Al Dexter : Pistol Packin' Mama ( 1943 )

[hurstverlon]

I grew up in Maywood, Ill. when we moved we found 2 boxes of 78 records and my folks only let us pick one record a week to listen to and this is one of them. that was about 1966. gooood memories, specially since my brother passed in2010. R.I.P. Butch!

[RugtimXII]

I like the part where he begs for his life.

[kevinwalsh1619]

For some reason the recent mass shooting in Greensboro NC reminded me of this song.

--Kevin Walsh

[alymarieeee]

I only like this because it's been in my head for the longest time..

They had it in my maze at knotts scary farm -.- oh mann...

[wfarrar69]

got this one on 78.in fact i got 2 copies of this song.i believe the other side was a hit too.a great country classic.thanks for putting this on you tube.

[mokkapat]

la tammuriata nera

[djEvilDude]

thumbs up if L.A Noire brought you here

[nikolaaj12]

fucking best song on la noire :D

[Bribasse82]

la noire brought me here to:)...

[billyjean4570]

L.A Noire brought me to this xD And many more classical songs~

[jakeddd1]

LA noire brought me here!

[jakeddd1]

@jakeddd1 top comment yes! that is a great game with great music from the era btw... rockstar games is great

[PATTYGRAHAM]

I remember my mom and dad singing this song on our sunday rides to see family

love this thanks for the memories

Hugs Patty

[darthyoda321]

I find this funny

[sz05ry]

Köszönöm a feltöltést

[GenLodA]

E LEV'T A PISTULDA', E LEV'T APISTULDA', E PISTI PAKIN MAMA, E LEV'T A PISTULDA'!!!

[docdisco81]

@GenLodA Tammurriata Nera... What a classic!

[appositiongh]

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[ENACODNOM]

Dexter rerecorded this in 1955 with Eddie Cochran on guitar!

[33gonare]

American troops occupied Sardinia in September 1943. I was 10 y.o, then. They used to play and sing this song very often, so it became soon a sort of anthem in these days. We too sang it using extemporized lyrics in Cagliarese dialect, so I never could learn the original ones. Would anyone be so kind to let me know them now?

[erscott13]

@33gonare Drinkin' beer in a cabaret and was I having fun until one night she caught me right and now I'm on the run Lay that pistol down babe, lay that pistol down pistol packin' mama lay that pistol down. She kicked out my windshield she hit me over the head She cussed and cried and said I'd lied and wished that I was dead Lay that pistol down, babe, etc. . . . Drinking beer in a cabaret and dancing with a blonde Until one night she shot out the lights Bang - that blonde was gone

[rockake]

@erscott13 That part of the lyric was used by Gene Vincent in his big UK hit 1960. (arrenged by Eddie Cochran but not recorded until a month after Cochran´s untimely death.

[erscott13]

@33gonare

I'll see you ever night babe,

I'll woo you ever day

I'll be your regular daddy

if you put that gun away.

Lay that pistol down, babe, etc.

[33gonare]

@erscott13

thanks for the lyrics.Regards Carlo. Here are some verse in sardinian dialect:::-su babbu c'est in s'ortu, marrendi sa cupetta, sa mamma cun sa filla, currendi in camionetta- ( the father is in the backyard, hoeing the lettuce, the mama and the daughter, running on a jeep) Lere pistuddau, etc

[sandmountainslim]

LOVE this song! My grandpa had the old 78 and I have it on my mp3 player now :) GREAT music. Love the lyrics.

[rockinredneck57]

Am I crazy? I miss record players! Great song, love watching the turntable too!

[elderlypredesti]

dexter has alot of payback due for season 5 watch DExter For Free ( .) com

[gr8oldbroad]

My Dad loved this song. When I was a kid I wasn't fond of any C&W music except for Old Hank. Now I can't get enough of it : )

[EBTerriers]

This was a my grans song !

[OliverShagnasty77]

My parents live next door to Al Dexter's son in Texas. He recently gave me a CD they have recently made from the old masters.

[TheLimbReaper]

My great uncle flew a B-24 Liberator named "Pistol Pakin mamma" as did so many others under various spellings. The nose art can be seen at B-24 Best Web.

