Clap Hands, Clap Hands

The Nursery Rhymes of England. James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. 1886.

Clap hands, clap hands,
Hie Tommy Randy,
Did you see my good man?
They call him Cock-a-bandy.

Silken Stockings on his legs,
Silver buckles glancin',
A sky-blue bonnet on his head,
And oh, but he is handsome.


The Nursery Rhymes of England. James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. 1886.

Clap hands, clap hands!
  Till father comes home;
For father's got money,
  But mother's got none.
    Clap hands, &c.
      Till father, &c.


Clap hands, clap hands!
  Till father comes home;
For father's got money,
  But mother's got none.
    Clap hands, clap hands!
      Till father comes home;
    For father's got money,
     But mother's got none.
    Clap hands, clap hands!


The Little Mother Goose. Jessie Willcox Smith. 1912.

Clap, clap handies,
Mammie's wee, wee ain;
  Clap, clap handies,
Daddie's comin' hame,
Hame till his bonny wee bit laddie;
  Clap, clap handies,
My wee, wee ain.


The Real Mother Goose. Blanche Fisher Wright. 1916.

  Clap, clap handies,
Mammie's wee, wee ain;
  Clap, clap handies,
Daddie's comin' hame,
Hame till his bonny wee bit laddie;
  Clap, clap handies,
  My wee, wee ain.


Clap Handies

Big Book of Nursery Rhymes. Edited by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. 1920.

Clap, clap handies,
Mammie's wee, wee ain;
Clap, clap handies,
Daddie's comin' hame;
Hame till his bonny wee bit laddie;
Clap, clap handies,
My wee, wee ain.

Tags - Games - Clapping - Tommy - Randy - Stockings - Silver - Buckle - Bonnet - Scottish -

Origin - Europe - British Isles -