The Girl At The Ironing Board Lyrics

1934 musical film
Dames - The Girl At The Ironing Board Lyrics

Music by Harry Warren and Lyrics by Al Dubin.

(Verse 1:)
Many a poor little rich girl is sad
Inside of a palace of gold.
She's never known all the dreams that I've had,
Her life is completely cold;

(Chorus 1:)
But a girl who works in a laundry,
Has a dream lover all of her own;
A lover unseen,
Whose love she keeps clean
With water and soap,
And a washing machine.
Oh, she loves to launder his linen,
Every collar and shirt is adored;
And she loves all the stitches
In his flannel britches,
The girl at the ironing board.

(Interlude:)
Scrub and rub, rub and scrub,
We do the neighborhood washing.
Scrub and rub in a tub,
Rub-a-dub-dub, boop-a-doo!

(Chorus 2:)
Just a girl who works in a laundry,
Who's in love with a man of her dreams;
Her lover unseen,
Whose clothes she keeps clean
With water and soap,
And a washing machine.
When she sees a button is missing,
She'll replace it of her own accord;
As she fondles each sock,
She can love him by proxy,
The girl at the ironing board.

Verse 2:
I know a princess somewhere in this land
Who leans o'er a washtub each day;
But o'er the washtub her daydreams are grand,
Even the soap-suds can't wash them away;

Verse 2: (from British sheet music)
Up in the steam clouds her dream man she sees,
A palace around her soon grows;
Mangles keep churning out love melodies,
Soap suds just smell like the pure eau-de-rose.

Dames 1934 film Songs Lyrics

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