Ten Favorite Mother Songs: Mama Told Me (Not to Come) (#6)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86949)
United States
May 16, 2019 11:26am CST
What a lovely evening we had for the weekly tournament last night: perfect temperatures; and, as a friend said, I’m still suffering with the allergies so I can’t talk, making it quite the quiet evening!! (He should be fully recovered by our first state tournament. 
) Here’s another song with a reference to mother in the title.
#6: Mama Told Me (Not to Come) - Three Dog Night
And yet another song everyone probably saw coming.
A big hit for Three Dog Night, and Randy Newman’s first success as a songwriter, this song tells the story of a rather innocent young man at a party where there’s a little too much excitement (“I’m lookin’ at my girlfriend, she’s passed out on the floor”) for him.
And, given that Randy Newman wrote this, you can’t really tell if he’s serious....or the one passing around the strange cigarettes!
Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
Written by Randy Newman
Recorded by Three Dog Night
From It Ain’t Easy, 1970
That ain’t the way to have fun, son:
) Here’s another song with a reference to mother in the title.
#6: Mama Told Me (Not to Come) - Three Dog Night
And yet another song everyone probably saw coming.
A big hit for Three Dog Night, and Randy Newman’s first success as a songwriter, this song tells the story of a rather innocent young man at a party where there’s a little too much excitement (“I’m lookin’ at my girlfriend, she’s passed out on the floor”) for him.
And, given that Randy Newman wrote this, you can’t really tell if he’s serious....or the one passing around the strange cigarettes!
Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
Written by Randy Newman
Recorded by Three Dog Night
From It Ain’t Easy, 1970
That ain’t the way to have fun, son:
Three Dog Night - Mama told me not to come 1970 Want some whiskey in your water Sugar in your tea What's all these crazy questions they askin' me This is the...
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
16 May 19
Yes, my mama done told me.
I ran across this name in my musical wanderings. The Stoneman Family. You know them? They can pick it.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
16 May 19
@FourWalls Roni was Pftt! You Were Gone Ida. Sister Donna was the mandolin "hottie" way back when.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 May 19
Love this song, I grew up hearing three dog night.
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