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 (1970)
Columbia
and on the album
Ernie's Hits (1975)
Children's Records of America
and on the album
Somebody Come and Play (1974)
Children's Television Workshop
and on the album
At Home With Ernie and Bert (1979)
and on the cassette
Bert & Ernie: Side By Side (1981)
Golden Music
available on
Splish Splash - Bath Time Fun (CD)
Available on the 3-DVD Set
Sesame Street - Old School, Vol. 1 (1969-1974) (2006)