From the 1930 film “Love In the Rough”
Words by Dorothy Fields
Music by Jimmy McHugh
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Our hands and eyes have met, our lips are friendly too
Don’t you think that you should go and warn the family
You owe your folks a debt, of confidence, it’s true
And mother knows what’s best, so get this off your chest
Chorus:
Go home and tell your mother
That she certainly did a wonderful job on you
Go home and tell your father
That we’re marryin’ like respectable people do
Then ask her what she did, ask father what he did
When both of them needed a darned sight more than kisses
Go home and tell your mother
That her beautiful child is going to belong to me
Chorus:
Go home and tell your mother
That I certainly have a terrible crush on you
Go home and tell your father
That I’m willing to marry all of your family too
Then ask her what she did, ask father what he did
When both of them needed each other just like we did
Go home and tell your mother
That her beautiful child is going to belong to me