Ivor Novello - And Her Mother Came, Too lyrics

(Verse) I seem to be the victim of a cruel jest It dogs my footsteps with the girl I love the best She's just the sweetest thing that I have ever known But still we never get the chance to be alone (Chorus 1) My car will meet her And her mother comes, too It's a two-seater Still her mother comes, too At Ciro's when I am free At dinner, supper, or tea She loves to shimmy with me And her mother does, too We buy her trousseau And her mother comes, too Asked not to do so Still her mother comes, too She simply can't take a snub I go and sulk at the club Then have a bath and a rub And her brother comes, too (Verse 2) There may be times when couples need a chaperone But mothers ought to leave a chap alone I wish they'd have a heart and use their common sense For three's a crowd, and more, it's treble the expense (Chorus 2) We lunch at Maxim's And her mother comes, too How large a snack seems When her mother comes, too And when they're visiting me We finish afternoon tea She loves to sit on my knee And her mother does, too To golf we started And her mother came, too Three bags I carted When her mother came, too She fainted just off the tee My darling whispered to me "Jack, dear, at last we are free!" But her mother came to