Zee Bap

Lyrics

[DAPHNE, spoken] Buster, the last time a man threatened us He was twice your size and packing heat Yet here I stand, I got a magic phrase that shuts up jerks like you! [BAR MANAGER, spoken] Dollface, I don't care what you or— [DAPHNE, spoken] Listen up! (sung) When a bully like you gets bossy And starts a-screechin' like an alley cat Then Mister "Zee Bap Zeh Bootalee Atta Feet Bam-Bam" Is the phrase to make that cat go scat! [SWEET SUE] And when a bloviator brays opinions And doesn't pay a lady what she's owed Then Mister "Zee Bap Zeh Bootalee Atta Feet Bam-Bam" Is the code to make him hit the road! [JOE (as Josephine)] Webstеr's dictionary teaches language so clеan [JOE (as Josephine) & DAPHNE] But Mr. Webster doesn't have the words that we mean [JOE (as Josephine)] The music hath the charms to soothe the savage breast [JOE (as Josephine) & DAPHNE] Even when "Zee Bap Zeh Bootaleya" is what we've expressed! [DAPHNE] So when an argument is at its Zenith [JOE (as Josephine)] And you wanna curse and say, "You dirty rat" [DAPHNE, JOE (as Josephine) & SWEET SUE] Then Mister "Zee Bap Zeh Bootalee Atta Feet Bam-Bam" Is the classy way to make men [ALL] Scat! [BAR MANAGER, spoken] Okay, here's your two hundred! You dames are crazy, I'm outta here! [MINNIE] When a knucklehead gets too handsy And tries to wrestle me to the floor I tell him [SOCIETY SYNCOPATORS] "Zee Bap Zeh Bootalee Atta Feet Bam-Bam" [MINNIE] As I kick him right through the door! [GINGER] And when a caveman like him says, "Dollface It's time to settle down and be my wife" Then ladies [SOCIETY SYNCOPATORS] "Zee Bap Zeh Bootalee Atta Feet Bam-Bam" [GINGER] Will tell him, "Not on your sweet life!" Ooh! [JOE (as Josephine) & DAPHNE] Black or white or Latin, Asian, Christian or Jew It's awfully nice to know that we can all [ALL] Parlez-vous [SWEET SUE] And when we band together, girls I'm certain you'll find [ALL] We're a family that's linguistically intertwined [JOE (as Josephine)] So when some joker starts explaining what you already knew [SOCIETY SYNCOPATORS] We'll tell him, "Ooh-pee doo-bee, silly-ya ma-hee, hilly-ya die-ee blu!" [DAPHNE] Or if he's stinkin' of perfume when he crawls in after dawn [SOCIETY SYNCOPATORS] We'll tell him, "Doodle-ee, doodle-ee, doodle-ee, doodle-ee Doodle-ee, get gone!" [JOE (as Josephine) & DAPHNE & (SOCIETY SYNCOPATORS)] Is there a phrase that you can toss? (Ooh ooh-dee, ooh dee-pop!) To show a bully who is boss? (Heebee jeebie, dot-en, bop!) [ALL] Say "Zee Bap Zeh Bootalee Atta Feet Bam-Bam" To any slippery snake who's tryin' to make you less than you am! Yes, I'm awfully glad we found each other We'll keep on swinging 'til the battle is done [JOE (as Josephine), DAPHNE, & (SWEET SUE)] While singing "Zee Bap Zeh Bootalee Atta Feet Bam-Bam" (Swing it til' the battle is done!) "Zee Bap Zeh Bootalee Atta Feet Bam-Bam" (Bah-duh, dah-duh, dah-duh, doy!) [ALL] "Zee Bap Zeh Bootalee Atta Feet Bam-Bam" [JOE (as Josephine), DAPHNE & SWEET SUE] So listen, ladies, we have got to stick together [ALL] 'Til the battle is won! [JOE, DAPHNE & SWEET SUE] "Zee Bap Zeh Bootalee Atta Feet" [ALL] Doo-wah!