{announcer}
And now ladies and gentlemen,
the Keeper of the keys,
the Countess of the clink,
the mistress of Murderers Row,
Matron Mama Morton!

{Mama}
Ask any of the chickies in my pen
They´ll tell you I´m the biggest Mother....Hen
I love them all and all of them love me -
Because the system works;
the system called reciprocity!

Got a little motto
Always sees me through -
When you´re good to Mama
Mama´s good to you!

There´s a lot of favors
I´m prepared to do -
You do one for Mama
She´ll do one for you!

They say that life is tit for tat
And that´s the way I live -
So, I deserve a lot of tat
For what I´ve got to give!

Don´t you know that this
hand washes that one too -
When you´re good to Mama
Mama´s good to you!

If you want my gravy
Pepper my ragu -
Spice it up for Mama
She´ll get hot for you!

When they pass that basket
Folks conribute to -
You put in for Mama
She´ll put out for you!

The folks a top the ladder
are the ones the world adores -
So boost me up my ladder kid
and I´ll boost you up yours!

Let´s all stroke together
Like the Princeton crew -
When you´re strokin´ Mama
Mama´s strokin´ you!

So what´s the one conclusion
I can bring this number to?
When you´re good to Mama
Mama´s good to you!!