[iganzabissassa]

"In less than 24 hours, over 100,000 workers joined the Oakland general strike. By Monday evening, strikers had canvassed the city, ordering stores to close except for pharmacies and Groceries. The workers allowed bars to remain open on the condition that they confine their sales to beer and that they place their juke boxes out on the sidewalks and play them full blast. A carnival atmosphere prevailed as the jukeboxes played "Pistol Packin' Mama" and couples danced in the streets. "

[sara95610]

this is the song of gene vincent too...

(une reprise)

[rldavis1959]

I have this record in my mother's old 78 collection.

[manhatin]

pigmanobvious

Here's what I found:

WHO TIED THE CAN ON THE OLD DOGS TAILThe ColumbiansCOLUMBIAA3611 1922

[pigmanobvious]

Thanks. Now if only someone out there still has a copy of it to post.

[pigmanobvious]

OH the memories. My spinster aunt used to drag out the old "talking machine" as she called it and play these old records.

I was born in 64 so it seemed ancient. I loved this one. I remember another called "Who tied the can on the old dogs tail" I have searched utube but cannot find it. Does anyone out there know who the artist was? I had the record as a kid but did not realize it's importance at the time and failed to save it.

[manhatin]

glipzik , Thanks for the info.

[glipzik]

Seems like my info on this song was in error. It was released in March, not June, meaning it had closer to 40 weeks at #1.There is a good treatise by Kathleen E.R. Smith. Google God bless America Tin Pan Alley Goes To War

[8526894]

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[manhatin]

The Al Dexter school of "It's All Good".

[lovestrength]

AAAaaaahhh!!! <3<3<3<3<3

im in LOVE!!!

im born in 1980...

wy wast I born 1930???

moonshine and BABES!

[glipzik]

This song was released in June 1943 and went straight to #1 on c&w juke boxes. Had there been any national c&w charts at that time to verify this, it would undoubtedly have spent at least 30 weeks at #1. Billboard rated it #1 for 3 weeks in 1944.People never got tired of this song. One critic called the "national malady"

[Umdayo]

My dad had this one on the old Okeh label. I played it a lot as a kid. It brings back some great memories.

Thanks for posting...

[xargos]

I've got this on Okeh somewhere as well. Time to go back through my collection and find it!

[Servantbass]

you must have really dusty fingers. good work

[ve3bdb]

I remember, as a child, playing this 78 over and over and over again. There's nothing like the original.

[snerffy]

as a child in the 50s my dad played it over and over and over until his older sister snapped the record into 1000 pieces.

[ve3bdb]

Happily, I still have it!!

[sopaman1234]

that's so mean great old country song..

[gr8oldbroad]

That's a pretty funny story! Must have been PMS week for Auntie? lol

[manhatin]

mamabear10 , I'll bet this record sounded great on a wind-up.

[joedirtwest420]

@manhatin my grandpa used to play this on a win up all the time



[mamabear10]

My dad found a portable wind-up record player and a stack of 78s at a garage sale when I was in the first grade...Pistol Packin Mama was one of those records...I still love this song!

[Padulas]

classic

[maxflower13]

his honkin' days are done .

[manhatin]

sihingjimo ,

Giddy-yup,en go.

[sihingjimo]

no control needed!

[zachxlutz]

guns!

[manhatin]

pinkhairgirl123 ,

 On this song, Al is the man.

[pinkhairgirl123]

Bing's good, Al's better! Thanks for posting.

[manhatin]

gfb34istanbul , Thanks !

[gfb34istanbul]

very nice

[manhatin]

kenny1tx, I remember reading that it was about an actual lady.

[kenny1tx]

This song was writen about a lady that owned the Reo Palm Isle in Longview,TX.

[manhatin]

DGillyy,

 Ding-Dong

[DGillyy]

Dats Ode Skoo............

[manhatin]

DevoShire,

 Yeah, Buddy

[DevoShire]

Yee-Haw!!!

[manhatin]

CorpHookah,

My pleasure. I love sharing these.

[CorpHookah]

Great tune, thanks so much for sharing it!