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Sing along “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d've Baked a Cake” by Eileen Barton. If you work with seniors it is well worth memorizing as well! They love it (buy this song, buy the album)

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


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