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Billie Holiday - Your Mother's Son-in-Law (1933)
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Holiday, Billie
Holiday, Billie
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COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Holiday, Billie
Holiday, Billie
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You don't have to have a hanker
To be a broker or banker
No siree, just simply be
My mother's son-in-law
[Verse 2]
Needn't even think of tryin'
To be a mighty social lion
Sippin' tea if you will be
My mother's son-in-law
[Verse 3]
Ain't got the least desire
To set the world on fire
Just wish you'd make it proper
To call my old man Papa
[Verse 4]
You don't have to sing like Bledsoe
You can tell the world I said so
Can't you see you've got to be
My mother's son-in-law?
[Verse 5]
You don't have to sing like Bledsoe
You can tell the world I said so
Can't you see you've got to be
My mother's son-in-law?
Written by: A. Nichols, Mann Holiner

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