Looking for a New Mama

Words and music by Jimmie Rodgers, 1931.

I want a brand new mama, I think I’ll advertise.
I want a brand new mama, I think I’ll advertise;
I want a woman who can cook, and one who won’t tell me dirty lies.

Odle-ay-hee. Ay-hee. Odle-ay-hee.

I had a good woman, as kind as she could be.
I had a good mama, she was kind as she could be;
Her daddy was a brakeman, out on that old I.C.

Odle-ay-hee. Ay-hee. Odle-ay-hee.

When I get a woman, I want her all to myself.
When I get my mama, I want her all to myself;
There’ll be no outside loving, she’s got to keep it on the shelf.

Yodel-ay-hee. Ay-hee. Odle-ay-hee.

I’m looking for a woman who’s got lot’s of pep.
I’m looking for a mama, one who’s got lot’s of pep.
Don’t love nobody but me, and won’t forget to watch her step.

Yodel-ay-hee. Ay-hee. Odle-ay-hee.

I don’t want no skinny mama, I want one with plenty fat.
I don’t want no skinny woman, I want one with plenty of meat;
I want a gal who will rock all day, she won’t even stop to eat.

Yodel-ay-hee. Ay-hee. Odle-ay-hee.

Collected from Victor 23580, as sung by Jimmie Rodgers, recorded June 15, 1931.