When Missus 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!
When they had the earthquake in San Francisco, back in nineteen six,
They said that 'ol mother nature was up to her ol' 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!
When they had the gold rush, folks started running to Cal-i-for-ni-ay,
They all had dreams of making a million bucks a day,
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!
She caused the gold rush, it's my belief,
Diggin' gold from some guys' teeth!
So you can put the blame on Mame, Boys! Put the blame on Mame!
Remember the blizzard back in Manhattan, in Eighteen-Eighty-Six?
They say the 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 shoveled snow!
So you can put the blame on Mame, Boys! Put the blame on Mame!
