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26 Aug 04 - 04:13 PM (#1257571) Subject: RE: Mudcat FAQ - Newcomer's Guide From: GUEST,Skiz I am looking for the lyrics to a song to a song called tell me mama by the teardrops. it is really important to me that i find these lyrics. my grandpa is dying and it is his favorite song and i would like to sing it to him. please help or tell me where i could find the lyrics. thanks skiz |
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26 Aug 04 - 04:16 PM (#1257575) Subject: Lyr Req: tell me mama by the teardrops From: GUEST,Skiz Please help me find the lyrics to the song tell me mama by the teardrops. my grandpa is very ill and this is his favorite song and i would like to sing it to him. please help me or let me know where i can find the lyrics. thanks Skiz |
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26 Aug 04 - 04:22 PM (#1257582) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: tell me mama by the teardrops From: GUEST,MMario I haven't had any luck googling...did find it listed in the discography for 'The teardrops' |
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26 Aug 04 - 09:40 PM (#1257788) Subject: RE: Req: Tell Me Mama (by the Teardrops) From: Joe Offer The Folk Music Index gives this listing of recordings: Tell Me Mama - Greenhill Kottke, Leo. Circle 'Round the Sun, Symposium Sys 2001, LP (197?), cut#A.04 Rag Daddy. On the Road Again, Voyager VRLP 201-S, LP (197?), cut#A.01 I don't know if this is the same song, and I don't know who Greenhill was/is. I'm thinking of a female pop/doo-wop/girl-group songwriter with the name green-something, and there was a musical revue based on her life. Can anybody remind me who I'm thinking of???? -Joe Offer- |
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27 Aug 04 - 02:59 AM (#1257899) Subject: RE: Req: Tell Me Mama (by the Teardrops) From: Jeanie I don't know if this is the one you are wanting, but this is a good ole' blues "Tell me Mama" - lyrics and sound clip here: Tell Me Mama All good wishes to you, Skiz, and to your grandpa and family, - jeanie |
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27 Aug 04 - 08:02 AM (#1258084) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: tell me mama by the teardrops From: FIDDLE-4 These are the only words I can find, their like the ones I use to sing when I was a wee lad...{see, barry taylor's web-,site for the -words + tune Thats where I got them.... fiddle-4 I'll Tell My Ma Chorus I'll tell my ma when I go home The boys won't leave the girls alone They pulled my hair, they stole my comb But that's all right till I go home. She is handsome, she is pretty She is the bell of Belfast city She is counting one, two, three Please won't you tell me who is she. Albert Mooney says he loves her All the boys are fighting for her They knock at the door and they ring at the bell Sayin' "Oh my true love, are you well?" Out she comes as white as snow Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes Old John Murray says she'll die If she doesn't get the fellow with the roving eye. Chorus Let the wind and rain and the hail blow high And the snow come tumblin' from the sky She's as nice as apple pie She'll get her own lad by and by. When she gets a lad of her own She won't tell her ma when she goes home Let them all come as they will For it's Albert Mooney she loves still. Chorus (twice) |
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27 Aug 04 - 08:23 AM (#1258100) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: tell me mama by the teardrops From: Pied Piper Magic Slim and the Teardrops I don't know if this is the right band but I couldn't find the words in any of the Album track titles but the lyrics sound Bluesy. Good luck PP |
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27 Aug 04 - 04:51 PM (#1258451) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: tell me mama by the teardrops From: Jeanie Skiz, scroll down to your first thread request dated 26th August at 04.13: you will find a couple more replies there from Joe Offer and from me. All good wishes, - jeanie
-Joe Offer- |
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27 Aug 04 - 10:30 PM (#1258648) Subject: Lyr Add: TELL ME MAMA ("Little" Walter Jacobs) From: Joe Offer Tell Me Mama by "Little" Walter Jacobs recording of 1952-1963 from The Chess Years 1952-1963 (Charly CD Red Box 5), copyright notice Oh, tell me mama, who's that while ago Oh, tell me mama, who's that while ago Yes, when I come in, who went out that back door Now that I come here mama I'm gonna start a ragin' stand You been out boogie-woogie'n, there's somethin' I don't understand I want you to tell me mama, who's that while ago Yes, when I come in, who went out that back door Now this is somethin', I never seen before A man is gettin' my money always, slammin' my back door I want you to tell me mama, who's that while ago Yes, when I came in, who went out that back door Oh, I had to wanna kneel down, you couldn't give the truth His hat in his hand and his, overcoat too I want you to tell me mama, why can't you be true Yes, when I came in, who went out that back door He came by me runnin', smellin' like a whiskey can My hat in his hand, and my overcoat too I want you to tell me mama, who's that while ago Yes, when I came in, who went out that back door |