The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball

Album: Call Me Madam (1950)
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  • I was born on a thousand acres of Oklahoma land
    Nothing grew on the thousand acres for it was gravel and sand
    One day, father started digging in a field, hoping to find some soil
    He dug and he dug and, what do you think?
    Oil, oil, oil
    The money rolled in and I rolled out
    With a fortune piled so high
    Washington was my destination
    And now, who am I?

    I'm the chosen party giver
    For the White House clientele
    And they know that I deliver
    What it takes to make 'em gel
    And in Washington I'm known by one and all
    As the hostess with the mostest on the ball

    They would go to Elsa Maxwell
    When they had an axe to grind
    They could always grind their axe well
    At the parties she designed
    Now the hatchet grinders all prefer to call
    On the hostess with the mostest on the ball

    I've a great big bar and good caviar
    Yes, the best that can be found
    And a large amount in my bank account
    When election time comes round
    If you're feeling presidential
    You can make it, yes indeed
    There are just three things essential
    Let me tell you, all you need
    Is an ounce of wisdom and a pound of gall
    And the hostess with the mostest on the ball

    Entertaining vodka drinkers
    Is a job they give to me
    Making nice guys out of stinkers
    Seems to be my cup of tea
    What they really need behind the iron wall
    Is the hostess with the mostest on the ball

    There's a book of regulations
    As to who sits next to who
    But there might be complications
    When the blue blood's not so blue
    So the priestess with the leastest protocol
    Is the hostess with the mostest on the ball

    An ambassador has just reached the shore
    He's a man of many loves
    An important gent from the Orient
    To be handled with kid gloves
    He can come and let his hair down, ooh!
    Have the best time of his life
    Even bring his new affair down
    Introduce her as his wife
    But she mustn't leave her panties in the hall
    Of the priestess with the leastest
    Nor the hostess with the mostest
    With the mostest on the ball Writer/s: IRVING BERLIN
    Publisher: IMAGEM U.S. LLC
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