Housework - Carol Channing/Marlo Thomas & Friends.mp3

[00:02.78]You know, there are times when we happen to be
[00:04.28]Just sitting there, quietly watching TV,
[00:07.46]When the program we're watching will stop for a while
[00:10.87]And suddenly someone appears with a smile,
[00:14.14]And starts to show us how terribly urgent
[00:18.26]It is to buy some brand of detergent,
[00:22.15]Or soap or cleanser or cleaner or powder or paste or wax or bleach,
[00:24.72]To help with the housework.
[00:26.75]Now, most of the time it's a lady we see,
[00:30.10]Who's doing the housework on TV.
[00:32.72]She's cheerfully scouring a skillet or two,
[00:35.78]Or she's polishing pots till they gleam like new,
[00:38.62]Or she's scrubbing the tub or she's mopping the floors,
[00:40.11]Or she's wiping the stains from the walls and the doors,
[00:42.07]Or she's washing the windows, the dishes, the clothes,
[00:43.82]Or waxing the furniture till it just glows,
[00:45.50]Or cleaning the fridge or the stove or the sink,
[00:47.26]With a light-hearted smile, and a friendly wink,
[00:51.01]And she's doing her best to make us think
[00:54.13]The her soap, or detergent or cleanser or cleaner or powder or paste or wax or bleach,
[00:58.04]Is the best kind of soap, or detergent or cleanser or cleaner or powder or paste or wax or bleach,
[01:04.52]That there is in the whole wide world.
[01:08.66]And, maybe it is, and maybe it isn't,
[01:11.93]And maybe it does what they say it will do,
[01:14.45]But I'll tell you one thing I know is true.
[01:17.81]The lady we see when we're watching TV,
[01:21.18]The lady who smiles as she scours or scrubs or rubs or washes or wipes or mops or dusts or cleans,
[01:27.04]Or whatever she does on our TV screens,
[01:30.05]That lady is smiling because she's an actress,
[01:35.22]And she's earning money for learning those speeches
[01:40.33]That mention those wonderful soaps and detergents and cleansers and cleaners and powders and pastes and waxes and bleaches.
[01:46.55]So, the very next time you happen to be
[01:52.29]Just sitting there quietly watching TV,
[01:56.03]And you see some nice lady who smiles
[01:59.46]As she scours or scrubs or rubs or washes or wipes or mops or dusts or cleans,
[02:03.41]Remember, nobody smiles doing housework but those ladies you see on TV.
[02:08.88]Your mommy hates housework,
[02:11.50]Your daddy hates housework,
[02:13.50]I hate housework too.
[02:15.90]And when you grow up, so will you.
[02:18.59]Because even if the soap or cleanser or cleaner or powder or paste or wax or bleach
[02:24.11]That you use is the very best one,
[02:26.67]Housework is just no fun.
[02:30.34]Children, when you have a house of your own,
[02:33.81]Make sure, when there's house work to do,
[02:37.27]That you don't have to do it alone.
[02:39.00]Little boys, little girls, when you're big husbands and wives,
[02:44.32]If you want all the days of your lives
[02:47.75]To seem sunny as summer weather,
[02:50.86]Make sure, when there's housework to do,
[02:53.83]That you do it together!