All good choices, but I haven't yet seen my personal favorite, the medley of "Everybody Works But Father" and "Father's Day" from the album "An Evening with Groucho Marx. Here's the lyrics, with Groucho's song intros:

"Years ago when there were many songs written about mothers, you know like "Mammy," "Ireland Must Be Heaven", "Mom, They're Making Eyes At Me", "My Mother's Eyes", nobody ever wrote any song about fathers. Father was the town schlemiel in almost every place. He was nothing; mother was the boss. I think there were two songs that I remember: "Pop Goes the Weasel" and "Oh, What A Crumb Is My Old Man". I remember one more song; it's called:

EVERYBODY WORKS BUT FATHER

Everybody works but father,
He sits around all day.
Feet in front of the fireplace,
Smoking his pipe of clay.
Mother takes in washing,
So does Sister Ann.
Everybody works in our house
But my old man.

"That was a big hit, that song. They even sang it in Europe, in Germany."

Alle schaft aber nicht Vater.
Er geht der ganze Tag herum.
Und raucht der verdammte Pfeife,
Das alles geht driblen drum.
Und Mutter nimmt den Vasching
Und auch tut Schwester Ann.
Alle arbeiten in unser Platz,
Aber nicht der alter Mann.

FATHER'S DAY

"I have a friend in Hollywood. I think I knew him, but I'm not so sure. His name is Harry Ruby, and he wrote a lot of songs, that I've sung over the years."

Today, father, is father's day,
And we're giving you a tie.
It's not much, we know,
It's just our way of showing you
We think you are a regular guy.

You say that it was nice of us to bother.
But it really was a pleasure to fuss,
For according to our mother,
You are our father,
And that's good enough for us.
Yes, that's good enough for us.

Thanks, Joe, for starting this thread. It gave me incentive to look for these lyrics (via Google, which was a lot easier than digging out my old vinyl LP copy of "An Evening with Groucho." Happy Father's Day, one and all.

Pooby