The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap) lyrics
by Shirley Ellis
Three, six, nine, the goose drank wine
The monkey chewed tobacco on the streetcar line
The line broke, the monkey got choked
They all went to heaven in a little row-boat
Clap-pat, clap-pat
Clap-pat, clap-slap
(Clap-pat) Clap your hand, pat it on your partner's hand, right hand
(Clap-pat) Clap your hand, cross it with your left arm, pat your partner's left palm
(Clap-pat) Clap your hand, pat your partner's right palm with your right palm again
(Clap-pat) Clap your hands, slap your thighs, and sing a little song, go
My mother told me
If I was good-ee
That she would buy me
A rubber dolly
My aunty told her
I kissed a soldier
Now she won't buy me
A rubber dolly