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Red Hot Mamma

1924

LYRICS

I’ve got a girl, a wonderful girl,

She’s the sweetest one in town.

You can search for miles around,

But no one can be found like this one.

She has a smile that will open your eyes

With a certain little way.

And every time that I get near her,

I look at her and say.

Red hot mamma, red hot mamma,

You’re the one I need.

Red hot mamma, you’re some charmer,

Yes, indeed.

I claim that you should be in the Follies.

Hot tamales!

You have a pair of eyes

Just like old Svengali’s.

I confess that you possess

The sweetest charms in town.

And, unless I miss my guess,

The boys all follow you around.

You make a music master drop his fiddle.

Make a bald-headed man part his hair in the middle.

Red hot mamma, red hot mamma,

Sweetest girl in town.

I’ve got a plan, a marvelous plan,

That I figured out last night.

You just let me put you right,

That never have I been as clever

As when I thought that I’d purchase a ring

For her pretty little hand.

And, then, instead of her initials,

I’ll have it monogrammed.

Red hot mamma, red hot mamma,

You’re the one I need.

Red hot mamma, you’re some charmer,

Yes, indeed.

I claim that you should be in the Follies.

Hot tamales!

You have a pair of eyes

Just like old Svengali's.

I confess that you possess

The sweetest charms in town.

And, unless I miss my guess,

The boys all follow you around.

You drive most any man insane.

You make Casey Jones wreck his railroad train.

Red hot mamma, red hot mamma,

Sweetest girl in town.

You went to the North Pole but couldn’t stay,

Because you melted the snow and the ice away.

Red hot mamma,

Sweetest girl in town.

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Red Hot Mamma

SONG NOTES

In this mid-1920s recording, the three woman singing describe the hot and sweet girl (or 'mamma') they wish to propose to. Read more about the Brox Sisters in the exhibit Flipping the Script.

Note: Even though it came to stand for a manipulating or mesmerising person, 'Svengali's' refers to a character in an 1890s novel who was depicted in an antisemitic light.

LANGUAGE

English

CITATION

Victor matrix B-30972. Red hot mamma / Brox Sisters. 1924. In Discography of American Historical Recordings. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800005167/B-30972-Red_hot_mamma.