When Mrs. O'Leary's cow Kicked the lantern in Chicago town They say that started the fire That burned Chicago down That's the story that went around But here's the real low-down Put the blame on Mame, boys, Put the blame on Mame Mame kissed a buyer from out of town That kiss burned Chicago down So you can put the blame on Mame, boys, Put the blame on Mame
Remember the blizzard, back in Manhattan In 1886 (eighteen-eighty-six) They say that traffic was tied up And folks were in a fix That's the story that went around But here's the real low-down Put the blame on Mame, boys, Put the blame on Mame Mame gave a chump such an ice-cold «No» For seven days they shovelled snow So you can put the blame on Mame, boys, Put the blame on Mame
Oh, good morning!
When they had the earthquake in San Francisco Back in 1906 (nineteen-six) They said that all Mother Nature Was up to her old tricks That's the story that went around But here's the real low-down Put the blame on Mame, boys, Put the blame on Mame One night she started to shim and shake That brought on the Frisco quake So you can put the blame on Mame, boys, Put the blame on Mame
They once had a shootin' up in the Klondike When they got Dan McGrew Folks were putting the blame on The lady known as Lou That's the story that went around But here's the real low-down Put the blame on Mame, boys, Put the blame on Mame Mame did a dance called the hoochy-coo That's the thing that slew McGrew Put the blame on Mame, boys, Put the blame on Mame