Mamma Goes Where Papa Goes 1923

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 26 Apr 2007
2007

"How come, Henry dear?"
said Missus Henry Brown,
"You always disappear
when the evenin' sun goes down?
You eat my meat
and drink my chicken soup;
then I notice that you fly the coop.
You can't pass thru' that door
without your Mamma any more."

'Cause Mamma goes where papa goes
or Papa don't go out tonight!
Mamma goes 'cause mamma knows
you can't be trusted out of her sight.
Mamma's got a feelin' that she must be near
just to help her Papa keep his conscience clear
So Mamma goes where Papa goes
or papa don't go out tonight,
No, Papa don't go out tonight.

'Cause Mamma goes where papa goes
or Papa don't go out tonight!
Mamma goes 'cause mamma knows
you can't be trusted out of her sight.
Teacher used to tell me when I went to school
any gal who trusts a man's a doggone fool;
So Mamma goes where Papa goes
or papa don't go out tonight,
No, Papa don't go out tonight.

Here's your bedroom slippers
and your fav'rite pipe
here's your yellow bathrobe
with the purple stripe,
here's your armchair
and the paper that you read,
and here's a lovin' Mamma
who's got ev'rything you need;

There's your struttin' slippers
and your evenin' clothes,
there's your spats and gloves
you know who paid for those!
You can go and step
but listen papa dear,
there ain't a thing out there
you cannot get in here;

I've had plenty daddies
and you ain't the worst
but your Mamma here believes in Safety First;
Any married women will admit I'm right
a husband in your home
is worth a dozen out of sight!

Mamma's got a feelin' that she must be near
just to help her Papa keep his conscience clear
So Mamma goes where Papa goes
or papa don't go out tonight,
No, Papa don't go out tonight.

"Says which, Daddy mine?"
continued Missus Brown,
"You got a date at nine
with a bus'ness friend down town?
'Course I don't know but, Henry,
I suspec's
that your friend is of the female sex,
so Mamma goes along
to see you keep your will pow'r strong.

'Cause Mamma goes where papa goes
or Papa don't go out tonight!
Mamma goes 'cause mamma knows
you can't be trusted out of her sight.
Mamma's got a feelin' that she must be near
just to help her Papa keep his conscience clear
So Mamma goes where Papa goes
or papa don't go out tonight,
No, Papa don't go out tonight.

'Cause Mamma goes where papa goes
or Papa don't go out tonight!
Mamma goes 'cause mamma knows
you can't be trusted out of her sight.
Teacher used to tell me when I went to school
any gal who trusts a man's a doggone fool;
So Mamma goes where Papa goes
or papa don't go out tonight,
No, Papa don't go out tonight.

Here's your bedroom slippers
and your fav'rite pipe
here's your yellow bathrobe
with the purple stripe,
here's your armchair
and the paper that you read,
and here's a lovin' Mamma
who's got ev'rything you need;

There's your struttin' slippers
and your evenin' clothes,
there's your spats and gloves
you know who paid for those!
You can go and step
but listen papa dear,
there ain't a thing out there
you cannot get in here;

I've had plenty daddies
and you ain't the worst
but your Mamma here believes in Safety First;
Any married women will admit I'm right
a husband in your home
is worth a dozen out of sight!

Mamma's got a feelin' that she must be near
just to help her Papa keep his conscience clear
So Mamma goes where Papa goes
or papa don't go out tonight,
No, Papa don't go out tonight.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
*
Mamma Goes Where Papa Goes 1923
Music by Milton Ager
Lyrics by Jack Yellen
© 1923 by Ager, Yellen & Bornstein Inc.  N.Y.C.
*
another great score by Milton Ager
*
sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 26 April 2007 at 10.37pm
in association with Doug Grierson
*