You've Got Your Mother's Big Blue Eyes! 1913

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 Dec 2006
2006

Baby Mabel, seven years old,
sitting on her Daddy's knee,
cried: "I've been a good little girl,
please give a penny to me."
Daddy softly sighed,
Gave her the penny and cried:

You've got your Mother's big blue eyes,
you've got your mother's teeth, like pearl!
I must confess you are the image of your ma,
from your nose to your toes to your curls.
The way you ask for pennies, shows
you know just what your mother knows.
And when you grow to be a great big lady,
like your Daddy wants you to,
if you're half the lady that your mother is,
I'll be mighty proud of you.

You've got your Mother's big blue eyes,
you've got your mother's teeth, like pearl!
I must confess you are the image of your ma,
from your nose to your toes to your curls.
The way you ask for pennies, shows
you know just what your mother knows.
And when you grow to be a great big lady,
like your Daddy wants you to,
if you're half the lady that your mother is,
I'll be mighty proud of you.

Soon her mother came in the room,
Whispered: "Mabel, go to bed."
When her Ma unbutton'd her dress,
Babe look'd at Mother and said:
"Here's the latest thing,
My Daddy taught me to sing."

You've got your Mother's big blue eyes,
you've got your mother's teeth, like pearl!
I must confess you are the image of your ma,
from your nose to your toes to your curls.
The way you ask for pennies, shows
you know just what your mother knows.
And when you grow to be a great big lady,
like your Daddy wants you to,
if you're half the lady that your mother is,
I'll be mighty proud of you.

You've got your Mother's big blue eyes,
you've got your mother's teeth, like pearl!
I must confess you are the image of your ma,
from your nose to your toes to your curls.
The way you ask for pennies, shows
you know just what your mother knows.
And when you grow to be a great big lady,
like your Daddy wants you to,
if you're half the lady that your mother is,
I'll be mighty proud of you.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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You've Got Your Mother's Big Blue Eyes! 1913
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
© 1913 by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 16 December 2006 at 4.49pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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