The Hostess with the Mostes' on the Ball-Ethel Merman

[ti:The Hostess With the Mostes' on the Ball] [ar:Ethel Merman] [al:Call Me Madam (Studio Cast Recordings)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Hostess with the Mostes' on the Ball - Ethel Merman (艾索尔·摩曼) [00:06.01]I was born on a thousand acres of Oklahoma land [00:10.24] [00:11.26]Nothing grew on the thousand acres [00:13.46]For it was gravel and sand [00:15.98] [00:16.85]One day father started digging in a field [00:20.01]Hoping to find some soil [00:21.92] [00:22.60]He dug and he dug and what do you think [00:25.52] [00:26.33]Oil oil oil [00:29.46] [00:30.46]The money rolled in and I rolled out [00:33.09]With a fortune piled so high [00:35.18] [00:36.28]Washington was my destination [00:38.46] [00:39.36]And now who am I [00:43.46] [00:44.25]I'm the chosen party giver [00:46.77] [00:47.37]For the White House clientele [00:49.63] [00:50.26]And they know that I deliver [00:52.92]What it takes to make them jell [00:55.08] [00:55.75]And in Washington [00:57.36]I'm known by one and all [01:00.04] [01:01.11]As the hostess [01:02.49]With the mostest on the ball [01:05.54] [01:06.87]They could go to Elsa Maxwell [01:09.52]When they had an axe to grind [01:11.61] [01:12.13]They could always grind their axe well [01:14.91]At the parties she designed [01:17.54]Now the hatchet grinders all prefer to call [01:22.14] [01:22.90]On the hostess with the mostest on the ball [01:27.25] [01:28.49]I've a great big bar and good caviar [01:31.14]Yes the best that can be found [01:33.28] [01:33.86]And a large amount in my bank account [01:36.61]When election time comes around [01:38.78] [01:39.46]If you're feeling presidential [01:41.31] [01:42.04]You can make it yes indeed [01:44.08] [01:44.67]There are just three things essential [01:47.31]Let me tell you all you need [01:50.01]Is an ounce of wisdom and a pound of gall [01:55.47]And the hostess with the mostest on the ball [01:59.77] [02:01.09]Entertaining vodka drinkers [02:03.17] [02:03.74]Is a job they give to me [02:05.65] [02:06.30]Making nice guys out of stinkers [02:08.89]Seems to be my cup of tea [02:10.99] [02:11.51]What they really need behind the iron wall [02:16.87]Is the hostess with the mostest on the ball [02:21.24] [02:22.40]There's a book of regulations [02:24.95]As to who sits next to who [02:26.95] [02:27.71]But there might be complications [02:30.18]When the blue blood's not so blue [02:32.29] [02:32.80]So the priestess with the leastes protocol [02:37.18] [02:38.11]Is the hostess with the mostest on the ball [02:42.57] [02:43.47]An Ambassador has just reached the shore [02:46.20]He's a man of many loves [02:48.04] [02:48.73]An important gent from the Orient [02:51.31]To be handled with kid gloves [02:53.43] [02:54.10]He can come and let his hair down [02:56.71]Have the best time of his life [02:58.54] [02:59.32]Even bring his new affair down [03:02.02]Introduce her as his wife [03:03.86] [03:04.55]But she mustn't leave her panties in the hall [03:09.16] [03:09.94]Of the priestess with the leastest [03:12.59]Nor the hostess with the mostest [03:15.22]With the mostest on the ball