Songbook/Mama Don't Allow

= Mama Don't Allow = “Mama Don't Allow” is a traditional song from the United States. The first recording is by. The song was the focus of the cartoon.

The film and the song are about a mother who doesn't allow music in her own four walls, but her children don't care about that.

The song has been covered numerous times by various artists with different lyrics, melodies and musical styles (blues, jazz, country, swing, bluegrass, rock'n'roll...} and is equally suitable for the opening, as an encore or as a musical introduction to the artists involved. The melody is varied more or less in almost every verse.


 * Johnny Cash performed the song on February 17, 1971 on The Johnny Cash Show with his wife June Carter and many other guest artists.
 * Dudley Moore performed it on The Muppet Show in 1979.
 * In 1975 it appeared with Steve Goodman on the album Jessie's Jig and Other Favorites and Doc Watson on the album Memories.

Mama Don't Allow
Mama don't allow no music playin' round here Mama don't allow no music playin' round here Well, we don't care what Mama don't allow Gonna play that music anyhow Mama don't allow no music playin' round here Mama don't allow no guitar playin' round here Mama don't allow no guitar playin' round here Well, we don't care what Mama don't allow Gonna play that guitar anyhow Mama don't allow no guitar playin' round here Mama don't allow no singin' round here Mama don't allow no singin' round here Well, we don't care what Mama don't allow Gonna sing that song anyhow Mama don't allow no singin' round here Mama don't allow no hand clapping here Mama don't allow no hand clapping here Well, we don't care what mama don't allow We're gonna clap our hands anyhow Mama don't a-llow no hand clapping here Mama don't allow no foot stompin' round here Mama don't allow no foot stompin' round here Well, we don't care what Mama don't allow Gonna stomp my feet anyhow Mama don't a-llow no foot stompin' round here-
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 * No banjo playing
 * No Lindy dancing
 * No trombone blowing
 * No jazz playing
 * etc.

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