Help understanding a Reda Folkloric dance

[Marya]

Here is a video of a Reda choreography that I have not seen before and was hoping someone knew a little something about the song lyrics. it is a cute dance and I am sure the lyrics are the key to understanding it.

[video=youtube;VWSG7r3wu2Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWSG7r3wu2Q[/video]

Marya

 

[Zumarrad]

GIANT EDIT. I think the song is an old song. It's used in a movie called Adrift on the Nile, and you can see the scene with subtitles and in context in the full length version if you want to.

http://youtu.be/AnTZd2Fs9E0

The yellow-dress guy is an actor who picks up women and takes them to his druggy den, btw.

"The washbasin is calling to me, come and bathe sweet girl". (This is the refrain.)
Soloist sings "I swear not to bathe unless you buy me a lace dress to wear and strut around in. Then I'll sing for you, my beloved."
"I swear not to bathe or sleep unless you cover the floor with marble tiles and build me a pigeon coop on the roof. Then I'll sing for you my beloved."
"I swear not to bathe unless my love buys me a transistor to help us spend happy nights. Then I'll sing for you, my beloved."
"I swear not to bathe unless my love proposes to me and throws a very big wedding party. Then I'll sing for you, my beloved."

It, and the subtitles I just transcribed, are around 37 minutes into the film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3rEwrpJiko

 

[Zumarrad]

ETA I think it's important to remember that not all Reda dances are specifically meant to be regional folk dances - in fact I think only a few of them are. When I met him in Canada, we were asking him about one of his choreographies, the region, etc etc, and he said "The region is Egypt: the style, Mahmoud". I'd say that's true of most of his work.

 

[Marya]

Thanks, it does seem a little out of the ordinary for a Reda dance, which is why I figured the lyrics were key.

Marya