Harlem Hospitality - Original - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

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!