Clap Yo' Hands

by Pearl Bailey

Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress and singer. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. In 1986, she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special, Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale.



Clap-a yo' hands, slap-a yo' thigh
Halleluyah, halleluyah
Ev'rybody, come along and join the jubilee
Clap-a yo' hands, slap-a yo' thigh
Don'tcha lose time, don'tcha lose time
Come along, it's shake-yo'-shoes time
Now for you and me

Oh, I got no lock on my door
That's no way to be
See, they can steal the rug from my floor
That's okay with me
Cause the things that I prize
Like the stars in the skies
They're all free

Written by: GEORGE GERSHWIN, IRA GERSHWIN

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