146.  M-O-T-H-E-R
Melody--M-O-T-H-E-R

M is for the many things she gave me,
O is only that she's growing old (she's growing old),
T is for the tears she shed to save me (save me),
H is for her heart as pure as gold (as pure as gold),
E is for her eyes with lovelight shining (shining),
R is right and right she'll always be (she'll always be),
Put them all together, they spell MOTHER,
The one who means the world to me,
I don't mean maybe,
The one who means the world to me (the world to me).

F is for his farts that used to linger,
A is for his arse all racked with piles (all racked with piles),
T is for the turds he shed by finger (finger),
H is for his hole all wreathed in smiles (all wreathed in 		smiles),
E is for the eggs he used to dine on (dine on),
R is rotten and rotten they'd always be (they'd always 					be),
Put them all together, they spell FATHER, The one who 						fouls the air for me,
I don't mean maybe,
The one who fouls the air for me (the air for me).

M is for the many times you made me,
O is for the other times you tried (the times you tried),
T is for those torturous long lost weekends (weekends),
H is for the hell that's in your eyes (that's in your 						eyes),
E is for your ever-lasting passion (passion),
R is for the ruin you made of me (you made of me),
Put them all together, they spell MOTHER,
And that is what I think I'm going to be,
I don't mean maybe,
And that is what I think I'm going to be (I'm going to 					be).

From Paul Woodford, "Hash Hymns II" (Honolulu, Hawaii, 1994)