SINCE OUR MOTHER'S BEEN A LADY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Poor old Dad was out of work for nearly twenty years Till he started on the job he'd had before To Mother then said he, 'A lady you will be You needn't do the washing any more.' She doesn't have to bother now to light the 'copper' fire All through the two bob bag-wash Mother's able to retire. Chorus: Since our Mother's been a Lady A lady like she never was before She's finished, it's a cert, washing father's Sunday shirt She'll never turn the mangle any more Now Mother she can stay in bed on washing day She don't seem to mind it For all the washing to the laundry's done In the bag wash now you will find it. Mother used to have to send for soda starch and blue And wash all day with Lux and Sunlight Soap Instead of rubbing clothes to pictures now she goes Her luck's in now, she says and we all hope That poor old dad won't get the sack, for if he does I'm sure She'll have to wash herself, won't be a lady any more Chorus: Since our Mother's been a Lady A lady like she never was before She's finished, it's a cert, washing father's Sunday shirt She'll never turn the mangle any more Now Mother sits in state, drinks gin to celebrate She don't seem to mind it For all the washing to the laundry's done In the bag wash now you will find it. Chorus: Since our Mother's been a Lady A lady like she never was before She's finished, it's a cert, washing father's Sunday shirt She'll never turn the mangle any more No waiting for the dole and fourteen pounds of coal She don't seem to mind it For all the washing to the laundry's done In the bag wash now you'll find it. |
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Written and composed by Walsh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performed by Lily Morris (1882-1952) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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