When You're Good to Mama

And now Ladies and Gentlemen
 The keeper of the keys
 The countess of the clink
 The mistress of murderer's row
 Matron Mama Morton
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 Ask any of the chickies in my pen
 They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen
 I love 'em all and all of them love me
 Because the system works
 The system called reciprocity...
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 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!
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 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 to
 You put in for Mama
 She'll put out for you
 The folks atop 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
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 So what's the one conclusion
 I can bring this number to?
 When you're good to Mama
 Mama's good to you!