A popular song from 1920 Words and music by Howard Johnson, Harry Pease and Eddie Nelson
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“Oh! mother, you wouldn’t know your child
Oh! mother, I’m getting awfully wild
I am drinking Coca Cola now
Oh the level, I’m a little devil
Oh! mother, you wouldn’t want me home
Cannibals compared to me are mild
I’m no more your peaceful little lamb
I shave most every day just like a man
I’ve thrown away my nightie
And I wear a pink pajam’
Oh! Oh! mother I’m wild
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“Oh! mother, you wouldn’t know your child
Oh! mother, I’m getting awfully wild
I am reading “Snappy Stories” now
Every minute I just go the limit
Oh! mother, you wouldn’t want me home
Cannibals compared to me are mild
One night I went to a cabaret
A lady danced and showed her lingerie
I bathed myself in “Dear Kiss”
Just to wash my sins away
Oh! Oh! mother I’m wild