But I have to add putting my prior mail into further context--
Mom was always singing lyric snippets around the house of a wide variety of song genres, and often in response to some funny household situation-- for example-- one night Dad wasn't home yet as expected-- I asked, then Mom explained it- -but as she left the room she sang that old song "father dear father, come home with me now.. the clock in the tower strikes 12..."
She didn't recall or say all the lyrics... years later I looked them up on the internet and I was shocked at the story... it's about a kid trying to drag his dad home from a tavern...with each verse the clock strikes later... and by the time they finally get home too late, a sick younger sibling has expired.
Mom must have just wanted to sing the funny parts-- another of her examples was "Ring ring the bell, Nelly, ring ring the bell--your father's asleep in the old county jail..."      Does anyone remember these old songs ??