Underneath The Harlem Moon Lyrics - Randy Newman

Creole ladies walk along with rhythm in their thighs 

Rhythm in their feet and in their lips and in their eyes 

Where do highbrows find the kind of love that satisfies? 

Underneath the Harlem moon 

There's no fields of cotton; picking cotton is taboo 

They don't live in cabins like the old folks used to do 

Their cabin is a penthouse up on Lennox Avenue 

Underneath that Harlem moon 

Why, they just live on dancing 

They're never blue or forlorn 

'Cause it ain't no sin to laugh and grin 

That's why darkies were born 

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Oh, they shout, "Hallelujah!" every time they're feeling low 

Every sheik is dressed up like a Georgia gigolo 

You may call it madness but they call it hi-de-ho 

Underneath the Harlem moon 

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