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Clap Your Hands My Baby (For Your Daddy's Coming Home)

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Supplementary Document

Title
Clap Your Hands My Baby (For Your Daddy's Coming Home) - Lyrics
Composer
Nelson, Ed  
Lyricist
Williams, Frankie  
Publisher
F. B. Haviland Pub. Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Lyrics
  • Clap Your Hands My Baby Verse: Baby is learning to talk, mamma says, “Soon he will walk,” Baby says Dada in a baby way, looks up and smiles when he hears his mamma say. Refrain: Clap your hands my baby, for your daddy’s coming home
  • Let your mamma see you smile, no more we’ll be alone. Oh! How happy you will be, when your daddy bounces you on his knee, So clap your hands, my baby, for your daddy’s coming home. Verse: Sister is smiling with joy, ‘cause mamma bought her a boy, They play together the whole day long, she tries to teach him to sing this little song. Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 13, Folder 4
Local Identifier
2014_12996_101
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Clap Your Hands My Baby (For Your Daddy's Coming Home)
Composer
Nelson, Ed  
Lyricist
Williams, Frankie  
Publisher
F. B. Haviland Pub. Co.  
Place of Publication
New York  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-12-14
Lyrics
  • Let your mamma see you smile, no more we’ll be alone. Oh! How happy you will be, when your daddy bounces you on his knee, So clap your hands, my baby, for your daddy’s coming home. Verse: Sister is smiling with joy, ‘cause mamma bought her a boy, They play together the whole day long, she tries to teach him to sing this little song. Refrain
  • Clap Your Hands My Baby Verse: Baby is learning to talk, mamma says, “Soon he will walk,” Baby says Dada in a baby way, looks up and smiles when he hears his mamma say. Refrain: Clap your hands my baby, for your daddy’s coming home
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 13, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_101
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleClap Your Hands My Baby (For Your Daddy's Coming Home)
ComposerNelson, Ed  
LyricistWilliams, Frankie  
PublisherF. B. Haviland Pub. Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-12-14
Lyrics
  • Let your mamma see you smile, no more we’ll be alone. Oh! How happy you will be, when your daddy bounces you on his knee, So clap your hands, my baby, for your daddy’s coming home. Verse: Sister is smiling with joy, ‘cause mamma bought her a boy, They play together the whole day long, she tries to teach him to sing this little song. Refrain
  • Clap Your Hands My Baby Verse: Baby is learning to talk, mamma says, “Soon he will walk,” Baby says Dada in a baby way, looks up and smiles when he hears his mamma say. Refrain: Clap your hands my baby, for your daddy’s coming home
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 13, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_101
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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