[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]
Don’t you feel ashamie
a 1901 popular song
words by Will D. Cobb
music by Gus Edwards
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
1. Mamie was a girlie, Mamie was her name
Everywhere that Mamie went
Something went the same
She took well at parties, very well in fact
Mamie was a kleptomamie, kleptomamiac
Once she took a notion in a dry goods store
She would be a lady, that and nothing more
But a bold floor-walker made her put it back
Mamie took a seal skin, Mamie got the sack
Refrain
M-m-m-m Mamie, don’t you feel ashamie
“Tell me are there any more at home like you”
Disposition shady, but a perfect lady
A beginner but a winner, Mamie
2. Mamie took the measles, Mamie took to bed
Mamie took a Doctor, this is what he said
Take a little something, till you’re feeling prime
She’s been taking, taking something
Something all the time
Mamie’s gone and left me, Mamie took a trip
Mamie took a pillow, she gave me the slip
Never more I’ll see her, I will tell you why
When I met my Mamie, Mamie took my eye
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Sung here by Fred Feild: