Alberta nichols / mann holiner      You don't have to have a hanker   To be a broker or a banker   No siree, just simply be   My mother's son-in-law.   Needn't even think of tryin'   To be a mighty social lion   Sipping tea, if you'll be   My mother's son-in-law,   Ain't got the least desire   To set the world on fire   Just wish you'd make it proper   To call my old man papa   You don't have to sing like bledsoe   You can tell the world I said so   Can't you see you've got to be   My mother's son-in-law.      You don't have to sing like jessel   You can tell the world I said so   Can't you see, you've got to be   My mother's son-in-law.