Verse 1
[A] [A7]
Shall you tell me who’s the flapper I see you with every night?
[D7] [A]
And she’s vampin’ so hard, I’m bound to lose my appetite
[E] [D7] [A]
That’s my fairskinned mama, better known as Miss Jennie Rice
Verse 2
[A] [A7]
I’m going to make you wish you never had been born
[D7] [A]
I just went uptown, got my gun out of pawn
[E] [D7] [A]
Said don’t start nothing mama your papa’s got your bath water on
Verse 3
[A] [A7]
If you don’t have me, papa, you won’t have no gal at all
[D7] [A]
And it seems all the women you meet is bound to fall
[E] [D7] [A]
Well your daddy said it straight mama you could back your mule up in my stall
[instrumental verse]
Verse 4
[A] [A7]
Come on, old papa, ‘cause mama ain’t mad at you
[D7] [A]
But tell me makes you keep me so worried and blue
[E] [D7] [A]
I said don't stop mama cos your papa got work to do
