Thank Your Mom

I should have posted this yesterday before you (well, your kids) made that egg and pancake breakfast for your mother. Then you or they could have sung it to her while delivering the goods. But hopefully not too late! 

 

Of course, these days our lack of familiarity with old jazz classics means that most people have no idea what the original song is. But at least these days means Youtube is at your fingertips. So no excuse! And if you’re one of these folks who decided to take up the ukelele, look up the chord chart while you’re at it for accompaniment. 

 

As noted in an earlier post, this is pure superficial homage to mothers while we strip them of the right to control their own bodies, continue to pay them less, do absolutely nothing to socially support the essential labor of motherhood and think that a little Hallmark Card and a song is enough. But in the spirit of both/and, take this day to reflect and then have some fun with your Mom. If she is far away in the other world, sing it to her anyway.

 

MOTHER’S DAY SONG (sung to the tune of Five Foot Two)

© 2023 Doug Goodkin

 

1) Five foot two, eyes are blue, 

She taught you how to tie your shoe,

Has anybody thanked their Mom?

 

She’s cooked your meals, soothed your squeals

Always knows just how you feel,

Has anybody thanked their Mom?

 

Now if you run into, a Mom or two

Go up and shake her hand,

Here’s what you do, tell her “Thank you,” say,

“You’re the best Mom in the land.”

 

She likes to play, and each Tuesday,

She drives you to take ballet,

Has anybody thanked their Mom?

 

2) Make her some eggs and pancakes too

And don’t forget, say “I love you!”

Has anybody thanked their Mom?

 

Be extra good, well, you always should

Sing with her and the neighborhood.

Has anybody thanked their Mom?

 

Make her a card, it’s not so hard

You can write a little poem

Clean up your room, you can use your broom,

Help her take care of your home.

 

It’s Mother’s Day, this day in May,

Time to vote for equal pay,

Has anybody thanked their Mom?