RED HOT MOMA
(Cooper / Rose / Wells)

as recorded by The Brox Sisters
with Arthur Johnson (piano)
1924


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 moma,
Red hot moma,
You're the one I need!
Red hot moma,
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've missed 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 moma,
Red hot moma,
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 moma,
Red hot moma,
You're the one I need!
Red hot moma,
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've missed my guess,
The boys all follow you around!

You drive most any man insane,
You make Casey Jones wreck his railroad train!
Red hot moma,
Red hot moma,
Sweetest girl in town!

You went to the north pole but couldn't stay
'Cause you melted the snow and the ice away!
Red hot moma,
Sweetest girl in town!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - May 2017)