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Mother-in-Law Songs

Can anyone name some good songs about disliking one's mother-in-law? I have issues.

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Permalink Reply by Kyla Fairchild on December 6, 2011 at 4:29pm

Etta James - My Mother In Law from the album Tell Mama is a great one.

I tried to find a video or stream of Etta James doing the song that I could embed here but nothing turned up. You can stream part of the song on Amazon at this link, or I did find this video by Charlotte Joyce, who I'd never heard of. Her version is exactly the same as Etta's so it's not a bad representation of the song and you can hear all the lyrics but for the full effect you must listen to Etta!

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Permalink Reply by Shawn Edward Cote on December 6, 2011 at 4:40pm

Thanks, Kyla!

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Permalink Reply by Shawn Edward Cote on December 6, 2011 at 5:34pm

Kyla--this is great. Very cathartic. Just what the doctor ordered.

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Permalink Reply by Jack on December 6, 2011 at 5:23pm

Shawn, this ought to do the trick. "Mother-In-Law by Ernie K-Doe.

(Mother in Law) Mother In Law
(Mother in Law) Mother In Law

The worst person I know
(Mother-in law, mother-in law)
(Mother-in law, mother-in law)
A she worries me, so
If she'd leave us alone
A we would have a happy home
Sent from down below

Mother in Law Mother in Law

Satan should be her name
To me they're bout the same
Every time I open my mouth
She steps in, tries to put me out
How could she stoop so low

[Instrumental Interlude]

I come home with my pay
She asks me what I made
She thinks her advice is the constitution
But if she would leave that would be the solution
And don't come back no more

Mother in law
My......mother in law, ah
Oh yeah

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Permalink Reply by Shawn Edward Cote on December 6, 2011 at 5:36pm

Thanks, Jack. I'll have to look into that one.

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Permalink Reply by Hal Bogerd on December 6, 2011 at 5:45pm

What if your mother-in-law buys you a copy of a disc from the "Worthless Son-in-Laws"!

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Permalink Reply by Hal Bogerd on December 6, 2011 at 7:46pm

Worthless Son-in-Laws

No, I'm not making that band up.

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Permalink Reply by Scott N McLeod on December 7, 2011 at 7:49am

There is "Mother in law blues" by Johnny Winter on the Rasing Cane record, and Bruce Springsteen has one on The River "Rosey Darling" in which the mother in law is in the cars back seat and she is bitchin' a fit and the character of the song warns Rosey to "shut her up or she'll be hittin' the black top, hope that helps!

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Permalink Reply by Shawn Edward Cote on December 7, 2011 at 4:13pm

Scott, are you sure that's the correct title of the Springsteen song? I've got The River album right in front of me and don't see a tune by that name.

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Permalink Reply by Scott N McLeod on December 7, 2011 at 5:32pm

It's that or Darkness on the edge of Town try the name Sherry Darling, for the song that name sticks in my head too.

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Permalink Reply by Shawn Edward Cote on December 8, 2011 at 1:45am

You're right, Scott--it is "Sherry Darling." I hadn't listened to that one since I got married and didn't remember much about it--I guess it didn't seem all that applicable to my own life back when I was single. It sure strikes a responsive chord now, though. Thanks!