Little Shirt My Mother Made For Me

(Harry Wincott)

Speck Rhodes



I can't forget the day that I was born

Was on a cold and frosty winter's morn

The doctor said I was a chubby chap

And when the nurse she took me on her lap.



Oh, she bathed me all over I remember

And after powder-puffin' me you see

She put me in the cradle by the window

In the little shirt my mother made for me.



The first day that I wore my Knickerbocks

I felt so funny after wearin' smocks

I looked a little picture they did say

But when they let me out to run and play.



Oh, I didn't like the pants that I was wearin'

So on the street I took 'em off you see

And I started walkin' home so brave and darin'

In the little shirt my mother made for me.



While I was on my holiday

Upon the briny ocean I did gaze

The water looked so fine I thought

I'd go and have a swim but in a minute, oh.



All the girls on beach at me were starin'

And some were takin' pictures I could see

Was a lucky thing for me that I was wearin'

The little shirt my mother made for me...