# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/61 "2011-03-29T16:14:48Z")
And Mama hollered out the back door “y’all remember to wipe your feet” And then she said “I got some news this mornin’ from Choctaw Ridge” “Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge” “Ode To Billy Joe”, Bobby Gentry ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/62 "2011-03-29T17:45:12Z")
“Oh darling, you’re not old enough to wear a bra. You’ve got nothing to hold it up.” “Why do I pay for all those lessons? Dance for Gran’ma! Dance for Gran’ma!” “Darling, I can tell you now, Your father went through life with an open fly.” “You take after your father’s side of the family, The ugly side.” (all from “Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love” from **A Chorus Line** ) "Mother always said i’d be very attractive when I grew up, when I grew up. “diff’rent” she said “with a special something and a very very personal flair.” (“At the Ballet,” also from **A Chorus Line** ) ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/63 "2011-03-29T17:54:54Z")
I’m going straight to hell Just like my mama said I’m going straight to hell - Drivin N Cryin ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/64 "2011-03-29T18:37:49Z")
“You been slippin’ into darkness, pretty soon you’re gonna pay.” (War, “Slipping Into Darkness”) “Did you hear mother saying I’m wrong when I know I’m right” (Jethro Tull, “For a Thousand Mothers”) Then there was _your_ mother… “Your mama and your papa done told me not to take you to the south” – (Animals, “Send You Back to Walker”) “Your mother’s ghost stands at your shoulder… saying ‘You cannot do that, it breaks all the rules’.” (CSN, “Triad”) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/65 "2011-03-29T18:55:55Z")
Momma’s on the front porch screamin’ out her warning “Girl you better get your red head Back in bed before the morning!” Garth Brooks Ain’t Goin’ Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up) ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/66 "2011-03-29T18:58:55Z")
_Eat a lot, sleep a lot, brush 'em like crazy Run a lot, do a lot, never be lazy_ Beach Boys Mama Says ---
**Author:** ![WPA-Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WPA-Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WPA-Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/67 "2011-03-29T19:24:22Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. Here you go… _I can’t see you mama but I can hardly wait ooh to touch and to feel you mama oh I just can’t keep away in the heat and the steam of the city oh its got me running and I just can’t brake so say you’ll help me mama cos its getting so hard_ ---
**Author:** ![eno801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@eno801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eno801)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/68 "2011-03-29T20:06:27Z")
To get things done, you better not mess with Major Tom ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/69 "2011-03-29T20:46:14Z")
My momma told me don’t lose you 'cause the best luck I had was you Say Hey (I Love You) by Michael Franti and Spearhead ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/70 "2011-03-29T20:57:45Z")
Beautiful daughter couldn’t make up her mind 'tween a doctor and a lawyer man The mother told the daughter “go out and find Yourself a brown eyed handsome man” That’s what your daddy was: a brown eyed handsome man. TSS, a brown eyed handsome man ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/71 "2011-03-29T21:26:27Z")
She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby’s gone Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly How could she do this to me The Beatles, She’s Leaving Home ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/72 "2011-03-30T01:16:51Z")
"Crawl before you walk, boy Walk before you run Come on, stand up straight, I’m proud of you Take my hand I know you can Walk like a man Walk like a man Your daddy’s demons are callin’ your name Don’t you listen to them cause they’ve got no claim Temptations may come, that ain’t no sin You get stronger every time that you don’t give in." Tim McGraw “Walk Like A Man” ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/73 "2011-03-30T03:30:28Z")
from Whole Wide World When I was a young boy My mama said to me There’s only one girl in the world for you And she probably lives in Tahiti ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/74 "2011-03-30T04:21:10Z")
My mama told me, “Your life is such a wreck” “You’re dumber than dogshit,” is what my daddy said. I was just thirteen when they shoved me out the door I keep their picture, but don’t look at it no more –Drive-By Truckers, “The Company I Keep” ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Turk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dan\_Turk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Turk)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/75 "2011-03-30T04:52:52Z")
they’s my magic shoes… they’ll take me anywhere… ---
**Author:** ![Meme\_Chose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Meme\_Chose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meme_Chose)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mama-told-me/576312/76 "2011-03-30T05:35:44Z")
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