And now ladies and gentlemen
the Keeper of the keys,
the Countess of the clink,
the Mistress of Murderers Row,
Matron Mama Morton!

Ask any of the chickies in my pen
They'll tell you I'm the biggest Mutha... 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 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!

If you want my gravy
Pepper my ragu
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 a top 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!

So what's the one conclusion
I can bring this number to?
When you're good to Mama, Mama's good to you!