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Me Mother Showed Me How

from Back To My Place by Jim Danby

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Written especially for Mothers Day. Where would we all be without the guiding hands of our mothers, eh?

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I am a man, no more a boy
I take with me through life
All the things me mother taught
She weren't just my dad's wife
She pushed my education
And nursed me through ill health
Taught me to seize the day
And how to amplify my wealth

Aye it's ooh lassie
Ooh now,
I'm a self-sufficient angel
And me mother showed me how
Aye it's ooh lassie
Ooh now,
I'm a self-sufficient angel
And me mother showed me how

I can knit and I can sew
Because I've got me mother's hands
You'll never see me with a hole
In socks or underpants
When jailed for tax evasion
Well I earned the governor's prize
The greatest mail bag maker
That had ever crossed his eyes

Aye it's ooh lassie
Ooh now,
I'm a demon with a needle
And me mother showed me how
Aye it's ooh lassie
Ooh now,
I'm a demon with a needle
And me mother showed me how

Me mother loved her kitchen
It was pine with all mod cons
Taught me how to make a quiche lorraine
And tasty scones, not sconns
Last year while I was baking
Well a burglar forced my door
When I pelted him with what I'd made
He was soon laid on the floor

Aye it's ooh lassie
Ooh now,
I make a sturdy rock cake
And me mother showed me how
Aye it's ooh lassie
Ooh now,
I make a sturdy rock cake
And me mother showed me how

From Monday morn to Friday night
I graft the nine-to-five
Chopping wood and humping bricks
To keep me dreams alive
But Saturday and Sunday comes
And finally I'm free
To dress up smart, the way I like
In all me finery

Aye it's ooh lassie
Ooh now,
I wear dresses and stilettos
And me mother showed me how
Aye it's ooh lassie
Ooh now,
I wear makeup and suspenders
And me mother showed me how
I wear makeup and suspenders
And me mother showed me how

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from Back To My Place, released October 7, 2020
© Jim Danby 2020

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Singer-songwriter, based near Hull.

Influences come from life, love and laughter - sometimes viewed from a jaunty angle.

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