I GOT A MAMA DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS (ANOTHER IN MAINE)^[1]
I'VE GOT A MAMA DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS^[2]
Words and music by Jack Culley, Jimmy McHugh, and Irving Mills, ©1926.
As sung by Alma Henderson

Hey there, stranger!
There's somethin' on my mind.
I'm in danger
Most all of the time.
I never killed, never stole.
Somehow I've got myself in a hole.
Hey there, stranger!
My conscience hurts me so.

I got a daddy down in New Orleans,
Another daddy way up in Maine.
Don't know which one that I like best.
I guess I like 'em both 'bout the same.
I got two daddies; got to keep 'em apart,
'Cause, you know, one's my livin'; the other has my heart.
I got a daddy down in New Orleans,
Another daddy way up in Maine;
Yes sir, another daddy way up in Maine.

Someone told me that my daddy was goin' all aroun'
Leavin' sample kisses ev'rywhere in town.

I got a daddy down in New Orleans;
Got another daddy way up in Maine.
Don't know which one I like best.
Guess I ought to like 'em both the same.
I kind o' think he's been cheatin' on his mama; I'm wise.
I heard him say once that it pays to advertise.
I got a daddy down in New Orleans.
I got another one way up in Maine,
Yes sir, another daddy way up in Maine.

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1. Title as given in the sheet music, according to the catalog entry at Middle Tennessee State University.

2. Title as given on the CD "Vocal Blues & Jazz 1921-1930" (Document Records, 1997), for the Alma Henderson recording, according to Spotify.

According to The Online 78-rpm Discography Project, Evelyn Thompson recorded I GOT A PAPA DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS.