Mother Necessity -with her good intentions,

-where would this country be without her inventions?

where would this country be -without her inventions?

-Oh,

-things were rotten in the land of cotton until Whitney made the cotton gin.

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.

Now old times there will soon be forgotten -for it did the work of a hundred men.

-Mother Necessity, where would we be?

Mother Necessity, -where would we be?

-Mother Edison worked late each night it went well until the fading light.

Mother Edison worked late each night -it went well until the fading light.

-Little Thomas Alva Edison said, I'll grow up to be

Little Thomas Alva Edison said, -I'll grow up to be

-a great inventor and I'll make a lamp to help my mommy see,

a great inventor and I'll make a lamp -to help my mommy see,

-Wowee!

-What an excellent application of electricity!

-He worked hard and pulled the switch, he was smart and very rich.

He worked hard and pulled the switch, -he was smart and very rich.

-Mother Necessity, help us to see.

Mother Necessity, -help us to see.

-Now, the mother of Samuel Morse always sent the lad out on a horse.

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.

Take a message to Ms. Peavy -on the far side of the pike.

-Spread the word about the quilting bee next Saturday night!

Spread the word about the quilting bee -next Saturday night!

-Little Samuel started thinking of a way to send a message.

Little Samuel started thinking -of a way to send a message.

-Though he never met a horse he didn't like. [ Smooch ]

Though he never met a horse he didn't like. -[ Smooch ]

-Mother Necessity

-Elias, can you help me with my sewing?

-Mother dear, I'll fulfill your fondest wishes.

Mother dear, -I'll fulfill your fondest wishes.

-Elias, how?

-This machine I've made will keep your sewing really flowing.

This machine I've made -will keep your sewing really flowing.

-In fact, we'll keep the whole nation in stitches.

-Ahhhh

-Ahhhhhh

-Ahhhhhhhh

-Ahhhhhhhhhh

-Ahhhhhhhhhhhh

-Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

-Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

-Mother Necessity, where would we be?

Mother Necessity, -where would we be?

-Ring me on the Alexander Graham Bell. Thank you, Alexander for the phone.

Ring me on the Alexander Graham Bell. -Thank you, Alexander for the phone.

-I'd never get a date, I'd never get a job,

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

Orville, Wilbur, -go outside this minute

-and there continue with your silly playing!

-Take these plans and take those blueprints.

Take these plans -and take those blueprints.

-Take that funny looking thing.

-Take that wheel, take that wing,

Take that wheel, -take that wing,

-I can't hear a thing that Mrs. Johnson's saying.

-Orville! Wilbur!

Orville! -Wilbur!

-Come back, boys!

-Orville!

-Wilbur!

-Mother Necessity, where would we be?

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 factories go.

-And all the iron and oil and coal and steel and Yankee don't you know,

And all the iron and oil and coal -and steel and Yankee don't you know,

-they made this country really

-they made this country really grow,

-they made this country really grow, grow,

-they made this country really grow, grow, grow,

-they made this country really grow, grow, grow, grow.

-With Mother Necessity where would we be

With Mother Necessity -where would we be

-without the inventions of your progeny?

without the inventions -of your progeny?

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