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The Mum Song

Mamamia Team

This one you may have heard, but we were struck by the thought it’s been a few years since this went viral and it deserves a second burst. Mostly because it’s brilliant. Partly because it’s so frightfully accurate.

That’s comedian Anita Renfroe doing the tongue-twisting ditty (it’s sung to the tune of the William Tell Overture).

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    MrsM

    I particularly love ‘the Dad song’

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    Anonymous

    Or this one as a prelude to the whole motherhood adventure…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM2CORdyv8k

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    ladybird73

    i’m not sure why but that made me cry.

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      Anonymous

      Maybe because it presents a quiet depressing view of motherhood? I didn’t really like it either, not my kind of humor.

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    Kim q

    I feel I constantly sing this song to my kids!

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    girly

    Incredible!
    Was hard to hear some of the things she said because it was quite quick, but sounded a lot like some of the things my mother used to say. :)

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      Bex

      There is another lady who does the song who has put the words up at the same time – just google the Mum song on YouTube and I think it’s the first one.

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    Linda

    That is so accurate of my day….its scary!! Lol!

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    Lizi

    Can’t watch it on my iPad. Sigh…

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      jo

      Me either – will search on You Tube.

      Does anyone know if there is an app that can allow flash files to be seen on iPad? I heard that one was available but can’t locate. Recommendations appreciated…

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        Anonymous

        Skyfire is an app that will let you watch flash you load the website through the skyfire app

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    Anonymous

    well I hadn’t seen it and think it’s awesome!

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    Jackiefair

    Brilliant! This was the first time I saw this, impressive:)

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    rhodeshl

    Loved it!

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    Laiste

    Yep. Still brilliant.

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    Sam

    slow news day…

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      Rick Morton

      Hardly! This isn’t a news post. It’s a daily video.

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      Anonymous

      Obviously you don’t have children!

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        Lyndsay

        One of the most insensitive things you could ever say to someone shame on you

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      Hazelsmum

      Well thankyou for reminding me of the one phrase that’s not in the video that should be “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all”.

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    Anonymous

    excellent!
    love how it ranged across ages of possible kids especially.

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    Yeah!

    A well-deserved standing ovation.

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    Anonymous

    Nah. I’m a mum of 2 and that’s not my day, not even close. Very impressive though how she managed to get through the whole thing without stuffing up.