Blue Mu`umu`u - Words & Music by Jack Pitman

My mama made me a blue mu`umu`u
Old fashioned as can be
It’s only made of cotton
With ruffles on the bottom
But oh, how the boys follow me

Why don’t they whistle at my blue mu`umu`u?
Why do they leave me alone?
They all begin it
The minute that I’m in it
Sometimes I wish I’d stayed at home

Chorus:
Blue as the ocean,
Blue as the sky
How they wink their eye,
How they make me cry
Blue little blue bird
Singing in the tree
Tell me, do they all love me?

Oh how they tease me in my blue mu`umu`u
Say I’ve a heart made of stone
All I want is quiet
I only cause a riot
But boys never leave me alone

Why do I love to wear my blue mu`umu`u
Why don’t I stay by myself
I’m just a kumu
In a blue mu`umu`u
'Fraid I’ll be left on the shelf


Source: Criterion Music Corp Copyright 1957-58-59 Renewal 1985