A SATURDAY NIGHT BATH

Why do I have to take a Saturday night bath?

Friday would be much better for us,

Never anything to do on Friday nights.

Saturday night everybody is always there

And there is something going on all the time.

Mom makes us take that bath without fail

Even if we did have a bath on Friday night.

Why?  Can someone please explain to me why?

Oh!  I bet I know why! At least I think so.

We always wear our very best clothes

Sunday morning to go to the Sunday meeting.

We always have to take them off when we get home

So they will be nice and clean when next Sunday comes.

Do you suppose that’s the real reason for baths

To make our Sunday go-to-meeting clothes last?

Gosh! I never thought of it like that before this.

That has to be the reason for the Saturday night bath.

Anyway, I hate baths whenever they make us.

When they wash my ears, it almost always hurts.

Some day, when I grow up and become a man,

I won’t ever take a bath unless I really want one.

Oh Maw! Do you have to wash my ears so hard?