And now ladies and gentlemen

the Keeper of the keys, 

the Countess of the clink,

the Mistress of Murderers Row,

Matron Mama Morton!



Ask any of the chickies in my pen 

They'll tell you I'm the biggest Mutha... 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!