“Pistol Packin’ Mama” is a 1943 song with the words written by Al Dexter, who adapted the melody from “Boil Them Cabbage Down.”
Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters recorded the song on September 27, 1943 for Decca Record and it is notable that it was the first number one the Juke Box Folk records charts. Patty Andrews recalled that she and her sisters were quite amused and had to restrain their laughter when Crosby ad libbed “lay that thing down before it goes off and hurts somebody]