The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap) - Shirley Ellis

Three six nine, the goose drank wine

The monkey chew tobacco on the street car line

The line broke, the monkey got choked

And they all went to heaven in a little rowboat

Clap Pat Clap Pat Clap Pat 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 you partner’s left palm

Clap Pat, Clap your hand, Pat your partner’s right palm

With your right palm again

Clap Slap, Clap your hand, Slap your thighs and sing a little song

My mother told me, If I was goody

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

(Spoken) Three six nine, the goose drank wine

The monkey chew tobacco on the street car line

The line broke, the monkey got choked

And they all went to heaven in a little rowboat

Clap Clap (Clap your hands and prepare to pat)

Pat (Take your right arm Put your partner’s right palm with your right palm)

Clap (Take your hand back and clap)

Pat (Take your right arm, cross your right arm with your left arm. Pat

Your partner’s left palm with your left palm.)

Clap (Take your hand back and Clap)

Pat (Take your right arm, cross your left arm Pat your partner’s right

Palm with your right palm.)

Clap (Now back, with a clap)

Slap (Take the pats 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 goody

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!