Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song lyrics

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-Slap: 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 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-clap: Clap you hands and prepare to pat Pat: Take your right arm pat your partner's right palm with your right palm Clap: Take your hands back and clap Pat: Take you right arm cross your right arm with your left arm pat your partner's left palm with your left palm Clap: Take your hands back and clap Pat: Take your right arm cros your left arm and pat your partner's right palm with your right palm Clap: Now back, with a clap Take the flats of your palms and slap your thighs and watch the fun materialize as you sing this little song: 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 Clap-Pat Clap-Pat Clap-Pat Clap-Slap Clap-Pat Clap-Pat Clap-Pat Clap-Slap