If You're Happy and You Know It

DESCRIPTION: "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands (x2), If you're happy and you know it, Then your face will really show it, If you're happy and you know it, clap your hand975" Similarly, "If you're happy and you know it, stamp your feet," etc.
AUTHOR: words: attributed to Alfred B. Smith (source: various internet sites)
EARLIEST DATE: allegedly written c. 1916; I heard it by 1974
KEYWORDS: nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 301, 383, 422, 516, "If You're Happy and You Know It" (notes only)
BoyScoutSongbook1997, pp. 16-17, "If You're Happy" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #26585
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago (Bragging Song)" (tune, according to Averill)
File: ACSF301I

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