I
Know
a gal,
a wonderful gal
She's the sweetest gal in town
You can search for miles around
But no one can be found like this one
She has a smile that will
open your eyes
with a certain little way.
And every time that you get near her,
you look at her and say, hi,
Red Hot Mama,
Red Hot Mama,
you're the one I need.
Red Hot Mama, Red Hot Mama,
yes, indeed.
I claim that you should be in the follies,
hot tamales.
You have a pair of eyes
just like old Svengali's
I confess that you possess
the sweetest charm in town
And unless I miss my guess,
the boys all follow you around
You make a music master
drop his fiddle
Make a bald -headed man
part his hair in the middle
Oh, Red -Eyed Mama, Red -Eyed Mama,
sweetest gal in town
I confess that you possess
The sweetest charm in town
And unless I miss my guess
The boys all follow you around
And then you went up north
And you couldn't stay
Because you melted all the
snow and ice away
Oh, red -eyed mama,
red -eyed mama
Sweetest girl in town,
I said
Sweetest girl in town
You