Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub (Herb Magidson)

06 Oct 01 - 07:47 PM (#566438)
Subject: Lyr Add: SINGING IN THE BATHTUB (Herb Magidson)
From: GutBucketeer

Here are the lyrics for "Singing in the Bathtub". I know of recordings by R. Crumb and his Cheap Suit Serenaders (short version), Gracie Fields, and Eddie Walters.

I'm trying to learn to learn to play it. Does anyone know the chords that go with it?

Singing in the Bathtub
By Herb Magidson
From the 1929 movie "Show of Shows" .

Singing in the bathtub
Happy once again
Watching all my troubles
Go swinging down the drain

Singing through the soap suds
Life is full of hope
You can sing with feeling
While feeling for the soap.

A ring around the bathtub
Isn't so nice to see
But a ring around the bathtub
Is a rainbow to me

Reaching for a towel
Ready for a rub
Everyone is happy
While singing in the tub

Why am I delighted
Why am I so gay
Why am I excited
Oh, what day is today

Pardon my elation
Everything's all right
I get  inspiration
Every saturday night

Singing in the bathtub
sitting all alone
Tearing out a tonsil
Just like a baritone

Never take a shower
It's an awful pain
Singing in the shower
Is like singing in the rain.

Oh, there is dirt to be abolished
But do not forget one thing
While your body's washed and polished
Sing brother sing!

You can yodel opera
Even while you scrub
Everyone is happy
While singing in the tub.
 
 
 
 

JAB

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07 Oct 01 - 12:42 AM (#566586)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub - Jugband
From: wysiwyg

OK that does it. Come over here, now!

So, do you also know Tubas in the Moonlight?

~S~

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07 Oct 01 - 12:57 AM (#566594)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub - Jugband
From: GutBucketeer

Tubas in the Moonlight sounds like fun. Don't know it, but would love to learn it.

JAB

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07 Oct 01 - 12:59 AM (#566595)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub - Jugband
From: wysiwyg

Look around. Dooley Brothers in Chicago used to do it in the 70's. It was so funny... a 40's song kinda feel to it.... I search for it periodically but if anyone today were doing it, it would probably be Jug People!

~S~

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07 Oct 01 - 01:08 AM (#566597)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub - Jugband
From: wysiwyg

Many tubas!

CLICK!

If you can find a tune for it would you let me know? Here is where I was....

GOOGLE SEARCH LINK I HOPE

~S~

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07 Oct 01 - 08:28 AM (#566706)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub - Jugband
From: GUEST,ketil

well that came out all buggered up.

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07 Oct 01 - 07:28 PM (#567073)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub - Jugband
From: GutBucketeer

Thanks Kentl, It gives me a start. I'll try to figure it out then get if formatted too.

JAB

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04 Nov 01 - 12:26 AM (#585571)
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: SINGING IN THE BATHTUB (Magidson)
From: GutBucketeer

Here are some other versions of chords that I was sent.

Singing in the Bathtub
By Herb Magidson
From the 1929 movie "Show of Shows" .

Here is a  version provided by Roy Randall of the California Navels (red) ,

F
Why am I delighted
A^b7
Why am I so gay
D^b7
Why am I excited
    G⁷        C⁷    F
Oh, what day is to-day

F
Pardon my elation
A^b7
Everything's all right
D^b7
I get  inspiration
G⁷     C⁷          F      C+
Every  Saturday night, I'm

F       
Singing in the bath-tub
F            D^b7
Happy once a-gain
C⁷
Watching all my troubles
C⁷                    F    E^b7  D^b7  C⁷
Go swinging down the drain

F 
Singing through the soap suds
F               D^b7
Life is full of hope
C⁷
You can sing with feeling
C⁷                    F      Gm  A^b7  A⁷
While feeling for the soap.

