UK 'Catters of my vintage will remember the 'Billy Cotton band Show' on radio and later, television. They did many comedy novelty numbers including 'Lions cage' sung by Alan Breeze. I remember it from those days, though I seemed to think it was 'daddy' rather than Mother. I may be confusing it with another one of theirs, 'Don't Go Down The Mines Dad, There's Plenty Of Coal On The Top'.Theu also did 'I'm A Lonely Little Petunia In An Onion Patch'. A sizable repertoire of this type of song exists, think of one or two of Gracie Fields' hits such as 'Turn Albert's face To The Wall, Mother'. They are great fun, we should hear more of them. They should be sung with care however. Trying too hard to make them funny can often kill the joke. Sometimes a straight rendition can produce the funniest result. It's great to be reminded of this. I think I'll learn it. Thanks rabbitrunning for starting this thread.