If I Knew You Were Comin I`d`ve Baked A Cake Lyrics
If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake
-Artist: Eileen Barton as
sung on "Mairzy Doats 44 Wacky Hits" -MCA
Records-MSD2-35180/GMD80041 -peak Billboard position # 1 for 10 weeks in
1950 -competing versions charted by Georgia Gibbs (#5), Benny Strong
(#11), -Ethel Merman and Ray Bolger (#15), and Art Mooney
(#28)
SPOKEN: Come in! Well,
well, well. Look who's here. I haven't seen you in many a year.
If I
knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake, baked a cake, baked a cake If I
knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake Howdya do, howdya do, howdya
do?
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd a-hired a band, grandest band in
the land Had you dropped me a letter, I'd a-hired a band And spread the
welcome mat for you
Oh, I don't know where you came from 'cause I
don't know where you've been But it really doesn't matter Grab a chair
and fill your platter And dig, dig, dig right in
If I knew you were
comin' I'd've baked a cake, hired a band, goodness sake! If I knew you were
comin' I'd've baked a cake Howdya do, howdya do, howdya do?
If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake,
baked a cake, baked a cake If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a
cake Howdya do, howdya do, howdya do?
Had you dropped me a letter,
I'd a-hired a band, grandest band in the land Had you dropped me a letter,
I'd a-hired a band Spread the welcome mat for you
Oh, I don't know
where you came from 'cause I don't know where you've been But it really
doesn't matter Grab a chair and fill your platter And dig, dig, dig right
in
If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake, hired a band, goodness
sake! If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake Howdya do, howdya do,
howdya do?
Howdya do, howdya do, howdya do? Howdya
do-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Transcribed by Robin Hood
These lyrics
were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above and do not
necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet music,
songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.
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