They Like Ike (from Call Me Madam) - David Hughes, Sally Ann Howes, The Original London Cast

The presidential year will soon be drawing near

The people soon will choose their fav’rite son

I wonder what they’ll do in Nineteen fifty-two

I wonder who they’ll send to Washington

They like Ike

And Ike is good on a mike

They like Ike

-But Ike says he don’t wanna

That makes Ike

The kind o' feller they like

And what’s more

They seem to think he’s gonna

-But Harry won’t get out

-They're in for plenty of fights

-Harry won’t get out

-He's got squatter’s rights

But there’s Ike

And Ike is good on a mike

And they know

The votes that he can carry

-But don’t forget there’s Harry

But they like Ike

They won’t take Saltonstall and Stassen’s chance is small

The same would go for Vandenberg and Taft

And Dewey’s right in line with William Jennings Bryan

There isn’t anyone that they can draft

They like Ike

And Ike is good on a mike

They like Ike

-But Ike says he won’t take it That makes Ike

The kind o' feller they like

And what’s more

They seem to think he’ll make it -But Harry’s on the ground

-And should Republicans win

-When they come around

-He won’t let them in If it’s Ike

Your Chief can get on his bike

And his things

A moving van will carry

-They can’t do that to Harry!

But they like Ike

For nearly twenty years we’ve had the people’s cheers

The Democrats continue to advance

Of course, they could arrange to make a sudden change

But no one’s 'round who seems to have a chance

They like Ike

And Ike is good on a mike

They like Ike

-But Ike says he’s not bidding

That makes Ike

The kind o' feller they like

And what’s more

They seem to think he’s kidding

-But Harry won’t consent

-They'll get a sock on the jaw

-Republican President?

-That's against the law

If it’s Ike

Your Chief can go on a hike

And we boys

Will see he doesn’t tarry

-Please don’t do that to Harry!

But they like Ike

With your permission, sir, we’re anxious to confer

And we would like to do it privately

Go on and make your crack, I’ll even turn my back

But if you’re speaking of the G.O.P.

They like Ike

And Ike is good on a mike

They like Ike

-But Ike says he’ll reject it That makes Ike

The kind o' feller they like

And what’s more

They think he’ll be elected

-But Harry won’t give in -Defeat he’ll never admit

-No one else can win

-He won’t stand for it If it’s Ike

Your Chief can get on his bike

Two years more

The month of January

-They can’t do that to Harry!

But they like Ike

It seems that ev’ry Spring they all approach the ring

And cockily keep throwing in their hats

They always lose but then they come right back again

And some of them come back as Democrats

They like Ike

And Ike is good on a mike

They like Ike

-But Ike says he don’t choose to That makes Ike

The kind o' feller they like

And what’s more

They know he won’t refuse to -But Harry is content

-To stay there living in peace

-The people pay the rent

-You can’t break his lease

If it’s Ike

Your Chief can go on a strike

And we boys

Will hand his hat to Harry

-You can’t do that to Harry!

But they like Ike