Bette Midler

Released: January 8, 1976

Songwriter: Carl Malcolm

Producer: Mark “Moogy” Klingman

My Momma says that I must leave him alone
But how can I do that
When I want him in my home?
He watched me change from boys to boys
And now I am his size
So how can I forget him now
When I long to share his life?

Mommy, Mommy, he loves your daughter
No jestering!
No one can make me leave him
No jestering!

So you cn tell me anything you want
I'll never let him out of my sight
Tell me how much he's not my type
But someday I'm gonna be his wife

Mommy, mommy, he loves your daughter
No, no jestering!
No one can make me leave him
It's no . .

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You mustn't let the horse run away
Before you're gonna close the door
And all my life I watched him grow
Each day I love him more and more

Oh, mommy, mommy, he loves your daughter
No, no jestering!
No one can make me leave him
It's no . .

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So tell me anything you want
I'll never let him out of my sight
Tell me how much I'm not his type
One day I'm gonna be his wife

Oh, mommy, mommy, he loves your daughter
No, no jestering!
No one can make me leave him
It's no . .

Mommy he loves me
Mommy release me
He don't want to hurt me
He just wants to please me
Mommy forgive me
Don't you worry
My heart is on fire and I'm in a hurry

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Bette Midler is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, comedienne and actress. Named in honor of Bette Davis, Midler’s career began performing off-broadway until she developed the stage persona The Divine Miss M while singing at the world-famous Continental Baths gay bathhouse. A pre-fame Barry Manilow, the venue’s in-house piano player, produced her Grammy-nominated debut album which scored three US top 40 singles including the Grammy-nominated “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. Midler took home the Best New Artist Grammy that year, her first of three career wins.

Throughout the 1970s, Midler found further success with music, Broadway, television and film. The Rose, Midler’s 1979 acting debut, earned her both Oscar and Academy Award nominations, and its namesake song won her a Golden Globe and another Grammy – also giving Midler her first success overseas.

The early 1980s proved less successful for Midler with four under-performing singles and a box office flop with the film Jinxed. However, the second half of the decade would prove far more fruitful with a handful of very successful films including Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune and Beaches, the latter featuring a chart-topping cover of “Wind Beneath My Wings” that won Midler her third Grammy and is considered one of the greatest songs in American film history.

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