A popular song from 1916 Words by Chas. McCarron Music by Albert Von Tilzer
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Accompaniment
Lyrics
Chorus:
Since mother goes to movie shows
Everything is on the blink
Dishes dirty in the sink
Since mother goes to movie shows
The kitchen’s some disgrace
‘Cause the ice box floods the place
Oh how we’ve missed her
We have no sister
Our hands we blister ironing clothes
We have to eat potato skins
Papa props his pants with pins
Since mother goes to movie shows
Chorus:
Since mother goes to movie shows
Every morning she is tryin’
To hang on the pulley line
Since mother goes to movie shows
Poor father is a tank
He breaks into baby’s bank
The baby’s bawling
The doctor’s calling
The fam’ly’s all in goodness knows
For its dinner baby wails
But that’s not a job for males
Since mother goes to movie shows
Sung by Vancha March: