Everybody Wash

performed by Ernie (Jim Henson) and Bert (Frank Oz)
written by Joe Raposo, Jon Stone & Jim Henson

Ernie: Bert! Hey, Bert! C'mere, Bert!

Bert: Wh.. Where are you, Ernie?

Ernie: Right here in my tubby, Bert.

Bert: Okay, Ernie, what is it now?

Ernie: What is it now? Why, I'm here in my tubby, Bert.

Bert: So?

Ernie: Well, I'm going to wash myself and while I do you're going to pretend you're washing yourself.

Bert: I am?

Ernie: Of course you are, that's what all the boys and girls at home listening to the record are going to do. Are you ready, Bert?

Bert: Look, Ernie, I can't...

Ernie: Good! And are all you kids ready? Good!

Now, everybody wash! (music)
Everybody wash your hands! (music)
Everybody wash your ears! (music)
Everybody wash your tummy! (music)

Okay, Bert, you take the next part

Bert: Oh, it's my turn? Okay.
Everybody wash your heels (music)

Ernie: (spoken) Your heels, Bert?

Bert: (spoken) Yeah, this is fun
(sung) Everybody wash your kneecaps (music)

Ernie: (spoken) Your kneecaps, Bert?

Bert: (spoken) Your kneecaps, both of them.
(sung) Everybody wash your thumbs (music)

Ernie: (spoken) We did that when we did the hands there, Bert.
Everybody wash your, here it comes, big toe! (music)

Ernie: (spoken) Oh, that's a good one, Bert.

Ernie and Bert: Now, everybody wash your everything!

Bert: Yeah, your big toe, and kneecaps, oh! I gotta wash my socks!

Transcribed by the sparkling clean Don Murphy, with help from William Powell


Originally released on

The Sesame Street Book & Record - Original Cast The Sesame Street Book & Record - Original Cast

The Sesame Street Book & Record - Original Cast (1970)
Columbia

and on the album

Ernie's Hits

Ernie's Hits (1975)
Children's Records of America

and on the album

Somebody Come and Play

Somebody Come and Play (1974)
Children's Television Workshop

and on the album

At Home With Ernie and Bert

At Home With Ernie and Bert (1979)

and on the cassette

Bert & Ernie: Side By Side

Bert & Ernie: Side By Side (1981)
Golden Music

available on

Splish Splash

Splish Splash - Bath Time Fun (CD)


Available on the 3-DVD Set

Sesame Street - Old School, Vol. 1 (1969-1974)

Sesame Street - Old School, Vol. 1 (1969-1974) (2006)