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Lyr Req/Add: My Mother Was a Lady /If Jack Were... Related thread: Lyr Add: Mother Was a Lady (EB Marks/JW Stern) (14) |
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Subject: Lyric request: From: Date: 27 Oct 96 - 01:21 PM It rings in my head frequently, but I don't remember the words. My Dad used to sing it back in the fifties.. The chorus was something like:
You may have a sister, that needs protection now. I've come to this great city, to find my brother dear. You wouldn't dare insult me sire, if brother Jack were here.
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Subject: RE: Lyric request: From: JSMB73B@Prodigy.com (Tom) Date: 15 Nov 96 - 11:52 PM I'll be returning home in early Dec. If you'll e-mail me then, I'll look up those lyrics. The song's from the 1890's. -Tom |
Subject: RE: Lyric request: From: RMose@worldnet.att.net Date: 04 Dec 96 - 09:14 PM My mother was alady as yours you will allow And you may have a sister who needs protection now I've come to this great city to find my brother dear And you wouldnt speak this way to me If Jack were only here. |
Subject: RE: Lyric request: From: dick greenhaus Date: 06 Dec 96 - 11:03 PM Hi RMose- That's the chorus. I'll try to dig up the verse |
Subject: Lyr Add: MOTHER WAS A LADY (Marks, Stern) From: Dale Rose Date: 19 Aug 98 - 03:25 AM I have seen a lot of discussion about this song~~this should put most of the questions to rest. I would like to say that I spent many hours researching it before coming up with it, but the truth is, I found it at the Levy site. The Levy and Chapel Hill sites have taken a bit of the challenge out of digging for the words, authorship, dates, etc. of many songs, but in the interests of accuracy, they certainly are invaluable. With 26,000 at Levy and 2,250~~(smaller, but excellent)~~ at Chapel Hill, when they finish their scanning process, making accurate transcriptions is certainly easier than it ever has been. Of course, the written words are often at odds with the words as sung by Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family, Charlie Poole, or whoever. They were usually singing songs as they heard them from someone else, several versions away from the original, without benefit of sheet music in front of them as they sang. Sometimes (but not always) their versions were even better than the originals!
MOTHER WAS A LADY or If Jack Were Only Here
Two drummers sat at dinner, in a grand hotel one day,
Chorus:
It's true one touch of nature, it makes the whole world kin,
Chorus: |
Subject: RE: lyr add/correction My Mother Was A Lady From: Alice Date: 19 Aug 98 - 10:00 AM Thanks alot, Dale. alice |
Subject: Mother Was A Lady - need missing verse From: Alice Date: 26 Jun 99 - 02:56 PM We had a discussion long ago about "My Mother Was A Lady", and someone mentioned that there is another verse in which one of the salesmen turns out to be the waitress's brother Jack. Does anyone know that verse? alice |
Subject: RE: Lyric request: From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Date: 09 Dec 06 - 09:12 PM refresh |
Subject: RE: Req/ADD: My Mother Was a Lady/If Jack Were Onl From: GUEST Date: 11 Dec 10 - 06:00 PM Can anyone recall a woman's recording of "MY MOTHER WAS A LADY" circa 1950s? My memory - which cannot recall the artist's name - tells me it was not a country artist but a pop artist? |
Subject: RE: Req/ADD: My Mother Was a Lady/If Jack Were Only... From: GUEST,http://www.youtube.com/user/althazarr Date: 06 May 11 - 11:19 PM Hello, I just posted a wonderful old version of this song done by Vernon Dalhart on my youtube page. I really appreciate the valuable information that has been provided here. The address in the FROM section is the link to my youtube homepage, and you can see the video there. Lloyd |
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