sentences:  Dumas proudly proclaims itself as "Home of the Ding Dong Daddy", a reference to the vaudeville song "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas" by Phil Baxter.However, this is up for debate, as the city of Dumas, Texas, also lays claim, with some documentation, to the song being about them.On February 24, 2007, Dumas was struck by a tornado at around 3 p.m. CT (4 p.m.