# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/41 "2011-03-29T01:54:44Z")
Mama always told me be careful who you love. and be careful what you say because the lie becomes the truth. At other times… mother told me, yeah she told me, there’d be girls like you. She also told me stay away, you never know what you’ll catch. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/42 "2011-03-29T01:56:17Z")
My mama said that your life is a gift and my mama said there’s much weight you will lift and my mama said leave those bad boys alone and my mama said be home before the dawn and my mama said you can be rich or poor but my mama said you can be big or small! But i’m always on the run! ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/43 "2011-03-29T01:57:13Z")
My mama, she done told me Papa done told me too “Son, that gal you’re fooling with She ain’t no good for you” (But that’s all right, mama) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/44 "2011-03-29T02:03:19Z")
Called your mama, 'bout three or four nights ago Called your mama, 'bout three or four nights ago Your mama said “Son, don’t call my daughter no more.” ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/45 "2011-03-29T02:13:04Z")
Eminem, “My Dad’s Gone Crazy:” It’s like my mother always told me rana rana rana rana rana and codeine and goddamit, you little motherfucker If you ain’t got nothin’ nice to say then don’t say nothin’ (followed by several seconds of silence) ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/46 "2011-03-29T02:14:20Z")
Later I tried to call you Your mama told me you weren’t there She told me don’t bother to call again Unless I cut off all my hair I get so tired of sneakin’ around Just to get to your back door I crawled past the garbage and Your mama jumped out, screamin’ “Don’t come back no more” Frank Zappa- My guitar wants to kill your mamma. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/47 "2011-03-29T02:31:56Z")
And mama used to say: “Take your time young man” And mama used to say: “Don’t you rush to get old” And mama used to say: “Take it in your stride” And mama used to say: “Live your life, Live your life, Live your life, oh…!” Thank you, Junior Giscombe, wherever you are… ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/48 "2011-03-29T02:59:17Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > \*It sounded like somebody else that was talkin’ > Askin’, “Mama, what do I do?” > She said,“Just be nice to the gentlemen, Fancy” > “They’ll be nice to you” > > She said, “Here’s your chance Fancy, don’t let me down > Here’s your one chance Fancy, don’t let me down” > > Lord, forgive me for what I do, but if you want out > Well, it’s up to you, and don’t let me down > Now your mama’s gonna move you uptown\* > > Reba McEntire Reba covered it. It was written by the oh so sultry Bobbie Gentry, who also wrote **Ode to Billie Joe**. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/49 "2011-03-29T03:09:53Z")
I was her sunshine, her only sunshine… Oh…mama songs… “mama say, mama sah, ma-ma cu-sah” \ Otherwise, all that springs to mind immediately is the Genesis song, but I can’t remember any lyrics except ‘MAMA!!’ so I don’t know if she SAID anything or just got sang at really dramatically. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/50 "2011-03-29T03:25:32Z")
Oh, my mama loves me, she loves me She get down on her knees and hugs me, oh she loves me like a rock She rocks me like the Rock of Ages She love me, love me, love me, love me ~Paul Simon ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/51 "2011-03-29T03:26:18Z")
I tried to tell my mama, but she told me “This is one for your dad” ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/52 "2011-03-29T03:41:07Z")
_It’s taken this long to mention this one?_ You can’t hurry love. No, you’ll just have to wait. Love don’t come easy, it’s a game of give and take. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/53 "2011-03-29T03:47:14Z")
Sylvia’s mother says Sylvia’s busy, too busy to come to the phone… My momma she once told me “now don’tcha love you any man Just take what they may give you and give out what you can And you can sing in the sunshine you’ll laugh every day you can sing in the sunshine, and then be on your way.” Of course “my mother told me to pick the very best one, peach pear apple plum and you are not IT” ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/54 "2011-03-29T04:08:43Z")
Since **Tangent** paved the way for musical theatre contributions, from _Footloose:_ Mama says don’t use a toaster while standing in the shower Now who can argue with that Mama says don’t hold your breath for longer than an hour The woman knows where it’s at … Mama says don’t buy a chandelier 'less you got a ceiling I don’t know what that’s about Mama says don’t chew on tinfoil unless you like that feeling Somehow she figured that out ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/55 "2011-03-29T04:23:12Z")
well, I don’t care what mama don’t allow gonna play my guitar anyhow but mama don’t allow no guitar playin’ round here ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/56 "2011-03-29T08:50:38Z")
Ah, my mama said the time would come When I would find myself in love with you Paul McCartney, _Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five_ ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/57 "2011-03-29T09:19:19Z")
My mama had some great advice, so I put it in the words of this song. I can still hear the lady saying: “Boy, I see you sitting out there all alone Crying your eyes out cos the woman you love is gone. There’s gonna be a whole lotta trouble in your life But listen to me, get up off your knees, cos only the strong survive.” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/58 "2011-03-29T09:54:36Z")
Last night I heard my Mama singing this song: [Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSNSTerj2Kc) mmm ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/59 "2011-03-29T13:19:21Z")
Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun But, mama, that’s where the fun is ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/60 "2011-03-29T15:06:16Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > Sylvia’s mother says Sylvia’s busy, too busy to come to the phone… See post #20 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312.md?page=4)