Story Behind The Song

Started with one of us saying "Mom's in a Jam," another of us saying "Mammy's in a Jam," and then all of us looking at each other at the same time saying, "Mammy's Jammies," and so the story goes!!

Song Description

Song is about remembering how brothers and sisters in a family always poked fun when they noticed their mom's clothes getting a little tighter. They knew they'd be havig a new sibling soon. But core of the story is that no matter what the DIDN'T have,

Lyrics

MAMMY'S JAMMIES
(c) Don Collin/Pam Hanna/Ron Kimball (BMI)

The backyard of our old house is like Mississippi mud
The roof leaks in the wintertime through cracks from summer sun
The sisters all have homemade dolls, us boys handmade trucks
The house overcrowded, but its filled with so much love

Chorus 1
Mammys Jammies are getting tight again
Pop is walking round with that old familiar grin
Yeah, Mammys Jammies, theyre getting tight again
She and Pop, they just cant stop making more next of kin

The boys sleep on a mattress spread out on the kitchen floor
The girls sleep in the living room, far from the bedroom door
The bedroom is the only place with guarded privacy
Thats the place where each of us was born and conceived

Chorus 1

Bridge
The car is dead, the cupboards bare, theres holes in all our shoes
Theres not a stick of furniture in the house thats new
Dont have much but love and such to keep us all alive
When you dont know what youre missing its a blessing in disguise

To make a long, long story short, ol pop he hit it big
We moved into the suburbs for a roof that didnt leak
All us kids are grown up now, we left home one by one
But when we get together we remember poking fun

Chorus 2
When Mammys Jammies were getting tight again
Pop would walk around with that old familiar grin
Yeah, Mammys Jammies, were getting tight again
She and Pop could never stop making more next of kin

Chorus 1