Cdim  A               E⁷
Oh A  ring around the bath-tub
G⁷               C  
Isn't so nice to see
A^bdim   A
But a  ring around the bath-tub
A⁷   D⁷   G⁷   G+ C Gm C⁷
Is a rain-bow to me

F
Reaching for a towel
F           D⁷
Ready for a rub
C⁷
Everyone is happy
C⁷                   F
While singing in the tub

Let the Whole wide nation worry over cash
I get compensation in hearing water splash!
Never any troubles cross my bathroom path
Bathing in those bubbles, I'm the knight of the bath

Singing in the bathtub
sitting all alone
Tearing out a tonsil
Just like a baritone

Never take a shower
It's an awful pain
Singing in the shower
Is like singing in the rain.

Oh, there is dirt to be abolished
But do not forget one thing
While your body's washed and polished
Sing brother sing!

You can yodel opera
Even while you scrub
Everyone is happy
While singing in the tub.

Here is a very similar version fromthe sheet music with the chord changes figured out by my voice teacher, Alison Ledbetter-Hines (blue).

F
Why am I delighted
A^bm⁷
Why am I so gay
D^bm⁷
Why am I excited
    Gm⁷      Cm⁷    F
Oh, what day is to-day

F
Pardon my elation
A^bm⁷
Everything's all right
D^bm⁷
I get  inspiration
G      Cm⁷      F      Cm^7(#5)
Every  Saturday night, I'm

F                    F⁹  F⁷
Singing in the bath-tub
F            D^b7   D^b9 D^b7
Happy once a-gain
C⁷
Watching all my troubles
C⁷                    F    E^b  D^b  C
Go swinging down the drain

F                         F⁹  F⁷
Singing through the soap suds
F               D^b9    D^b7
Life is full of hope
C⁷
You can sing with feeling
C⁷                    F      Gm  A^b(b7)  A^M
While feeling for the soap.

     A^M              E^M
Oh A ring around the bath-tub
em               C
Isn't so nice to see
C     A^M
But a ring around the bath tub
     D^M9  G⁷      C  C⁷
Is a rain-bow to me

F                   F⁹  F⁷
Reaching for a towel
F           D^b7
Ready for a rub
C⁷
Everyone is happy
C⁷                   F
While singing in the tub

Same additional verses.

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15 Dec 02 - 07:18 PM (#847982)
Subject: Chord Req: Singing in The Bathtub
From: Larkin

Does anyone have the Chords and lyrics to the Robert Crumb
song Singing in the Bathtub

Cheers Martin

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Messages from chords and lyrics threads combined.
-Joe Offer-

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15 Dec 02 - 08:24 PM (#848009)
Subject: RE: Chord Req: Singing in The Bathtub
From: GutBucketeer

Ask and you shall recieve. Actually there is already a thread on Singing in the Bathtub, where I have posted both lyrics and chords from the original sheet music. The Cheap Suit Serenaders do a reduced version, and may use different chord changes as well.

Go here:

Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub

JAB

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16 Dec 02 - 02:54 AM (#848123)
Subject: RE: Chord Req: Singing in The Bathtub
From: mouldy

I'd forgotten all about that song. I bought the 1931 recording from a junk shop in the early 70s, when a student. I can't remember who it was by (male), but it really got a grip on me at the time and I used to walk around singing it in my head. It disappeared or got broken many years ago, probably on a house move. Still, I think I got my 10p worth out of it!

(I think that there was a "Bo-do-dio" sung after the first line of each verse in my version).

Andrea

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16 Dec 02 - 12:26 PM (#848223)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub - Jugband
From: Genie

As Jimmy Durante us'ta say, "T'anks a million!"

These songs'll be a neat addition to my repertoire for the senior folks.

Genie

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16 Dec 02 - 01:31 PM (#848275)
Subject: RE: Chord Req: Singing in The Bathtub
From: Larkin

Cheers Gutbucket

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16 Dec 02 - 02:10 PM (#848315)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub - Jugband
From: GUEST,Bill Kennedy

don't know if it was every found for wysiwyg, it didn't show up in a search for tubas & moonlight so i'll start a new thread and add the chords

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10 Feb 09 - 02:26 PM (#2562993)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub - Jugband
From: GUEST,Stevo

John Lithgow also does a version of this song that's a good take off Crumb's version with the added lyrics

You can be Sinatra
Soaking while you croon (Doo-be-Doo-be Doooo! [strangers in the night])
Hitting all the high notes
Never out of tune.

