# My Mama Told Me... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312 "2011-03-28T20:55:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/1 "2011-03-28T20:55:53Z")
…You better shop around. What else did Mama tell you in a song? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/2 "2011-03-28T20:57:42Z")
> [@](#): > > My mother, my mother, > She hold me, she hold me, when I was out there. The Cranberries, _Ode to My Family_ Sometimes the best thing to say… is nothing. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/3 "2011-03-28T21:03:39Z")
\*Oh, take your time don’t live too fast Troubles will come and they will pass Go find a woman you’ll find love And don’t forget son there is someone up above And be a simple kind of man Be something you love and understand Baby be a simple kind of man Oh, won’t you do this for me son if you can?\* **Simple Man** by Lynyrd Skynyrd. This will the be Groom/Mother of Groom dance at my wedding reception. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/4 "2011-03-28T21:05:14Z")
“Mama said there’d be days like this, there’d be days like this, mama said, mama said, mama said.” The Shirelles. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/5 "2011-03-28T21:07:50Z")
She told me not to come (and added, “that ain’t no way to have fun”). ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/6 "2011-03-28T21:08:35Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > “Mama said there’d be days like this, there’d be days like this, mama said, mama said, mama said.” “Nobody told me there’d be days like these Strange days indeed – most peculiar, mama” -John Lennon [My mommy said not to put beans in my ears.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZw7lWd1btQ) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/7 "2011-03-28T21:18:04Z")
A woman will sweet talk and give you the big eye. But when that sweet talk is done, a woman’s a two-face. A woman’s something that would leave to sing the blues in the night. And she told me this when I was in knee pants! - Arlen and Mercer ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/8 "2011-03-28T21:18:47Z")
… if I was good-y, that she would buy me a rubber dolly. (The Clapping Song) … it’s a mean old town to live in by yourself. (Papa concurred) (Mean Town Blues) ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/9 "2011-03-28T21:22:18Z")
Mama told me, yes she told me I’d meet girls like you. She also told me stay away You never know what you’ll catch. Cheap Trick, _Surrender_ ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/10 "2011-03-28T21:23:44Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > A woman will sweet talk and give you the big eye. But when that sweet talk is done, a woman’s a two-face. A woman’s something that would leave to sing the blues in the night. > > And she told me this when I was in knee pants! > > - Arlen and Mercer A woman’s a two-face, a worrisome thing who’ll leave you to sing the blues in the night. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/11 "2011-03-28T21:29:10Z")
Mama said knock you out!!! ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/12 "2011-03-28T21:29:31Z")
Johnny Cash Dont take your guns to town,son,leave your guns at home Bill. Steve Earle Mama said the pistol is the devil’s right hand ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/13 "2011-03-28T21:32:24Z")
When I was just a baby, my mama told me “Son, always be a good boy. Don’t you ever play with guns”. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/14 "2011-03-28T21:34:32Z")
My mama told me, she said “Son, please beware There’s this thing called love and it’s-a, everywhere” She told me it can break your heart And put you in misery ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/15 "2011-03-28T22:10:48Z")
“Come on home, girl” Mama cried on the phone “Too soon to lose my baby yet, my girl should be at home” ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/16 "2011-03-28T22:12:44Z")
Mama she has told me then, told me when I’s young Son your whole life’s an open book, don’t close it fore it starts… Metallica “Mama Said” ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/17 "2011-03-28T22:15:33Z")
that “Papa was a rolling stone. Wherever he laid his hat was his home.” ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/18 "2011-03-28T22:21:09Z")
[My mama done tol’ me bring home something for dinner](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwwoKkIxebk&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/19 "2011-03-28T22:34:11Z")
“All men are false, they’ll tell you wicked loving lies. The very next evening, they’ll court another, leaving you alone to pine and sigh.” ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/20 "2011-03-28T22:37:52Z")
Sylvia’s mother says Sylvia’s busy, too busy to come to the phone Sylvia’s mother says Sylvia’s tryin’ to start a new life of her own Sylvia’s mother says Sylvia’s happy so why don’t you leave her alone [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312.md?page=2)