Mothers of the Nation

Lyrics

[MARY] Soldiers, oh soldiers, why should you think twice? Are you men or mice? All the mothers of the nation Can tell you who your leader ought to be Every female heart will tremble with elation My soldiers, if you choose the man who married me A man who is a husband The father of two children And not that other man who is a bachelor A selfish, old bachelor he [MARY & WOMEN] All the mothers of the nation Can tell you who your leader ought to be Every femalе heart will tremble with еlation My soldiers, if you choose my / her man And not that other man, a bachelor A selfish, old bachelor he [WINTERGREEN] Yes, he's a bachelor His father was a bachelor His father was a bachelor [BLUE SHIRTS] His great-great-great-great Great-great-great-grandfather Was a bachelor in the— [LIEUTENANT] Stop! The family tree, sir The genealogy, sir Of President Tweedledee, sir Does not interest me [SOLDIERS, variously] Or me! Or me! Or me! Or me! [TWEEDLEDEE] Or me! [LIEUTENANT] There's something we're worried about There's something we're worried about Before we go Ahead with the show There's something we'd like to find out [ARMY] There's something we've got to discuss There's something we've got to discuss The man we name Gets fortune and fame But what is there in it for us? Yes, what is there in it for us? [TWEEDLEDEE] The question's a fair one, I say And I offer a dollar a day A dollar a day Which I may not pay Still, the offer's a dollar a day [ARMY] A dollar a day isn't bad A dollar a day isn't bad A dollar a day He may never pay Still, a dollar a day isn't bad [WINTERGREEN, spoken] Wait a minute! I'll tell you what I'll do! Boys, I'm not gonna offer you a dollar a day I'm gonna offer you something that you earned and are entitled to If it hadn't been for you, there wouldn't have been any war [WINTERGREEN] Right? [ARMY] Right [WINTERGREEN] Right [WINTERGREEN, spoken] And if there hadn't been any war, there wouldn't be any war debts [WINTERGREEN] Right? [ARMY] Right [WINTERGREEN] Right [WINTERGREEN, spoken] Then who's entitled to the war debts? You are! Make me dictator and the war debts are yours! [ARMY, spoken] Hooray! [WINTERGREEN, spoken] If we collect 'em! Ah then, arrest that man [TWEEDLEDEE, spoken] If my voice had held out, this never would have happened [WINTERGREEN, spoken] None of your alibis You're under arrest [ARMY & BLUE SHIRTS, spoken] Yay! [KRUGER, spoken] Congratulations! [ARMY & BLUE SHIRTS, spoken] Yay! [WINTERGREEN, spoken] Thanks! You helped a lot [ARMY & BLUE SHIRTS, spoken] Hooray! [KRUGER, spoken] Well, goodbye [WINTERGREEN, spoken] Good luck [KRUGER] Down with Wintergreen the tyrant! [ARMY] He's no tyrant [KRUGER] He's the man against whom I rant [KRUGER is hustled off.] [WINTERGREEN] John P. Tweedledee You are now deposed as President of the United States And we hereby establish a dictatorship Of the proletariat [ARMY & BLUE SHIRTS, spoken] Hooray! [TWEEDLEDEE, spoken] Wait a minute What's the proletariat? [WINTERGREEN, spoken] The pro— Mary, what's the proletariat? [MARY] What's the proletariat? [WIVES] What's the proletariat? [COMMITTEE] What's the proletariat? What's the proletariat? [ARMY] We're the proletariat! We're the proletariat! And you're the proletariat! You're the proletariat! We're all the proletariat! [ENSEMBLE] All the proletariat! All the proletariat! (Ah) All the proletariat! Ah!