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Your Mother’s Son-In-Law Lyrics by Billie Holiday

Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933-1944)

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[Verse 1]
You don't have to have a hanker
To be a broker or a banker
No siree, just simply be
My mother's son-in-law
[Verse 2]
Needn't even think of tryin'
To be a mighty social lion
Sipping tea, if you'll be
My mother's son-in-law
[Bridge]
Ain't got the least desire
To set the world on fire
Just wish you'd make it proper
To call my old man papa
[Verse 3]
You don't have to sing like Bledsoe
You can tell the world I said so
Can't you see you've got to be
My mother's son-in-law?
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
You don't have to sing Bledsoe
You can tell the world I said so
Can't you see you've got to be
My mother's son-in-law?
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Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

About “Your Mother’s Son-In-Law” by Billie Holiday

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"Your Mother’s Son-In-Law" appears on "Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933-1944)".

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