Cat. #1387 (MFH #631) - As sung by Joan O'Bryant, Wichita, Kansas on
VERSE 1
I told the old woman I'd married her daughter
It wasn't th whole family I wed
But I'd rather be sentenced to jail or to congress
Than live a life with my Mother-in-Law
VERSE 2
It's every time I scold one of my children
She gives me a piece of her long ole jaw
I'd rather be sentenced to jail or to congress
Than live a life with my Mother-in-Law
VERSE 3
She taken a kettle of boilin' hot water
She aimed it straight at my head
Will, I'd rather be sentenced to jail or t' congress
Than live a life with my Mother-in-Law
VERSE 4
She taken a notion that she were good lookin'
The ugliest ole woman, ever I saw
Well, I'd rather be sentenced to jail or to congress
Than live a life with my Mother-in-Law
VERSE 5
Her head, it looked like a little cocanut pumkin
Her eyes were round an' very small
Well, I'd rather be sentenced to jail or to congress
Than live a life with my Mother-in-Law
VERSE 6
She took a notion to have her picture taken
Th very first time she broke th machine
Well, I'd rather be sentenced to jail or to congress
Than live a life with my Mother-in-Law