And Then There’s Maude – Sammy Davis, Jr. LYRICS

If you go searching the internet long enough, you sometimes realize that YOU need to be your own resource. For any other Maude maniacs or Sammy Davis, Jr. fans out there looking for these full lyrics to the Maude theme, HERE YOU GO. And in case you didn’t know, SAMMY DAVIS FREAKING JR did a disco version of this song which literally gives me LIFE. There is a full lp of him doing so with other theme songs which I had to buy from someone in the Netherlands, so you know, I’m the only one who has one. If you want to hear more, sound off in the comments or email me!

Lady Godiva was a freedom rider,

She didn’t care if the whole world looked,

And Joan of Arc with the Lord to guide her,

She was a sister who really cooked,

And Isadora was the first bra-burner,

And Ain’t ya glad she showed up? Oh yeah (Oh yeah!)

And when the country was fallin’ apart,

Betsy Ross got it all sewed up.

(CHORUS):

 And then there’s Maude,

(And then there’s Maude),

 Then there’s Maude,

(and then there’s Maude),

Then there’s Maude,

(And then there’s Maude),

Then there’s that

E-mancipated, demonstrated, super civil, liberated, right on Maude!

Now, sweet Lysistrata laid it on her fella

‘You stop the war or you sleep alone!’ 

Columbus made it cause of Isabella, 

Went out and practically hocked her throne. 

Annie Oakley was a real straight shooter, 

Man she really knocked ’em dead! (oh yeah)

And Queen Elizabeth, rough as it was 

Kept her cool so she kept her head! 

And then there’s Maude! 

(And then there’s Maude!) whoa!

And then there’s Maude! 

(And then there’s Maude!) 

Lord, And then there’s Maude! 

(And then there’s Maude!) 

Then there’s that

Intimidating, Militant and Independent Declarating Ms. Maude!

Do do do do doot doo (Go ahead Maude)

Do do do do doot doo (do your thing Baby)

Do do do do doot doo

Do do do do doo doo

Do do do do

Do do do do

Do do do do

Do do do do

(ooh)

Isadora was the first bra-burner,

Ain’t ya glad she showed up? (Oh yeah!)

And when the country was fallin’ apart,

Miss Betsy Ross got it all sewed up.

(CHORUS):

And then there’s Maude,

(And then there’s Maude),

Oh, then there’s Maude,

(And, then there’s Maude),

Thank you, Maude,

(And then there’s Maude),

I mean, that

Emancipated, demonstrated, super civil, liberated, right on Maude!

Responses

  1. Solel Avatar

    hocked her throne

  2. Solel Avatar

    Ms. Maude, as in Ms. Magazine

  3. homeactivist Avatar

    Are these lyrics longer because they are the Sammy David Jr. version?

  4. jasonbschmidt Avatar

    great question. My thought is that they wrote the full song but only used some of it for TV and then when Sammy wanted to record it, they said “here’s the rest of the song…” kind of line trunk songs in Broadway shows that get cut out of town.

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