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Gracie Fields - Oh! Ma-Ma (1938)

2024-01-03 19 Dailymotion

Gracie Fields<br /><br />"Oh! Ma-Ma (The Butcher Boy)" <br /><br />Kristal 21830<br /><br />Maybe you know the version by the Andrews Sisters?<br /><br />Song by Lew Brown, Paolo Citarella, and Rudy Vallee<br /><br />Many of us know the song as "Cc'è la luna n menzu ô mari."<br /><br />That's Sicilian for 'There's the moon amid the sea."<br /><br />It is sung in a Godfather movie.<br /><br />This is a a mother-daughter "coming of age" song. The daughter wants to learn from the mother want the butcher boy wants. What is the meaning of the butcher boy's actions? The mother has to explain in plain language that the butcher boy has marriage in mind.<br /><br />Mama dear, come over here<br />And see who's looking in my window<br />It's the butcher boy and oh<br />He's got a bundle in his hand<br />Tell me why he winks his eye<br />Whenever he goes by my window<br /><br />Daughter, daughter, he's in love<br />And you're in love, and love is grand<br /><br />Hey Marie, I gotta da pork chop<br />Hey Marie, I gotta da lamb chop<br />Hm, you want to marry me?<br />The butcher boy, the butcher boy<br />She wants to marry the butcher boy<br /><br />Oh, mama, oh, get that man for me<br />Oh, mama, how happy I will be<br />Tra-la-la and cheery-beery-bee<br />Oh, if I'm gonna marry<br />It's the butcher boy for me<br />Mama dear, come over here<br />And see who's looking in my window<br />It's the baker boy and oh<br />He's got a bundle in his hand<br />Hey, Marie, I gotta da fruitcake<br />Hey, Marie, I gotta da cheesecake<br />Oh, you want to marry me?<br />The baker boy, the baker boy<br />She wants to marry the baker boy<br />Oh, mama, oh, get that man for me<br />Oh, mama, how happy I will be<br />Tra-la-la and cheery-beery be<br />Oh, if I'm gonna marry<br />It's the baker boy for me<br />Mama dear, come over here<br />And see who's looking in my window<br />It's the fisher boy and oh<br />He's got a bundle in his hand<br />Hey, Marie, I gotta da codfish<br />Hey, Marie, I gotta da whitefish<br />Whoa, you want to marry me?<br />The fisher boy, the fisher boy<br />She wants to marry the fisher boy<br />Oh, mama, don't get that man for me<br />Oh, mama, I cannot marry three<br />Oh, mama, that would be bigamy<br />So, if I'm gonna marry<br />It's the father of the three<br />Oh, if I'm gonna marry<br />It's the father of the three

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