From the 1946 film “Gilda”
Words and music by Doris Fisher and Allan Roberts
The sheet music:
Lyrics
1. 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
2. When they had the earthquake
In San Francisco back in nineteen-six
They said 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
3. When they had the gold rush
Folks started running to Californiay
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”
4. Remember the blizzard, back in Manhattan
In 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
5. 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
So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame