Mama's baby, Papa's maybe

See also: mama's baby, papa's maybe

English

Phrase

Mama's baby, Papa's maybe

  1. Alternative letter-case form of mama's baby, papa's maybe.
    • 1994, Susan Straight, “Confinement”, in Blacker Than a Thousand Midnights, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, →ISBN, page 96:
      What the guys all say? Mama’s baby, Papa’s maybe. Nah—I seen that nose, and she mine.
    • 1996, Eric Jerome Dickey, “Chiquita”, in Sister, Sister, New York, N.Y.: Signet, published December 1997, →ISBN, page 229:
      “[…] Your name is Chiquita?” […] “That’s Spanish for petite or small. You part Mexican?” / I laughed. “Not that I know of, but you never know. Mama’s baby, Papa’s maybe.”
    • 2016, Empress Simone [pseudonym], chapter 6, in In These Streets: Koi’s Saga, [Bronx, N.Y.]: Empressed For Life Presents, →ISBN, page 94:
      As far as the request for a DNA test I was sort of taken aback. The old but familiar saying, ‘Mama’s baby, Papa’s maybe’ jumped into my head.
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