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