Galvanized Washing Tub Song Lyrics and Chords by Little Jimmy Dickens
Galvanized Washing Tub
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Cottonseed Clark and Chet Turner
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Did you ever take your Saturday bath
And try to wash and scrub
While squatting down on your haunches
In a
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galvanized washing
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tub
If not then you ain't missed a thing
But I'm tellin' you what's right
I done it till I was almost grown
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Every doggone Saturday
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night
In summertime it was bad enough
But in winter it got rough
A-spreading papers and filling kettles
And
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all that sort of
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stuff
But gettin' ready for that ordeal
Was only half the rub
Of takin' a bath on Saturday night
In a
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galvanized washing
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tub
Did you ever stand there stripped to the skin
I wood stove bakin' your hide
A-dreadin' to punch you darned foot
In for
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fear you'd burn
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alive
Finally you got the temperature right
And into the tub you'd crawl
And when that cold steel touched your back
You'd
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squeal like a fresh stuck
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hog
You get out of the tub and next to the stove
And stand there a-drippin' and a-shakin'
The front of your body is a-freezin' to death
While the
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backside you're a-
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bakin'
A-shiverin' and a-shakin' and a-burnin'
And a bakin' that's the price I had to pay
That awful ordeal will haunt me
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Until I'm old and
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gray
I ain't thru yet thru somethin' else
But I've bein' a-wantin' to say
I was the youngest of all the kids
That
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bathed every Satur
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day
There we all bathed according to age
And I fell last in order
Which meant I had to wash myself
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In the same dead-blamed old
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water
I'm a man of clean habits
And believe in a bath a week
It helps to keep me healthy
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And it freshens my
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physique
But if I had my druthers
I'd rather eat a bug
Than to take my Saturday bath again
In a
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galvanized washing
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tub
FAQ
Who sang the the song Galvanized Washing Tub?
- The song Galvanized Washing Tub was sang by Little Jimmy Dickens.
Who is Little Jimmy Dickens?
- James Cecil Dickens (December 19, 1920 - January 2, 2015), better known by his stage name Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size (4'11" [150 cm]), and his rhinestone-studded outfits, in which he is given credit for introducing into country music live performances). He started as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. Before his death he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry.
