes in her bed just
She put ashes in her bed to prevent slipping out
To keep from slippin' out
-If you treat a woman rough
Ill-treatment makes women stay
It makes her hang around
-Brother treat 'em rough
-They'll always hang around
-She comes right back for mo'
She returns for more with a lowered head
With her little head bowed down
-I'm a square shootin' papa
I'm a straightforward and morally upright father figure
One of the "do right" kind
-I'm a square shootin' papa
-One of the "do right" kind
-All my woman love me
All my women love me because I'm punctual and dependable
Cause I'm always there on time
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