OH! MA-MA! (THE BUTCHER BOY)
(Paolo Citorello /  Rudy Vallee - Based on Italian song "Luna Mezzo Mare")

Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees (vocal: Red Stanley) - 1938
Dick Robertson & His Orch. (vocal: Dick Robertson) - 1938
George Hall & His Orch. (vocal: Dolly Dawn) - 1938
The Andrews Sisters - 1938
Glenn Miller & His Orch. (vocal: Gail Reese) - 1938
Gracie Fields - 1938
Betty Driver - 1938
Joe Loss & His Band - 1938
Nat Gonella & His Georgians (vocal: Nat Gonella, Stella Moya, Pat Smuts) - 1938
The Gaylords - 1959
The Mills Brothers - 1960
Max Bygraves with Ted Heath & His Music - 1960
Louis Del Monte (Instr.) - 1960
The Yum Yum Kids - 1966

Also recorded by: 
Hugo Montenegro & His Orch.; Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians.




As recorded by THE ANDREWS SISTERS:

Mama dear, come over here
And see who's looking in my window
It's the butcher boy and oh
He's got a bundle in his hand

Tell me why he winks his eye 
Whenever he goes by my window
Daughter, daughter, he's in love 
And you're in love, and love is grand

Hey Marie!  I gotta da pork chop
Hey Marie!  I gotta da lamb chop
Um, you wanta marry me?

The butcher boy, the butcher boy
She wants to marry the butcher boy

Oh!  Mama!  Oh, get that man for me
Oh!  Mama!  How happy I will be
Tra-la-la and cheery-beery-bee
Oh, if I'm gonna marry 
It's the butcher boy for me

Mama dear, come over here
And see who's looking in my window
It's the baker boy and oh
He's got a bundle in his hand

Hey, Marie! I gotta da fruitcake
Hey, Marie! I gotta da cheesecake
Oh, you wanta marry me?

The baker boy, the baker boy
She wants to marry the baker boy

Oh! Mama! Oh, get that man for me
Oh! Ma-Ma! How happy I will be
Tra-la-la and cheery-beery be
Oh, if I'm gonna marry
It's the baker boy for me

Mama dear, come over here
And see who's looking in my window
It's the fisher boy and oh
He's got a bundle in his hand

Hey, Marie! I gotta da codfish
Hey, Marie! I gotta da whitfish
Woh-woh-woh-woh, you want to marry me?

The fisher boy, the fisher boy
She wants to marry the fisher boy

Oh! Mama! Don't get that man for me
Oh! Ma-Ma! I cannot marry three
Oh! Ma-ma! That would be bigamy
So, if I'm gonna marry, it's the father of the three
Oh, if I'm gonna marry, it's the father of the three


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2018)