Singin' every number
From your favorite show (Oooooooak-lahoma!)
Coming down from Forte
To Pianissimo

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21 Jun 11 - 08:12 PM (#3174211)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub - Jugband
From: GUEST

I really dont think those are the chords to singing in the bathtub. My friend plays it on guitar with a whole other set of chords.

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22 Jun 11 - 03:51 AM (#3174326)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub - Jugband
From: GUEST,Guest RS

If you track down the King Benny Nawahi version, you'll hear some of the hottest hula-jazz slide ever recorded - I have the 78 of it, & it's one of my most treasured records.

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05 Aug 11 - 01:49 AM (#3202164)
Subject: Chords Add: SINGING IN THE BATHTUB (Herb Magidson)
From: PHJim

Here are the chords I use:

|G   |    |Eb7 |    |G   |D7 |G F# |F F#|

|G   |    |Eb7 |    |G   |D7 |G    |    |

|C   |    |G    | G# |A   |    |D7   |    |

|G   |    |Eb7 |    |G   |D7 |G F# |F F#|

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13 Jan 12 - 02:57 AM (#3289756)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub (Herb Magidson)
From: GUEST,tippy

man i almost got it but the part where it goes to
well theres dirt to be abolished i cant figure out wut it does right there the a to e doesnt seem right from f it goes up in key to a but wut variation of and what variation of e??

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13 Jan 12 - 08:56 PM (#3290332)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub (Herb Magidson)
From: Joe_F

My mother sang a pro-shower version!

Singing in the shower,
Happy once again,
Watching all my troubles
Go floating down the drain --
    Drip, drip, drip.

Never take a shower?
Golly, what a pain!
Singing in the shower's
Like singing in the rain.

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07 Mar 12 - 04:29 PM (#3318869)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub (Herb Magidson)
From: GUEST,Bruise Violet

"man i almost got it but the part where it goes to
well theres dirt to be abolished i cant figure out wut it does right there the a to e doesnt seem right from f it goes up in key to a but wut variation of and what variation of e??"

E7 works like a dream here hun! I was playing E and it just wasn't making sense, played around with it and up E7 popped! so it's

A         E7
dirt to be abolished
G                   C
but don't forget one thing
A                         E7
While the body's washed and polished
G               C
Sing brother,   sing!!!

stick a couple of triple strokes in there and BOOM!

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14 Jul 20 - 05:16 PM (#4064178)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub (Herb Magidson)
From: GUEST,Jeffrey Silverstein

Winnie Lightner’s version from The Show of Shows (1929)

Why am I delighted
Why am I so gay
Why am I excited
Well, what day is today

Pardon my elation
Everything's just right
I get inspiration
Every Saturday night, I'm
   
Singing in the bathtub
Happy once again
Watching all my troubles
Go swimming down the drain

Singing through the soap suds
Life is full of hope - soap
You can sing with feeling
While feeling for the soap.

Oh a ring around the bathtub
Isn't so nice to see
But a ring around the bathtub
Is a rainbow to me

Reaching for a towel
Ready for a rub
Everybody’s happy
While singing in the tub

Oh Saturday’s children, unite to the bath!
This is your judgement day!
Now the ordeal begins, so lift up your chins!
And wash all your sins away!

Singing in the bathtub
Sitting all alone
Tearing out a tonsil
Just like a baritone

Never take a shower
It's an awful pain
Singing in the shower
Is like singing in the rain.

Oh, there’s dirt to be abolished
But don’t forget one thing
That while my body's washed and polished
Sing brother sing!

You can yodel opera
Even while you scrub
Everyone is happy
While singing in the tub.

Repeat last 3 paragraphs

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14 Jul 20 - 05:21 PM (#4064181)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub (Herb Magidson)
From: Mrrzy

Have this on a John Lithgow children's record...

