A popular song from 1923.
Words by Jack Yellen.
Music by Milton Ager.
Song suggested by Laurence Rubenstein.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- “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
Chorus
‘Cause Mamma goes where Papa goes
Or Papa don’t go out tonight
Mamma goes ’cause mamma knows
You can’t be trusted our 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
- “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
Patter
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 you’ve got your lovin’ Mama, what more do you need?
I’ve had plenty daddies and you ain’t the worst
But your mamma here believes in Safety First
Any married woman will admit I’m right
A husband in your home is worth a dozen out of sight
Sung here by Fred Feild: