-Mother Necessity with her good intentions,
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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