Sadie the cleaning lady
With trusted
scrubbing brush
and pail of water
Worked her fingers
to the bone
for the lad
she had at home
Providing
at the same time
for her daughter
Oh Sadie
the cleaning lady
Her aching knees
not getting
any younger
Well her red
detergent hands
had for years
not held a mans
And time would find
her heart
expired of hunger
Scrub your floors
do your chores
dear old Sadie
Looks as though
you'll always be
a cleaning lady
Can't afford
to get bored
dear old Sadie
Looks as though
you'll always be
a cleaning lady
Oh Sadie
the cleaning lady
Her female mind
would find a way
of trapping
Though as gentle
as a lamb
Sam the elevator man
So she could
spend the night
by TV napping
Oh Sadie
the cleaning lady
Her aching knees
not getting any younger
Well her red
detergent hands
had for years
not held a mans
And time would find
her heart expired
of hunger
Scrub your floors
do your chores
dear old Sadie
Looks as though
you'll always be
a cleaning lady
Can't afford
to get bored
dear old Sadie
Looks as though
you'll always be
a cleaning lady
Oh Sadie
the cleaning lady
her Sam was what
she got hook
line and sinker
To her sorrow
and dismay
She's still working
to this day
Her Sam turned out
to be a no good stinker
Oh scrub your floors
do your chores
dear old Sadie
Looks as though
you'll always be
a cleaning lady
Can't afford
to get bored
dear old Sadie
Looks as though
you'll always be
a cleaning lady