If I Knew You Were Coming I'd Have Baked a Cake

If I Knew You Were Coming I'd Have Baked a Cake - Ethel Merman & Friends

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

Howd-ya do howd-ya do howd-ya do

Had you dropped me a letter I'd a-hired a band

Good grandest band in the land

Had you dropped me a letter I'd a-hired a band

And spread the welcome mat for you

Now 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

Howd-ya do howd-ya do howd-ya do

Pat-a-cake pat-a-cake baker man

Bake the cake as quick as you can

Plenty of cream and sugar nice

Nuts and raisins and honey and spice

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

If I knew you were coming I'dve baked a cake

Baked a cake baked a cake

If I knew you were coming I'dve baked a cake

Howd-ya do howd-ya do howd-ya do

Had you dropped me a letter I'd have hired a hall

Great big hall man them all

Had you dropped me a letter I'd have hired a hall

And spread the welcome mat for you

Now 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 coming I'dve kept the pot

Happy pot nice and hot

If I knew you were coming I'dve baked a cake

Howd-ya do howd-ya do howd-ya do

Howd-ya do howd-ya do howd-ya do

Howd-ya do howd-ya do howd-ya do

Howd-ya do