# Anyone change up their hand washing song?? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 22, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-change-up-their-hand-washing-song/852381 "2020-04-22T21:20:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-change-up-their-hand-washing-song/852381/1 "2020-04-22T21:20:03Z")
I got well sick and tired of Jolene so now I sing “A blessing on your head, Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov To see a daughter wed, Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov And such a son-in-law like no one ever saw The tailor Motel Camzoil, Motel A worthy boy is he, Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov Of pious family, Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov They named him after my dear uncle Mordachai The tailor Motel Camzoil” Anyone else change it up? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-change-up-their-hand-washing-song/852381/2 "2020-04-23T12:08:31Z")
I don’t have a hand washing song. However, when my power toothbrush died, I selected a “toothbrushing song”. The thing takes just about 30 seconds to sing (in my head), so I sing it one time for each of the four quadrants of my mouth. What is it? The Ode to Joy from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: \*Freude, schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heiligtum! Deine Zauber binden wieder Was die Mode streng geteilt\*; Alle Menschen werden Brüder\* Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt. \* ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-change-up-their-hand-washing-song/852381/3 "2020-04-25T08:12:00Z")
I’m gonna scrub that virus off-a my hands I’m gonna scrub that virus off-a my hands I’m gonna scrub that virus off-a my hands And send it on it’s way ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-change-up-their-hand-washing-song/852381/4 "2020-04-25T21:01:41Z")
There’s a, I’m guessing, traditional Brazilian or Portuguese children’s song about hand washing, that a jingle writer did a catchy cover of, and I’m in love with it. Lava as mãos! I’m obsessed with this and I can’t find it anywhere else so I uploaded it to YouTube [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8mnYkxjCxwc/hqdefault.jpg "Lava as mãos (Wash your hands) - Mindu Áudio Criativo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mnYkxjCxwc) … Lyrics: # Uma lava a outra, lava uma Lava a outra, lava uma mão Lava a outra mão, lava uma mão Lava a outra mão, lava uma One washes the other, one washes Wash the other, wash one hand Wash your other hand, wash your hand Wash your other hand, wash one # Depois de brincar no chão de areia a tarde inteirap Antes de comer, beber, lamber, pegar na mamadeira After playing on the sand floor all afternoon Before eating, drinking, licking, picking up the bottle # Lava uma mão Lava a outra mão, lava uma Lava a outra mão, lava umatut Wash a hand Wash your other hand, wash one Wash your other hand, wash one # A doença vai embora junto com a sujeira Verme, bactéria mando embora embaixo da torneira The disease goes away with the dirt Worm, bacteria send away under the tap # Água uma Água a outra, água uma mão Água a outra, água uma Water one Water the other, water the hand Water to another, water to one # Na segunda, terça, quarta, quinta e sexta-feira Na beira da pia, tanque, bica, bacia, banheira Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday At the edge of the sink, tank, spout, basin, bathtub # Lava uma mão Mão, mão, mão Wash a hand Hand, hand, hand # Água uma mão Lava a outra mão, lava uma mão Lava a outra, lava uma Water a hand Wash your other hand, wash your hand Wash the other, wash one ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-change-up-their-hand-washing-song/852381/5 "2020-04-25T21:59:45Z")
I would use a nursery rhyme before all this began. The one about the 3 vision impaired rodents and the sadistic agrarian spouse and the one about the oversleeping religious fellow were the two I usually used. Now I do them twice relatively fast. Two stanzas of the little girl stalked by her ovine pet works also. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-change-up-their-hand-washing-song/852381/6 "2020-04-25T22:08:22Z")
'tis a gift to be simple 'tis a gift to be free 'tis a gift to come down where we ought to be And when we find ourselves in a place just right We shall be in the valley of love and delight. When true simplicity is gained to bow and to bend we will not be ashamed to turn, turn, will be our delight 'til by turning, turning we come round right. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-change-up-their-hand-washing-song/852381/7 "2020-04-25T22:40:27Z")
Space, the final frontier These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise It’s continuing mission To explore strange new worlds To seek out new life and new civilizations To boldly go where no one has gone before Because, I’ve GOT TO, Mister. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-change-up-their-hand-washing-song/852381/8 "2020-04-26T03:25:52Z")
Oh I want a new soap, one that won’t make me sick One that won’t make me wreck my car Or make me feel thick as a fucking brick I want a new soap, one that won’t hurt my hands One that won’t make my nails too rough Or make my sad for my glands One that won’t make me nervous Wondering what to do One that makes me feel like I feel when I’m washing you And you’re scrubbing me too I want a new soap, one that won’t slime One that don’t cost too much Or waste my time I want a new soap, one that won’t wash away One that won’t keep me nervous all night One that won’t make me crap all day One that won’t make me nervous Wondering what to do One that makes me feel like I feel when I’m sudsing you I’m still sudsing you I’m still sudsing you, baby I want a new soap, one that does what it should One that won’t make me feel too bad One that won’t make me feel too good I want a new soap, one with no doubt One that won’t make me sneeze too much Or make my face break out One that won’t make me nervous Wondering what to do One that makes me feel like I feel when I’m scrubbing you I’m scrubbing you You’re scrubbing me too, yeah, yeah