The Hostess With the Mostes' on the Ball-Ethel Merman/Ralph Chambers/Jay Velie

[ti:The Hostess With the Mostes' on the Ball] [ar:Ethel Merman] [al:Call Me Madam (Studio Cast Recordings)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.54]I was born on a thousand acres of Oklahoma land [00:05.64] [00:06.53]Nothing grew on the thousand acres [00:09.53]For it was gravel and sand [00:12.33] [00:13.13]One day father started digging in a field [00:16.81]Hoping to find some soil [00:19.02] [00:19.91]He dug and he dug and what do you think [00:23.14] [00:23.92]Oil oil oil [00:27.24] [00:28.05]The money rolled in and I rolled out [00:30.86]With a fortune piled so high [00:33.51] [00:34.45]Washington was my destination [00:37.66] [00:38.56]And now who am I [00:45.01]I'm the chosen party giver [00:47.19] [00:47.72]For the White House clientele [00:50.12] [00:50.71]And they know that I deliver [00:53.60]What it takes to make them jell [00:56.00] [00:56.58]And in Washington [00:58.07]I'm known by one and all [01:01.30] [01:02.40]As the hostess [01:03.58]With the mostest on the ball [01:06.90] [01:08.18]They could go to Elsa Maxwell [01:10.96]When they had an axe to grind [01:13.25] [01:13.81]They could always grind their axe well [01:16.73]At the parties she designed [01:19.51]Now the hatchet grinders all prefer to call [01:24.67] [01:25.31]On the hostess with the mostest on the ball [01:31.02]I've a great big bar and good caviar [01:33.81]Yes the best that can be found [01:36.58]And a large amount in my bank account [01:39.62]When election time comes around [01:42.36]If you're feeling presidential [01:45.20]You can make it yes indeed [01:47.93]There are just three things essential [01:50.94]Let me tell you all you need [01:53.81]Is an ounce of wisdom and a pound of gall [01:59.55]And the hostess with the mostest on the ball [02:04.82] [02:05.45]Entertaining vodka drinkers [02:08.12]Is a job they give to me [02:10.26] [02:11.01]Making nice guys out of stinkers [02:13.83]Seems to be my cup of tea [02:16.16] [02:16.79]What they really need behind the iron wall [02:21.79] [02:22.57]Is the hostess with the mostest on the ball [02:26.84] [02:28.23]There's a book of regulations [02:31.03]As to who sits next to who [02:33.25] [02:33.88]But there might be complications [02:36.81]When the blue blood's not so blue [02:38.96] [02:39.55]So the priestess with the leastes protocol [02:44.41] [02:45.31]Is the hostess with the mostest on the ball [02:49.87] [02:50.90]An Ambassador has just reached the shore [02:53.79]He's a man of many loves [02:56.49]An important gent from the Orient [02:59.41]To be handled with kid gloves [03:02.16]He can come and let his hair down [03:04.92]Have the best time of his life [03:07.13] [03:07.68]Even bring his new affair down [03:10.58]Introduce her as his wife [03:12.85] [03:13.36]But she mustn't leave her panties in the hall [03:19.02]Nor the hostess whoes the mostest [03:21.81]With the mostest on the ball [03:30.03]The Hostess With the Mostes' on the Ball - Ethel Merman