When Mrs. O'Leary's cow Kicked the lantern in Chicago town
They say that started the fire ,That burned Chicago down
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 kissed a buyer from out of town
That kiss burned Chicago down
So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame
Remember the blizzard, back in Manhattan ,In eighteen-eighty-six
They say that traffic was tied up ,And folks were in a fix
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 gave a chump such an ice-cold "No"
For seven days they shovelled snow
So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame
When they had the earthquake in San Francisco ,Back in nineteen-six
They said that Mother Nature ,Was up to her old tricks
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
One night she started to shim and shake
That brought on the Frisco quake
So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame
They once had a shootin' up in the Klondike ,When they got Dan McGrew
Folks were putting the blame on,The lady known as Lou
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
That's the thing that slew McGrew
So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame