SPRING CLEANING (GETTING READY FOR LOVE)
Walter Samuels / Leonard Whitcup / Teddy Powell  1937

as recorded by Thomas "Fats" Waller & his Rhythm
March 18th 1937 New York


(Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, that ain't the cleaner, yeah 'tis, yes!)

I'll polish the leaves, make them green again,
Shake out the trees, change the scene again,
Spring cleaning, gettin' ready for love!
Sweep out the nook down in Lovers' Lane,
Turn on the brook, make it run again,
Spring cleaning, gettin' ready for love!

Dust of the wint'ry bowers,
Wash them off with April showers,
Cover them with fragrant flowers,
Shine up the silvery moon.

'Cause you and I have a rendezvous,
Under the sky, like we used to do,
Spring cleaning, gettin' ready for love, yes!

(Aah, mercy!)
(Ah-hah!)
(No lady, we can't haul your ashes for twenty five cents,
that's bad business!  But I'll tell you what we'll do!)

Dust of the wint'ry bowers,
Wash 'em out with April showers,
Cover them with fragrant flowers,
Shine up the moon above.

'Cause you and I have a rendezvous,
Under the sky, like we used to do,
Spring cleaning, getting ready for love, yes, yeah!

(Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, yeah that's the real cleaner, back 'im)




(Transcribed by Peter Akers and Ms Pamela Molyneux - May 2013)