Songbook/Mama Don't Allow

Mama Don't Allow “Mama Don't Allow” is a traditional song from the United States. The first recording is by Mama+Don't+Allow+Riley+Puckett Riley Puckett (1928). The song was the focus of the cartoon The+Kids+in+the+Shoe "The Kids in the Shoe" (1935). The film and the song are about a mother who doesn't allow music in her own four walls, but her children don't care about that. The song has been covered numerous times by various artists with different lyrics, melodies and musical styles (blues, jazz, country, swing, bluegrass, rock'n'roll...} and is equally suitable for the opening, as an encore or as a musical introduction to the artists involved. The melody is varied more or less in almost every verse. Johnny Cash performed the song on February 17, 1971 on The Johnny Cash Show with his wife June Carter and many other guest artists. Dudley Moore performed it on The Muppet Show in 1979. In 1975 it appeared with Steve Goodman on the album Jessie's Jig and Other Favorites and Doc Watson on the album Memories. Mama Don't Allow 1 GMama don't allow no music playin' round here Mama don't allow no music playin' round Dhere Well, Gwe don't care what Mama don't allow Gonna Cplay that music anyhow GMama don't allow no Dmusic playin' round Ghere 2 GMama don't allow no guitar playin' round here Mama don't allow no guitar playin' round Dhere Well, Gwe don't care what G7Mama don't allow Gonna Cplay that guitar anyhow GMama don't allow no D7guitar playin' round Ghere 3 GMama don't allow no singin' round here Mama don't allow no singin' round D7here Well, Gwe don't care what G7Mama don't allow Gonna Csing that song A7anyhow GMama don't allow no singin' round Ghere 4 GMama don't allow no hand clapping here (/C /B /A)(/C /B /A) = Individual bass notes that together form a bass line Mama don't allow no hand clapping Dhere (/D /E /F#) Well, Gwe don't care what G7mama don't allow We're gonna A7clap our hands D7anyhow GMama don't a-Emllow no A7hand D7clapping Ghere (/G /E /F#) 5 GMama don't allow no foot stompin' round here Mama don't allow no foot stompin' round here Well, Gwe don't care what G7Mama don't allow Gonna Cstomp my feet A7anyhow GMama don't a-Emllow no A7foot stompD7in' round GhereC-G No banjo playing No Lindy dancing No trombone blowing No jazz playing etc. Weblinks no:Mama Don’t Allow (source for the infos) en:The Kids in the Shoe Mama+Don't+Allow Mama Don't Allow Mama+Don't+Allow Mama Don't Allow (Pokey LaFarge) Mama+Don't+Allow+Johnny+Cash Mama Don't Allow (Johnny Cash) Mama+Don't+Allow+Dudley+Moore+Muppet Mama Don't Allow (Dudley Moore + Muppets) Mama+Don't+Allow+Steve+Goodman Mama Don't Allow (Steve Goodman)