Mama Said

Album: The Shirelles Sing to Trumpets and Strings (1961)
Charted: 4
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  • Mama said there'll be days like this
    There'll be days like this, mama said
    (Mama said, mama said)
    Mama said there'll be days like this
    There'll be days like this, my mama said
    (Mama said, mama said)

    I went walking the other day and
    Everything was going fine
    Met a little boy named Billy Joe
    And then I almost lost my mind

    Mama said there'll be days like this
    There'll be days like this, my mama said
    (Mama said, mama said)
    Mama said there'll be days like this
    There'll be days like this, my mama said

    And then she said someone would look at me
    Like I'm looking at you someday
    Then I might find
    I don't want you any old way but I don't worry 'causre

    Mama said there'll be days like this
    There'll be days like this, my mama said
    (Mama said, mama said)
    Mama said there'll be days like this
    There'll be days like this, my mama said

    My eyes are wide open
    But all that I can see is
    Chapel bells a-tollin'
    For everyone but-a me but I don't worry 'cause

    Mama said there'll be days like this
    There'll be days like this, my mama said
    (Mama said, mama said)
    Mama said there'll be days like this
    There'll be days like this, my mama said

    (Mama said, mama said, hey, hey) don't you worry
    (Mama said, mama said, hey, hey) don't you worry, now
    (Mama said, mama said, hey, hey)
    (Mama said, mama said, hey, hey) mama said there'll be days like this
    (Mama said, mama said, hey, hey) there'll be days like this, my mama said
    (Mama said, mama said, hey, hey) mama said there'll be days like this
    (Mama said, mama said, hey, hey) there'll be days like this, my mama said
    (Mama said, mama said, hey, hey) don't you worry Writer/s: Luther Dixon, Willie Denson
    Publisher: Abkco Music Inc., Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn April 28th 1961, 'The Biggest Show of Stars of '61' played at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri...
    One of the acts to appear were the Shirelles; and at the time the quartet had two records on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, "Dedicated to the One I Love" was at #13 and "Mama Said" was at #42...
    "Dedicated" was heading down the chart, a month earlier on March 27th it had peaked at #3 {for 1 week}; while "Mama Said" was working its way up the chart, and on May 29th it would peak at #4 {for 2 weeks}...
    Chubby Checker was the show's headliner, and the other acts on the bill were Fats Domino, Bo Diddley, the Drifters, Chuck Jackson, and the Shells...
    The next night the tour would appear at the McCormick Place in Chicago.
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