Underneath The Harlem Moon Lyrics
Underneath The Harlem Moon - Fletcher Henderson
Creole babies walk along
With rhythm in their thighs
Rhythm in their hips
And in their lips and in their eyes
Where do highbrows
Find the kind of love that satisfies
Underneath the harlem moon
They're no feel no cotton
Picking cotton is taboo
And they don't live in cabins
Just like the old folks used to do
Their cabin is a penthouse up
On lennox avenue
Underneath that harlem moon
They just live for dancing
They're never blue or forlorn
Ain't no sin to laugh or grin
Now that's just why darkies were born
They shout hallelujah
Every time they're feeling low
And every sheik
Is dressed up like a georgia gigolo
You may call it madness
But I call it hi de ho
Underneath the harlem moon