Mary McCarty - When You're Good to Mama Lyrics
MASTER OF CEREMONIES:And now, ladies and gentlemen – the Keeper of the Keys, the Countess of the Clink, the Mistress of Murderer’s row – Matron Mama Morton!MATRON:Ask any of the chickies in my pen,They’ll tell you I’m the biggest motherhen.I love them all and all of them love me,Because the system worksThe system called reciprocity ...Got a little mottoAlways sees me throughWhen you’re good to MamaMama’s good to youThere’s a lot of favorsI’m prepared to do.You do one for MamaShe’ll do one for you.They say that life is tit-for-tatAnd that’s the way I live.So, I deserve a lot of tatFor what I’ve got to give.Don’t you know that this handWashes that one too?When you’re good to Mama,Mama’s good to you!If you want my gravy,Pepper my ragout.Spice it up for Mama,She’ll get hot for you.When they pass that basket,Folks contribute toYou put in for Mama,She’ll put out for you.The folks atop the ladderAre the ones the world adores.So boost me up my ladder, kid,And I’ll boost you up yours.Let’s all stroke togetherLike the Princeton crew.When you’re strokin’ MamaMama’s strokin’ you.So what’s the one conclusionI can bring this number to?When you’re good to MamaMama’s good to you!
