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Fats Domino – Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better | Track profile | Dork

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Sweet Patootie: The Complete Reprise Recordings
Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better

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Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better

From Sweet Patootie: The Complete Reprise Recordings

Track 7

2:37

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About This Track

"Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better" is a track by Fats Domino, from the album Sweet Patootie: The Complete Reprise Recordings. The track is 2:37 long. Full lyrics are available below.

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Fats Domino

Fats Domino

Lyrics

Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better

I'm back again
Mama know that papa grow on jelly beans
Takes good care but pulls his hair when he gets mean
Papa know that mama goes for fancy dress
If papa give her nothing but the very best
If papa give her nothing but the very best
Honest papas love their mamas better

Mama know where papa goes so he revived
Starts to croon is since his tune to ginny rock
Papa know that mama shows her love is strong
By waiting up for him until a early dawn
By waiting up for him until a early dawn

Honest papas love their mamas better

They laughin' laughin' loud together
And make their little world seems better
And after laughin' fun is fun
They kiss goodnight till the morning come
Honest papas love their mamas better

Papa know that mama goes for fancy dress
And papa give her nothing but the very best
And papa give her nothing but the very best
Honest papas love their mamas better
Honest papas love their mamas better

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Track details

From Sweet Patootie: The Complete Reprise Recordings

2:37

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Album

Sweet Patootie: The Complete Reprise Recordings

Track number

7

1My Old Friends
3:20
2I'm Ready
2:35
3So Swell When You're Well
2:37
4Wait Till It Happens to You
2:38
5I Know
2:50
6Lady Madonna
2:19
7Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better
2:37
8Make Me Belong to You
2:21
9One for the Highway
2:35
10Lovely Rita
2:33
11One More Song for You
3:36
12Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
2:33
13Have You Seen My Baby? (Single Version)
3:50
14Sweet Patootie (Single Version)
2:26
15New Orleans Ain't the Same (Single Version)
3:02
16Can't Chase a Dream Forever
3:26
17Blues So Bad
3:15
18I'm Going to Cross That River
2:34
19Big Mouth
2:26
20It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
2:34
21Wait Till It Happens to You (Version 2)
2:32
22I'm Going to Help a Friend
2:44
23The Lady In Black
2:35
24Another Mule
2:45
25When You're Smiling
2:44
26These Old Shoes
2:45
27Lawdy Miss Clawdy
2:21
28Work My Way Up Steady
2:52
29Help Me
2:15

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