He would spend it on the ponies,
he would spend it on the girls
Buy his mother gin and roses
for her poor old -headed curls
But when his wife said, hey now,
what did you get for me?
He socked her in the chopper
Such a sweet, sweet guy was he
And her tears flowed like wine
Yes, her tears flowed like wine
She's a real sad tomato
She's a busted valentine
Oh, Sir Mama, I told her that
The man is darned unkind
How
he loved the old racehorses,
he would bet them every day.
One day he caught a winner,
and the cabbage wasn't hay.
He indulged in fancy spending,
ordered rings, cars, and furs,
but alas, alack,
like a stab in the back,
she found out they were not hers.
And her tears flowed like wine,
yes, her tears flowed like wine
She's a real sad tomato,
she's a busted valentine
Knows her mama, but told her that
her man is darned a kind
He got mixed up with a Maisie
He got mixed up with a Flo
So Flo shoved him in the river
He'll not get mixed up no more
His wife then draped herself in black
That showed her figure fine
Then she cussed him out,
the two -faced guy
No insurance could she find
And her tears flowed like wine
Yes, her tears flowed like wine
She's a real sad tomato
She's a busted valentine
Oh, Sir Mama, I told her that
the man is darned a kind.