Lyrics:

1965
Performer Shirley Ellis
Title The clapping song (Clap pat clap slap)
Lyrictext

Three, six, nine
The goose drank wine
The monkey chewed tobacco
On the streetcar line

The line broke
The monkey got choked
And 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 partners hand
Right hand, clap, pat
Clap your hand cross it
With your left arm
Pat your partners left palm

Cap, pat, clap your hand
Pat your partners right palm
With your right palm again

Clap, slap
Slap your hands, slap your thigh
And sing a little song, go

My mother told me
If I was goody
That she would buy me
A rubber dolly

My auntie 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
And they all went to Heaven
In a little row boat

Clap, pat
Clap your hands and prepare to pat
Clap, take your right arm
Pat your partners 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 partners left palm
With your left palm

Clap, take your hand back and clap
Pat, take your right arm
Cross your left arm
Pat your partners right palm
With your right palm
Clap, now back with the clap

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 auntie 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
And they all went to Heaven
On a little row boat

Clap, pat, clap, pat
Clap, pat, clap, slap
Clap, pat, clap, pat
Clap, pat, clap, slap