Harlem Hospitality

Cab Calloway

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!
  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!