Your Mamma's Gonna Slow You Down 1923

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 31 August 2010
2010

You've heard them talk about sweet papas
that wouldn't spend a night at home,
They go roaming in the gloaming
leaving their mamas alone.
I know a man started stepping
stepping out every night
Till his sweet mama said sweet papa
Let me put you right.

You may be fast
but you won't last
'cause your mama's gonna slow you down.
You may roam away from home
but your mamma's gonna hang around,
If you think you can leave me flat
Think that you can stay away.
I'll know where to find you at
Ev'ry decoration day
If you go I surely know
I'm never gonna wear a frown
And if you think you're big enough
to black my eyes
I'm gonna get myself a razor
cut you down to my size.
You may be fast
but you won't last
Because you're mama's gonna slow you down.

You may be fast
but you won't last
'cause your mama's gonna slow you down.
You may roam away from home
but your mamma's gonna hang around,
graveyard bound you sure will be found
Minister will then begin.
If you don't think you're sinkin' babe
Just look at the hole you're in
When you leave why I won't grieve
I'm never gonna wear a frown
'cause I remember when
you got here from the South
You were so raggedy
you had your money hid in your mouth
You may be fast but you won't last
Because your mama's gonna slow you down.

I never seemed to find sweet papa
who wouldn't run around at night
they'd be leaving, I'd be grieving
sittin' in the candle light.
I lost my good disposition
Kept getting nearer each day
My papa crossed me,
double crossed me
so I had to say.

You may be fast
but you won't last
'cause your mama's gonna slow you down.
You may roam away from home
but your mamma's gonna hang around,
If you think you can leave me flat
Think that you can stay away.
I'll know where to find you at
Ev'ry decoration day
If you go I surely know
I'm never gonna wear a frown
And if you think you're big enough
to black my eyes
I'm gonna get myself a razor
cut you down to my size.
You may be fast
but you won't last
Because you're mama's gonna slow you down.

You may be fast
but you won't last
'cause your mama's gonna slow you down.
You may roam away from home
but your mamma's gonna hang around,
graveyard bound you sure will be found
Minister will then begin.
If you don't think you're sinkin' babe
Just look at the hole you're in
When you leave why I won't grieve
I'm never gonna wear a frown
'cause I remember when
you got here from the South
You were so raggedy
you had your money hid in your mouth
You may be fast but you won't last
Because your mama's gonna slow you down.

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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Your Mamma's Gonna Slow You Down 1923
by Gilbert Wells & Bud Cooper
© MCMXXIII by Stark & Cowan Inc. - N.Y.C.
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sequence & karaoke be James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 31 August 2010 at 16.25
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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