{"id":16702,"date":"2023-09-01T03:15:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T03:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=16702"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T15:39:47","slug":"pistol-packin-mama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/pistol-packin-mama\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistol Packin’ Mama"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters<\/span>, 1943<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[G] <\/span>D<\/span>rinking beer in a cabaret<\/span>, <\/span>Was I having <\/span>[D]<\/span> fun<\/span>
\n<\/span>[D]<\/span> Until one night she caught me right<\/span>, <\/span>And now I’m on the [G] <\/span><\/span>run<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[G] <\/span><\/span> Lay that pistol down, babe<\/span>, <\/span>Lay<\/span> that pistol [D]<\/span><\/span>\u00a0down<\/span>
\n<\/span>[D] <\/span>Pistol <\/span>packin<\/span>\u2019<\/span> mama<\/span>, <\/span>Lay that pistol [G]<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>down<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, she kicked out my windshield<\/span>, <\/span>And<\/span> she hit me over the head<\/span>
\n<\/span>She cussed <\/span>&<\/span> cried <\/span>&<\/span> said I lied<\/span>, <\/span>&<\/span> she wished that I was dead<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[<\/span>CHORUS<\/span>]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I’ll sing <\/span>to <\/span>you every night<\/span>, Babe, <\/span>And I’ll woo you every day<\/span>
\n<\/span>I’ll be your <\/span>Sugar Daddy, <\/span>Now<\/span> put that gun <\/span>away<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[<\/span>CHORUS<\/span>]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Pappy made a batch of corn<\/span>, <\/span>The revenuers came<\/span>
\n<\/span>The drought was slow so now they know<\/span>, <\/span>You<\/span> can’t do that to Mame<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[<\/span>CHORUS<\/span>]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[<\/span>1<\/span>st<\/span> VERSE<\/span>]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[<\/span>CHORUS<\/span>]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters, 1943 [G] Drinking beer in a cabaret, Was I having [D] fun [D] Until one night she caught me right, And now I’m on the [G] run [G] Lay that pistol down, babe, Lay that pistol [D]\u00a0down [D] Pistol packin\u2019 mama, Lay that pistol [G]\u00a0down … CLICK TO VIEW SONGPistol Packin’ Mama<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}