SINCE MA'S GONE MAD ON COMMUNITY SINGING
by Jack Lumsdaine 1895-1948 
National Library of AUSTRALIA
MUS N mba 783.2 L959 

[F] What's the [C] latest craze
[F] that is [C] all the rage
[F] no matter [C] where you [F] go
every night [C] at eight
[Bb] Ma says [C] shut the gate
I'm off to [Bb] see the [C] show
and it's [Bb] not the pictures 
[C] that she talks a- [Bb] bout
but a chance for her 
to [F] sing and [C] shout

since [F] Ma's gone [Bb] mad on comm- [F]unity singing
[C] home isn't home any [F] more
all day [Bb] long you can [F] hear the place ringing
with [Bb] old fashioned [C] songs by the [F] score
for [Bb] breakfast it's [C] "John Brown's [F]Body"
for dinner it's "Coming through the [Bb] rye"
and [C] all the kiddies on the [Bb] floor 
be- [F] gin to howl and [C] wail
[F] every time she [Bb] starts to sing 
the [C] "long long trail"
since [F] Ma's gone [Bb] mad on  comm- [F]unity singing
[Bb] home isn't home [C] any [F] more

never stops to think
dishes in the sink
each night she goes along
comes home very late
family have to wait
and hear the latest song
then she says come on 
let's chase the gloom away
but if you look at father's 
face you'll say