Hostess With The Mostes'-Ethel Merman

[ti:Hostess With The Mostes'] [ar:Ethel Merman] [al:Call Me Madam] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hostess With The Mostes' - Ethel Merman [00:19.02]Call Me Madam [00:22.01] [00:23.39]I was born on a thousand acres of Oklahoma land [00:26.46] [00:27.66]Nothing grew on the thousand acres for it was gravel and sand [00:31.75] [00:32.47]One day father started digging in a field [00:34.64] [00:35.35]Hoping to find some soil [00:37.03] [00:37.92]He dug and he dug and what do you think [00:40.66] [00:41.26]Oil oil oil [00:44.46] [00:45.13]The money rolled in and I rolled out with a fortune piled so high [00:48.72] [00:49.78]Washington was my destination [00:52.00] [00:52.71]And now who am I [00:57.52] [00:58.33]I'm the chosen party giver [01:01.03] [01:01.65]For the White House clientele [01:03.65] [01:04.39]And they know that I deliver [01:07.06]What it takes to make 'em jell [01:08.95] [01:09.68]And in Washington I'm known by one and all [01:14.40] [01:15.33]As the hostess with the mostes' on the ball [01:19.52] [01:20.69]They could go to Elsa Maxwell [01:23.30]When they had an axe to grind [01:25.08] [01:25.90]They could always grind their axe well [01:27.98] [01:28.57]At the parties she designed [01:30.37] [01:31.28]Now the hatchet grinders all prefer to call [01:36.44]On the hostess with the mostes' on the ball [01:40.79] [01:41.68]I've a great big bar and good caviar [01:44.10]Yes the best that can be found [01:46.31] [01:46.94]And a large amount in my bank account [01:49.34]When election time comes round [01:52.13]Entertaining vodka drinkers [01:54.00] [01:54.53]Is a job they give to me [01:56.42] [01:57.22]Making nice guys out of stinkers [01:59.73]Seems to be my cup of tea [02:01.49] [02:02.22]What they really need behind the iron wall [02:07.19] [02:07.70]Is the hostess with the mostest on the ball [02:11.63] [02:12.80]In the handbag that I'll carry [02:14.67] [02:15.37]There's a precious little note [02:17.16] [02:17.91]To their highnesses from Harry [02:19.97] [02:20.55]Introducing me he wrote [02:22.27] [02:23.07]I'll appreciate a favor large or small [02:28.35]For the hostess [02:29.55]Who the hostess with the mostes' on the ball