Come along, mama, and listen to me
Can't throw your daddy down
I've got the sort of lovin' right here
Makes a rabbit hug a hound
I've got your number right in my book
And I ain't gonna mark it off
Red hot mama, if you're through with me
Your daddy gonna cool you off, I mean,
Your daddy gonna cool you off
I had a gal like you one time
She tried to put the thing on me
She's a red hot mama from a red hot town
'Way down in Memphis, Tennessee
She was red hot mama 'til papa got to town
Then I kept you all run-down
Red hot mama, if you stick with me
Your papa gonna cool you down, I mean,
Your papa gonna cool you down
I'm a 'frigeratin' papa from way up North
I've had your kind before
You can starve some people, but you can't starve me
I don't take starvin' no more
I'm a high speed daddy, if you can't ride my train
Mama, just step right off
'Cause, red hot mama, if you fool with me
Your papa gonna cool you off, I mean,
Your papa gonna cool you off
Me and my gal had a quarrel last night
Just before daylight
She said, "Bob, I understand you got another gal.
Now, I'm goin' away, where the wind don't blow
Down in Florida, where it ain't no snow
Be a long time 'fore you see my face again."
"It be so long 'fore you stick your lovin' lips to my chin,
Be a long, long time 'fore you see my face again."
"But, red hot mama, this ain't no snow,
If you fool with me, daddy cool your soul.
Red hot mama, if you fool with me
Your daddy sure cool you off, I mean,
Your daddy sure cool you off."
There's so many gals keep on botherin' me
I found out they all just the same
Oh, red hot mama, if you fool with me
Your daddy's gonna cool you off, I mean,
Your daddy's gonna cool you off