27 Mar 00 - 10:42 PM (#202409)
Subject: Red Hot Mama
From: GUEST,ddw
RED HOT MAMA By Wells, Cooper, Rose
Well I'm just a girl, a wonderful girl The sweetest one in town You can search for miles around And not one like me can be found I've got a smile, a wonderful smile And a certain little way And ever time the boys get near me They look at me and say
Red hot mama, red hot mama, You're the one we need Red hot mama, some charmer, yes, indeed They say that I should be In the follies, hot tamales They sayu that I've got a pair of eyes Just like old Svengali's I confess that I possess The sweetest charms in town And unless I miss my guess The boys all follow me around. I could make a music master drop his fiddle Make a bald-headed man part his hair in the middle Cause I'm a red hot mama, red hot mama But I'll have to turn my damper down.
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I'm a red hot mama, red hot mama I'm the one they need Red not mama, some charmer, yes indeed There's not a model chair that I couldn't sit in, just like a kitten There's not a Broadway show that I couldn't fit in I confess that I possess The sweetest charms in town And unless I miss my guess The boys all follow me around I could make a Texas farmer forget his hay I could make the devil throw his fork away Cause I'm a red hot mama, red hot mama But I'll have to turn my damper down.
The version that I took this from is by Sophie Tucker on a 2-CD set from Europe called The Ultimate Encyclopedia of American Blues Classics. Not sure of the producing company's name, but the catelogue number is R2 CD 40-33.
BTW, the line in italics is very difficult to understand. I did the best I could to transcribe it, but I don't guarantee it's right. If anyone else knows exactly what it is, I'd welcome a correction here.
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