Surprise Party - Johnny Mercer, The Pied Pipers, Jo Stafford

I had a surprise party for my baby

Made everyone promise not to put my baby wise

And now they’re talkin' about the way it turned out

What a complete surprise

Some intimate friends came to greet my baby

And I was as busy as a bee around a hive

I took a look at the clock

Tickity tock

My baby was about to arrive

There were flowers on the table

Somethin' extra special on ice

I was glad that I was able

To have everything nice

Including chicken & rice

Had everything all set & then we waited

And I was delighted & excited as could be

But when my baby walked in with somebody else

The most surprised party was me

I thought I was the perfect host

I had the lights turned low

I had my?

right there at my elbow

I had a lot of fancy knick knacks scattered about the place

Made sure to have plenty of doilies chantilly lace

Her favourite friends were gathered behind the big settee

And after we surprised here we were all going to make whoopee

Yes we planned to announce our engangement after we made some fudge

But somebody double crossed me

Someone who bore me a grudge

I had everything all set & then we waited

And I was delighted & excited as could be

But when my baby walked in with somebody else

The most surprised party was me