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17 Jul 20 - 09:23 AM (#4064576)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub (Herb Magidson)
From: PHJim

Here's how I do it:

Singing in the Bathtub      Cleary, Magidson & Washington 1929

(C) (B) (Bb) (B)

(C) Singing in the bathtub (Ab7) Happy once again
(C) Watching all my troubles
(G7) Go swinging down the (C) drain (B) (Bb) (B)

(C) Singing through the soap suds (Ab7) Life is full of hope
(C) You can sing with feeling
(G7) While feeling for the (C) soap. (C7)

Oh a (F) ring around the bathtub (C) Isn't so nice to see
(C#) But a (D) ring around the bathtub
Is a (G7) rain(G#7)bow to (G7) me

(C) Reaching for a towel (Ab7) Ready for a rub
(C) Everyone is happy
(G7) While singing in the (C) tub (B) (Bb) (B)

(C) Singing in the bathtub (Ab7) Sitting all alone
(C) Tearing out a tonsil
(G7) Just like a bari(C)tone (B) (Bb) (B)

(C) Never take a shower (Ab7) It's an awful pain
(C) Singing in the shower
(G7) Is like singing in the (C) rain. (C7)

Oh, there is (F) dirt to be abolished but (C) do not forget one thing
While (C#)your (D) body's washed and polished
(G7) Sing (G#7) brother (G7) sing!

(C) You can yodel opera (Ab7) Even while you scrub
(C) Everyone is happy
(G7) While singing in the (C) tub. (B) (Bb) (B)

(C) I'm forever (G7) blowing (C) bubbles
(A7) Pretty (D) bubbles (G7) in the (C) air. (B) (Bb) (B) (C)

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17 Jul 20 - 09:26 AM (#4064578)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub (Herb Magidson)
From: PHJim

And I just found it in G, a little different:

Singing in the Bathtub      Herb Magidson

(G) Singing in the bathtub
(Eb7) Happy once again
(G) Watching all my troubles
Go (D7) swinging down the (G) drain (F#) (F) (F#)

(G) Singing through the soap suds
(Eb7) Life is full of hope
(G) You can sing with feeling
While (D7) feeling for the (G) soap. (G7)

Oh a (C) ring around the bathtub
(G) Isn't so nice to see
(G#) But a (A) ring around the bathtub
Is a (D7) rain(C#7)bow to (D7) me

(G) Reaching for a towel
(Eb) Ready for a rub
(G) Everyone is happy
While (D7) singing in the (G) tub (F#) (F) (F#)

(G) Singing in the bathtub
(Eb7) Sitting all alone
(G) Tearing out a tonsil
Just (D7) like a bari(G)tone (F#) (F) (F#)

(G) Never take a shower
(Eb7) It's an awful pain
(G) Singing in the shower
Is like (D7) singing in the (G) rain. (G7)

Oh, there is (C) dirt to be abolished
But (G) do not forget one thing
While (G#)your (A) body's washed and polished
(D7) Sing (C#7) brother (D7) sing!

(G) You can yodel opera
(Eb7) Even while you scrub
(G) Everyone is happy
While (D7) singing in the (G) tub.

I'm forever (D7) blowing (G) bubbles
(E7) Pretty (A) bubbles (D7) in the (G) air. (F#) (F) (F#) (G)

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17 Jul 20 - 10:43 AM (#4064592)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub (Herb Magidson)
From: Nigel Parsons

"Singing in the bath-tub, or the shower on a Saturday night with you
Holding 'things' together you and I,
Make it last forever you and I.
Hugging and a singing in the bath-tub with you-oo-oo"

Sorry, thread drift, I blame it on the bubbles.

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18 Jul 20 - 02:37 PM (#4064802)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub (Herb Magidson)
From: GUEST,Frank Hamilton

For my money the best performance is by Winnie Lightner.

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21 Jul 20 - 12:55 AM (#4065204)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub (Herb Magidson)
From: PHJim

I kinda like the Cheap Suit Serenaders' version.

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