SCRUB ME MAMA, WITH A BOOGIE BEAT

Will Bradley



In Harlem there's a little place where everyone goes

To see the way a washer woman washes her clothes

If you like Boogie Woogie rhythm, she's got a beat

Let the Boogie Woogie washer woman give you a treat.



On every afternoon at one the sessions begin

And all the boys from all the bands come down and sit in

They sit around and knock each other out when they play

While the Boogie Woogie washer woman washes all day



Rub diddle ub dub, that's just the way she rubs

Rub diddle ub dub, that's just the way she scrubs

Rub diddle ub dub, she wears out all her tubs

She rubs and rubs her knuckles right on down to the nubs



Rub diddle ub dub, that's how she kicks it off

Rub diddle ub dub, she keeps it nice and soft

Rub diddle ub dub, till someone hollers

"Aw, scrub me maman, with a Boogie beat!"



You really ought to visit there is you've never been

It doesn't cost a penny, just come down and walk in,

If you like Boogie Woogie rhythm you'll get a treat,

Let the Boogie Woogie washer woman give you the beat