If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake

Album: Radio Years (1950)
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  • 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
    How-ja do, how-ja do, how-ja do?

    Had you dropped me a letter I'd've hired a band
    Grandest band in the land
    Had you dropped me a letter I'd've 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
    How-ja do, how-ja do, how-ja 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
    How-ja do, how-ja do, how-ja do?

    Had you dropped me a letter I'd've hired a band
    Grandest band in the land
    Had you dropped me a letter I'd've 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
    How-ja do, how-ja do, how-ja do?
    How-ja do, how-ja do, how-ja do?
    How-ja do? Writer/s: Al Hoffman, Bob Merrill, Clem Watts
    Publisher: MUSIC & MEDIA INT'L, INC., MUSIC SALES CORPORATION, Royalty Network
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Lisa Letto from PennsylvaniaThey're are not many songs from that era that spring to mind even now
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1950 {April 1st} "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake" by Eileen Barton peaked at #1 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Best-Selling Pop Singles chart...
    For the two weeks prior to reaching #1 it was at position #2, then for the four weeks it succeeded at #1 it once again was at position #2...
    Between 1950 and 1954 the Brooklyn, NY native had ten records on the Billboard's national charts, two made the Top 10 with the above "If I Knew You Were Comin', I'd've Baked A Cake" being her biggest hit...
    Besides "If I Knew You Were Coming, I'd Have Baked A Cake", her other Top 10 record was "Cry", it peaked right at #10 in 1951...
    She also had one Top 20 record, "Pretend" at #17 in 1953...
    Eileen Barton passed away at the age of 81 on June 27th, 2006...
    May she R.I.P.
    * And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the Best-Selling Pop Singles' Top 10 on April 1st, 1950:
    At #2. "Music! Music! Music!" by Teresa Brewer
    #3. "The Third Man Theme" by Anton Karas
    #4. "It Isn't Fair" by Sammy Kaye, with vocals by Don Cornell
    #5. "Peter Cottontail" by Gene Autry
    #6. "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" by Red Foley
    #7. "There's No Tomorrow" by Tony Martin
    #7. "My Foolish Heart" by Gordon Jenkins, with vocals by Sandy Evans
    #9. "Sentimental Me" by the Ames Brothers
    #10. "Peter Cottontail" by Mervin Shiner
  • Ted from Phoenix, AzThis song is one of the best reasons why rock and roll happened. Novelty or not, it was just too Caucasian-sounding for its own good!
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