[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!