Found at Bill Hanks' web site - Click to play an mp3 file. Here's my transcription:


OBADIAH'S MOTHER
Words and music by Jimmy Kennedy
As sung by Gracie Fields, 1931

Obadiah Jenkins he was very keen on me.
He said, "Come home to tea. You must meet mother."
I was feeling hungry and just for curiosity,
I said, "All right, I'll come and meet your mother."
He told me I was beautiful and he called me Baby Doll,
But when I met his mother, she just spoiled it all.
Says I, "How do you do?"
Says she, "The same to you!"
When I met Obadiah's mother.
Says I, "You're looking fine."
Says she, "The pleasure's mine!"
When I met Obadiah's mother.
I said, "We're having lovely weather, for the time of the year."
And she said, "Yes, it's raining and you're looking very queer."
She told me I was daft.
...(?) felt a draft
When I met Obadiah's mother.

The table it was all laid out and ev'rything looked fine.
Yes, everything looked fine, except his mother.
She looked at me as if she'd like to pickle me in brine.
I wasn't a success, not with his mother.
It put me in a fidget the way she glared at me,
As if I were no better than I ought to be.
Says I, "I thought I'd call."
Says she, "You would and all,"
When I met Obadiah's mother.
Says I, "I've come to tea."
Says she, "Why pick on me?"
When I met Obadiah's mother.
I said, "I met your son when he was taking out the dog,"
But she said, "Oh, I thought he must have met you in a fog,
And later on he'll find it's true that love is blind.
You can't kid Obadiah's mother."
Said I, "I love the lad."
Said she, "You must be mad!"
When I met Obadiah's mother.

I felt that I could scream,
And bang went love's young dream,
When I met Obadiah's mother.
She said, "His father's in the mad-house; been in there since June,
And t' judge by what he brings home, Obadiah's going soon."
Then she said with allure(?),
"Goodbye and bolt the door,"
When I left Obadiah's mother.