"My Mammy" is an American popular song with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis, first performed in 1918 by William Frawley as a vaudeville act, and later popularised by Al Jolson in multiple performances throughout the 1920s, including in the 1927 film The Jazz Singer.
The song was briefly performed by The Residents' friend Barry "Schwump" Schwam (dressed in blackface as the character Choo-Choo) in the unfinished film Vileness Fats.[1] A snippet of sound from this footage was played over the phone by a Resident during a prank call to Schwump on his radio show on KBOO-FM in Portland, Oregon in 1976.
Lyrics[]
Schwump (dressed in blackface as Choo-Choo the Bellboy) in a Ralph Records promo for "Aphids in the Hall", 1976
Everything is lovely When you start to roam; The birds are singin', the day that you stray, But later, when you are further away,
Things won't seem so lovely When you're all alone; Here's what you'll keep saying When you're far from home:
Mammy, Mammy, The sun shines east, the sun shines west, I know where the sun shines best--
Mammy, My little mammy, My heartstrings are tangled around Alabammy.
I'm comin', Sorry that I made you wait. I'm comin', Hope and trust that I'm not late, oh oh oh
Mammy, My little Mammy, I'd walk a million miles For one of your smiles, My Mammy! Oh oh oh...
Mammy... My little Mammy. The sun shines east-- the sun shines west-- I know where-- the sun shines best! It's on my Mammy I'm talkin' about, nobody else's!
My little Mammy, My heartstrings are tangled around Alabammy.
Mammy-- Mammy, I'm comin'-- I'm so sorry that I made you wait! Mammy-- Mammy, I'm comin'! Oh God, I hope I'm not late! Look at me, Mammy! Don't you know me? I'm your little baby!
I'd walk a million miles For one of your smiles, My Mammy!
See also[]
- Schwump
- Vileness Fats (Scene 18)
Resources[]
- The Residents prank call Schwump, KBOO-FM, 1976 (MP3 file, 128 kbps, 6:49)
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