... Playing Mah Jong ( I )

Billy Rose, Con Conrad:
Since Ma is Playing Mah Jong

Refr.: Since Ma is playing Mah Jong,
Pa wants all „Chinks“ hung.
We get rice chop suey each night,
Chinese cooking you should see how Pa is looking.
Ma wears a kimona
She yells „Pung“ and „Chow“.
Ma left dishes in the sink
Pa went out and killed a „chink“
Ma plays Mah Jong now.

Patter: If you want to play the game
I‘ll tell you what to do,
Buy a silk kimona and begin to raise a queue;
Get yourself a book of rules and study till it‘s clear,
And you‘ll know the game when you‘ve got whiskers down to here.
After that you buy a set and oh how you get stung,
Then you start in guessing which is Chow and which is Pung;
And when you‘re exhausted and you‘reshaky in the knees,
Then you know why people say „Darn clever, these Chinese:“

Refr.: Since Ma is playing Mah Jong,
Pa wants all „Chinks“ hung.
We get ...

I‘ve got a wonderful mother,
But of late she‘s not the same
Things were O. K. until the day
Ma learned a new Chinese game.
China you‘re poison to me,
You broke up my whole family:

Refr.: Since Ma is playing Mah Jong,
Pa wants all „Chinks“ hung.
Though Pa drives a swell limousine,
We‘re not braggin‘, mamma drives a laundry wagon.
Ma is using chop sticks
Forks she won‘t allow.
Papa scratches till he‘s red,
She put rice in Papa‘s bed,
Ma plays Mah Jong now.

Patter: If you want to play the game ...

Refr.: Since Ma is playing Mah Jong,
Pa wants all „Chinks“ hung.
Though Pa ...

Mamma makes papa use chop sticks,
All the knives and forkes are „canned“
Poor papa frets, each meal he gets,
Splinters all over his hand.
Her finger nails were like tacks
So Pa clipped them off with an axe:

Refr.: Since Ma is playing Mah Jong,
Pa wants all „Chinks“ hung.
Father‘s name is Lewis Fitzroy,
Things are „blooey“, mamma calls him „One-Lung Louie.“
General Stonewall Jackson
Learned this game somehow,
„He who touches yon grey head,
Dies like a dog, Mah Jong,“ he said,
Ma plays Mah Jong now.

Patter: If you want to play the game ...

Refr.: Since Ma is playing Mah Jong,
Pa wants all „Chinks“ hung.
Father‘s name ...

Inresponsável total:
Sr. Palomar