Mother, What'll I Do Now

Mother, What'll I Do Now - George Formby

Mother you give good advice

Always you mean well

Now I need it more than ever

I'm inside this cell

I'm behind a prison wall

The bed's so hard and much too small

There's no pyjamas here at all

Oh Mother what'll I do now

They told me

They would treat me swell tucked inside my little cell

But up to now it's been like h

Mother what'll I do now

We're parted from each other and that's too bad

You're my favourite Mother

Oh the best I ever had

Tonight I've got a date you see

But they won't let me have a key

And the Warder's won't wait up for me

Oh Mother what'll I do now

It's hard to pass the time away

I'm in a dangerous mood I say

I've smoked two cigarettes today

Oh Mother what'll I do now

First I stand and then I sit then

I sit and stand a bit

But I can't stand much more of it

Oh Mother what'll I do now

We're parted from each other and that's too bad

You're my favourite Mother Oh the best I ever had

I got such an awful shock

I asked the time for there's no clock

And the Warder said six months

"Old Cock Oh Mother what'll I do now

I ordered lunch from soup to sweet

But they forgot the fish and meat

And since the soup there's nowt to eat

Oh Mother what'll I do now

I've had such a tummy ache

All night long I've been awake

Some castor oil they made me take

Oh Mother what'll I do now

We're parted from each other and that's too bad

You're my favourite Mother

Oh the best I ever had

Ive played Peter fly away Paul

Ive played tiddly winks and all

Ive written rude words upon the wall

Oh Mother what'll I do now