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Lyrics for If The Managers Only Thought The Same As Mother 1 by Irving Berlin:
| | | Artist: | Irving Berlin |
| | Album: | Miscellaneous | | Track: | If The Managers Only Thought The Same As Mother 1 | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 55 | | | | Lyrics: | 1st verse:]
There's no mistake that I can act
I'm talented and that's a fact
I know,
because my mother told me so
She kept a house for actor folks
And listened to their funny
jokes
So now I guess my mother ought to know
But managers are awful dense
It seems to
me they have no sense
I know my darling mother wouldn't lie
She thinks I'm better than the
best
But managers think I'm a pest
And all they say is, "Go somewhere and
die"
[chorus:]
If the managers only thought the same as mother
You bet I'd show
them all a thing or three
They'd have starred me in "The Thief"
For it's mother's firm
belief
Margaret Illington could never steal like me
If the Shuberts only took a tip from
mother
I'd be starring like a star was never starred
Leslie Carter and that
bunch
Would be at Childs serving lunch
If the managers only thought the same as
ma
[2nd verse:]
My mother goes to all the shows
She knows what ev'ry woman
knows
She knows Maude Adams knows a thing or two
But when she saw her in that
play
She said to me that very day
"My child, she doesn't know as much as you"
So I
got busy with my pen
And wrote to Charlie Frohman then
I asked him if he wouldn't star me
quick
His answer nearly knocked me dead
For in his letter Charlie said
"I didn't even
know that you were sick"
[2nd chorus:]
If the managers only thought the same as
mother
I'd act like Sarah Bernhardt never did
Harry Miller would forget
Margret
Anglin you bet
He would want me as his real supporting kid
If Frohman only took a tip from
mother
He would label me as Frohman's only star
Missus Fiske would take a drop
To
some Broadway candy shop
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