“My Mother Was a Lady”

Description

Two (drummers) come to a hotel for dinner, and harass the waitress. Eventually she bursts out, "My mother was a lady... I came to this great city To find a brother dear...." One drummer knows her brother, and offers to marry her

Notes

"Drummer" = "salesman." - PJS

Recordings

• Mack Allen [pseud., for Vernon Dalhart], "Mother Was a Lady" (Harmony 721-H, 1928)
• Arkansas Woodchopper [pseud. for Luther Ossenbrink], "If Brother Jack Were Here" (Supertone 9628, 1930)
• Ted Chestnut, "My Mother Was A Lady" (Champion 15524 [as Cal Turner]/Supertone 9180 [as Alvin Bunch], 1928)
• Jerry Colonna, "My Mother Was a Lady" (Columbia 35371, 1940)
• Walter Dalton, "If Brother Jack Were Here" (Perfect 12468, 1928)
• Morgan Denmon, "The Two Drummers" (OKeh 45306, 1929; rec. 1927)
• Warde Ford, "My mother was a lady (Brother Jack)" (AFS 4201 A1, 1938; tr.; in AMMEM/Cowell)
• Beatrice Kay & the Elm City 4, "My Mother Was a Lady" (Columbia 35460, 1940)
• Jimmie Rodgers, "If Brother Jack Were Here" (Victor 21433, 1928; Bluebird B-5482, 1934; Victor 23193, n.d.; rec. 1927)
• Arnold Keith Storm, "Two Drummers" (on AKStorm01)
• Frankie Wallace [pseud. for Frankie Marvin], "If Brother Jack Were Here" (Domino 0261, c. 1928)

References

1. LPound-ABS, 107, pp. 218-220, "The Two Drummers" (1 text)
2. DT, MTHLADY
3. Roud #2982
4. BI, LPnd217