MAMA'S MUMU

© 1957
Lyrics & Music: Gene Burdette

Sheet Music: Criterion Music Corp., New York

Recordings: Webley Edwards
LP: Clara Inter [Hilo Hattie], My Hawaii (Hui Records H-100)

Some slaves of fashion bend the knee to styles from gay Paree
While others bow to movie stars, the czars of lingerie
But there's a hefty mama down in Honolulu town
She's set the fashion mob agog with her brand new mumu gown!

Oh, you gotta see mama's ui nui mumu
When she's swinfin' along the beach at Waikiki
It's the biggest attraction down in Honolulu
Because it's loaded with her personality

Mama's mumu's like a nightgown with a bulge that's out of date
But she struts like Miss Hawaii at the age of sixty eight!
Yes, you gotta see Mama's ui nui mumu
It's the super duper drooper of the year!

Oh you gotta see mama's ui nui mumu
When she's doin' the hula hula here and there
Mama's mumu is drivin' all the women coocoo
'Cause it's the answer to a two way girdle's prayer

When you're starving on a diet and you'd like to eat a horse
Just take cover in a mumu and let nature take its course!
Yes, you gotta see Mama's ui nui mumu
It's the dapper flapper wrapper of the year!

Yes, you gotta see Mama's ui nui mumu
It's the tutti fruiti cutie of the year!