Another mother-in-law song!

I transcribed these lyrics from the recording at the Internet Archive:


THE WHISTLER’S MOTHER-IN-LAW
Words and music by Bert Stevens & Larry Wagner, ©1941.
As recorded by Orrin Tucker and his Orchestra, 1941.

If you’re whistlin’ ‘cause you’re happy, be very careful, Pappy.
No tellin’ just what a whistler’s mother-in-law will do.
Although Mammy’s around the kitchen attendin’ to her stitchin’,
There’s Granny behind the door keepin’ an eye on you.

She’s got a direct suspicion you aim to do some fishin’.
Your whistlin’, I declare, gave it away for sure,
But I reckon you might ‘a’ known it; might just as well postpone it.
You ain’t gonna go nowhere ‘cept on a lecture tour.

“John, John!” That’s what she’ll be callin’.
“Hurry up and hoe that corn!”
Dog-gone! I bet she’s only stallin’.
That old lady’s up to somethin’ sure’s you’re born.

Just you listen to Granny cackle! She found your fishin’ tackle.
A whistle for all your plans now for the good they’ll do.
Look at Granny; she’s got the flivver; she’s headin’ for the river.
Well, isn’t that like a man’s mother-in-law for you?

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According to the catalog entry at Mississippi State University, there is a missing verse that begins: “Hey, pa! Say, pa! I hear you, pa Hey, what a'ya….”.

The internet Archive also has recordings by:
Milt Herth Trio (instrumental)
Shep Fields and His New Music (instrumental)
Bing Crosby and Muriel Lane, with Woody Herman’s Woodchoppers
Herschel Howells & Al Peterson (instrumental)