Mama's baby, Papa's maybe

mama's baby, papa's maybe English Phrase phr ~[M:m]ama; [P:p]apa en mama's baby, papa's maybe. en w:Susan Straight Confinement Blacker Than a Thousand Midnights New York, N.Y. Hyperion 1994 96 https://archive.org/details/blackerthanthous0000susa/page/96/mode/1up 9780786860036 What the guys all say? Mama’s baby, Papa’s maybe. Nah—I seen that nose, and she mine. en w:Eric Jerome Dickey Chiquita Sister, Sister New York, N.Y. Signet 1996 December 1997 229 https://archive.org/details/sistersister00dick/page/229/mode/1up 0-451-18802-0 “1 Your name is Chiquita?” “That’s Spanish for petite or small. You part Mexican?” / I laughed. “Not that I know of, but you never know. Mama’s baby, Papa’s maybe.” en Empress Simone pseudonym 6 In These Streets: Koi’s Saga [Bronx, N.Y.] Empressed For Life Presents 2016 94 https://archive.org/details/inthesestreetsko0000empr/page/94/mode/1up 9781517346218 As far as the request for a DNA test I was sort of taken aback. The old but familiar saying, ‘Mama’s baby, Papa’s maybe’ jumped into my head.