Tackling chores in the morning leaves me completely unable to focus on doing stuff for myself in the afternoon (or anything at all: I generally fall asleep), so today I'm being a little self-indulgent and working on some Cliff Edwards Project tunes first.
I should have guessed that after "Am I Blue?" went so smoothly I was bound to hit the rocks on my second song of the day. Cliff's version changes the lyrics substantially and I can't always make out what he said. Although I'm confident I've managed to get it 99% right there are still two or three words I can't deduce from context. Which is annoying.
I've uploaded Cliff's performance of "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!" (the spelling of which changes between printings of the sheet music, just to be extra annoying) to YouTube, since I couldn't find it there and I don't believe it shows up on any recent compilations of his songs. If you have a better ear than I do and can make out the words highlighted on the songsheet (also on YouTube) then please let me know, because I'm not convinced I have the lyrics exactly right.
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