And now Ladies and Gentlemen   The keeper of the keys   The countess of the clink   The mistress of murderer's row   Matron Mama Morton      Ask any of the chickies in my pen   They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother 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 lotta 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   Fezzle my Ragu   Spice it up for Mama   She'll get hot for you      When the pass that basket   Folks contribute to   You put in for Mama   She'll put out for you      The folks that stop 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 srtoke 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      Aww Yeah