Tim Gracyk's video: And Her Mother Came Too Canada singer Al Plunkett Ivor Novello song LYRICS song in Gosford Park

Al. Plunkett of Capt. M. W. Plunkett's Dumbells sings "And Her Mother Came Too" Music by Ivor Novello. Words by Dion Titheradge. The actor Jeremy Northam sings this song in the movie Gosford Park. I seem to be the victim of a cruel jest. It dogs my footsteps with the girl I love the best. She's just the sweetest girl that I have ever known. But still we never get a chance to be alone. My car will meet her And her mother comes, too It's a two-seater Still her mother comes, too At Ciro's when I am free At dinner, supper, or tea She loves to sit on my knee. And her mother does, too. We buy her trousseau And her mother comes, too Asked not to do so Still her mother comes, too She simply can't take a snub I go and sulk at the club Then have a bath and a rub And her brother comes, too There may be times when couples need a chaperone. But mothers ought to learn to leave a chap alone. I wish they had a heart and use their common sense. For three's a crowd, and more, it's treble the expense. We lunch at Maxim's And her mother comes, too How large a snack seems When her mother comes, too And when she's visiting me We finish afternoon tea She loves to shimmy with me And her mother does, too Golf--we started! And her mother came, too Three bags I carted When her mother came, too She fainted just off the tee My darling whispered to me "Jack, dear, at last we are free!" But her mother came to Dion Titheradge, who wrote the lyrics, was born in Australia in 1889 but later moved to London where he died at age 45 in 1934. He was the son of George Sutton Titheradge. The song was written for the revue “ A to Z” and was first performed by Jack Buchanan at The Prince of Wales Theatre London in October 1921. The revue ran for 428 performances and starred Jack Buchanan, George Hestor, and Gertrude Lawrence. Ivor Novello, the famous composer, was born on January 15, 1893. He died on March 6, 1951. In WWII, he was sentenced to Wormwood Scrubs prison for eight weeks (he served four) for misuse of petrol coupons. ____ Albert William Plunkett was born around 1899, and he died in 1957. He made records in Canada in the mid-1920s. Plunkett entered the 58th Infantry Division of the Canadian Army and was deployed overseas in 1916. After being wounded, he worked as an entertainer to the troops and was invited by his brother Mert Plunkett to join a vaudeville group called The Dumbells, founded in 1917 . There were about 30 concert troupes performing across France, but the most famous by far was The Dumbells. The troupe was founded by Mert Plunkett, a YMCA entertainment director who organized amateur concerts at Canadian encampments in France. The commander of the army’s Third Division gave him permission to assemble an entertainment unit. Mert Plunkett recruited some of his favorite soldier-performers, who were seconded from their own units for his troupe. It was named for the red dumbbells on the Third Division’s insignia — but with one “B” instead of two because of a spelling error, allegedly. They debuted in mid-1917. Al Plunkett remained an important member of the Dumbells ensemble. He sang in tails and cloaks, danced, and appeared in humorous sketches. He was associated with the songs "Those Wild, Wild Women Are Making a Wild Man of Me" and "I Know Where the Flies Go in Wintertime." He was in the play Biff, Bing, Bang on Broadway. After the dissolution of the Dumbells in 1932, Plunkett appeared on radio and nightclubs in Canada and the US. In the Second World War Plunkett served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. After the war he was a road inspector in the Ontario district. Finally, he led a nursing home with his wife until his death in April 1957.