[ Featuring Rita Hayworth ]
When Mrs. O'Leary's cow
Kicked the lantern in Chicago town
They say that started the fire
That burned Chicago down
Well, that's the story that went around
But here's the real low-down, down
Put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame
Mame kissed a buyer from outta town
And that kiss burned Chicago down
So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame
Remember the earthquake in San Francisco
Back in nineteen-six
They said that ol' Mother Nature
Was up to her old tricks
Well-well, that's the story that went around
But here's the real low, low-dow-wown
Put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame
One night she started to shim and shake
And that brought on the Frisco quake
So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame
When they had a shootin' up in the Klondike
Well they got Dan McGrew
Folks were putting the blame on
The lady known as Lou
Well, 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
("Huh") That's the thing that slew McGrew
So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame