Various Artists - Mother Necessity |
Mother Necessity
Various Artists Sheldon With her good intentions, Mother Necessity Where would this country be Without her inventions? Oh, things were rotten in the land of cotton Until Whitney made the cotton gin. Now old times there will soon be forgotten For it did the work of a hundred men. Mother Necessity, where would we be? It went well until the fading light. Mother Edison worked late each night. A great inventor and I'll make a lamp to help my mommy see, Little Thomas Alva Edison said, "I'll grow up to be Wowee! What an excellent application of electricity!" He worked hard and pulled the switch. He was smart and very rich. Mother Necessity, help us to see. Now, the mother of Samuel Morse Always sent the lad out on a horse. "Take a message to Ms. Peavy on the far side of the pike; Spread the word about the quilting bee next Saturday night!" Little Samuel started thinking of a Though he'd never met a horse he way to send a message, didn't like. Uh! Mother Necessity! Elias, can you help me with my sewing? Mother dear, I'll fulfill your fondest wishes. Elias, how? This machine I've made will keep your sewing really flowing. In fact, we'II keep the whole nation in stitches. Ah! Mother Necessity, where would we be? Thank you Alexander for the phone. Ring me on the Alexander Graham Bell. I'd never get a date, I'd never get a job Unless I had a telephone. Mother Necessity! "Orville, Wilbur, go outside this minute, And there continue with your silly playing! Take that wheel, take that wing, Take these plans and take those blueprints. Take that funny looking thing, I can't hear a thing that Mrs. Johnson's saying. Orville! Wilbur! Come back, boys! Orville! Wilbur!" Mother Necessity, where would we be? When Robert Fulton made the steamboat go, When Marconi gave us wireless radio, When Henry Ford cranked up his first automo, When Samuel Slater showed us how the factories go, steel and Yankee don'tyou know, And all the iron and oil and coal and grow, grow, grow, They made this country really grow, would we be With Mother Necessity and where Without the inventions of your progeny |