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Wash woman, |
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I know you're tired |
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Of taking in clothes |
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A dollar three-eighty a day |
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Know your back is hurtin' |
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And that's for certain |
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Been bendin' over half of the day. |
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You're beatin' clothes on a washtub |
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Scrub 'em in an iron tub. |
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Long as we keep on singin' this song |
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I know you won't mind workin' |
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All night long ... |
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I know you rub-a-dubba-dubba, |
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Mama, bust them suds |
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(Scrub, Mama scrub) |
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Again you rub-a-dubba-dubba, |
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Mama, bust them suds |
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(Scrub, Mama scrub) |
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'kay now, mama |
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You gonna never play |
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For the livin' in '44 |
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Ain't gonna come a rainy day. |
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Keep on working |
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Keep those shirts and drawers |
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a-jerking |
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As long as we keep on rolling on |
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You won't mind doing it all night long |
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You got to rub-a-dubba-dubba, |
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Mama, bust them suds |
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(Scrub, Mama scrub) |
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Hey now, you gotta rub-a-dubba-dubba, |
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Mama, bust them suds |
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Scrub, Mama scrub |
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(Spoken: |
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If you stop playin' them numbers, |
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I tell you up front |
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You may be able to save the whole family |
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At the rate the things you're doin' is goin' |
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We may all be out on the street come morning) |
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I tell you, Mama |
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Your dreams won't help at all |
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You might lose your mind in alcohol |
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And that ain't gonna get it a't'all. |
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Listen at me, Mama |
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Please hear my song |
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Long as you keep bustin' suds |
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I tell you gonna get it on and on |
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Hey now can you rub-a-dubba-dubba, |
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Mama, bust them suds |
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(Scrub, Mama scrub) |
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Hey now won't you rub-a-dubba-dubba, |
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Mama, bust them suds |
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(Scrub, Mama scrub) |
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(Fadeout) |
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Hey now you got a rub it |
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And then you dub it down |
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Can you dig it? |
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After you rub it a while |
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You dub it in the tub down there |
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With that soapy water |
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All over them dirty clothes. |
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You're gonna need Tide for the action |
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You see them come out of the washing machine... |
