Mother, What’ll I Do Now? Songtext
von 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

I've played Peter-fly-away-Paul
I′ve played tiddlywinks and all
I′ve written rude words upon the wall
Oh, Mother what'll I do now