20-Second Handwashing Songs for Seniors
COVID-19 is on the rise, and we need all the help we can get to make sure that coronavirus doesn’t spread.
The CDC recommends at least 20 seconds of vigorous handwashing with soap and warm water to prevent the spread of germs. Why not make it fun?
Here are 10 choruses from 1940-1970 to help you keep your hands squeaky clean. These examples are around 20 seconds, so no counting necessary! We’ve also changed a few lyrics so that they are “virus” compliant.
Show that virus who’s boss, kick it to the curb, and sing the blues away while you wash your hands.
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Don’t Fence Me In – Cole Porter (1934)
Oh give me health lots of health under starry skies above
Don’t fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
Don’t fence me in
Let me be myself in the evening breeze
Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever, but I ask you please
Don’t fence me in!
Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree – The Andrews Sisters (1942)
Don’t sit under the apple tree, with anybody else but me
Anybody else but me
Anybody else but me
No, no, no!
Don’t sit under the apple tree,
With anybody else but me
Til we are well again
Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra (1944)
Fly me to the moon, let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and mars
In other words, don’t hold my hand
In other words, don’t you kiss me
Accentuate the Positive – Johnny Mercer (1944)
You’ve got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don’t mess with Mr. In between
You’ve got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemoniums
Liable to walk upon the scene
I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair – South Pacific (1949)
I’m gonna wash those germs right off of my hands
I’m gonna wash those germs right off of my hands
I’m gonna wash those germs right off of my hands
And send them on their way!
I’m gonna wash those germs right off of my hands
I’m gonna wash those germs right off of my hands
I’m gonna wash those germs right off of my hands
And send them on their way!
Hit the Road Jack (Germs) – Ray Charles (1961)
Hit the road germs, and don’t you come back no more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road germs, and don’t you come back no more…..What’d you say?
Hit the road germs, and don’t you come back no more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road germs, and don’t you come back no more
Crazy – Patsy Cline (1961)
Crazy, I’m crazy for feeling so lonely
I’m crazy, crazy for feeling so blue
I know you’d love me as long as you wanted
Until someday, you’d leave me for somebody new
Don’t Worry Baby – The Beach Boys (1964)
And she says, “Don’t worry baby”
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Everything will turn out alright
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
I Feel Good – James Brown (1964)
I feel good, (da na da na da na da) you know that I would (da na da na da na da)
I feel good (da na da na da na da) , you know that I would(da na da na da na da)
So good, (ba ba) so good (ba ba), I got you
(Bum bum bum bum bum)
Stop in the Name of Love – The Supremes (1965)
Stop in the name of health
Before you break my heart
Stop in the name of health
Before you break my heart
Think it o-over
Think it o-over
Thank you so much!