Cab Calloway Lyrics

Album: Unknown

Harlem Hospitality Lyrics

It's the one and only Lennox Avenue, 

 That's the one and only place to travel to; 

 Music in the air, 

 Dancing everywhere, 

 That's Harlem hospitality! 

 

 When you hear a welcome to your song, 

 You'll keep shoutin' hallelujah all night long; 

 You never rest 

 When you get the best 

 Of Harlem hospitality! 

 

 It's a waste of life until you hear a song and love it, 

 You just, "Yeah, man!" 

 It's a taste of life to shim-sham-shimmy with the "Black and Tan." 

 

 You don't need to eat an apple every day, 

 Hi-de-ho will keep the doctor far away, 

 You can't get ill 

 When you get the thrill 

 Of Harlem hospitality!