Zee Bap

[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!