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"Everybody Is Clever" is a children's song from the Wake Up Jeff! album and video. It is a partial adaptation of Canadian musician Raffi's cover of Sambalele, itself based on the traditional Brazilian folk song of the same name.

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Lyrics[]

Refrain
Clap your hands and twirl everybody
Clap your hands and twirl everybody
Clap your hands and twirl everybody

Put your hands on your head
Point to something that's red
Put your hands on your shoe
Point to something that's blue

Chorus
Everybody is clever
Can stand as still as a statue
Then we move and we shake about
Can turn around and shout, Hey!

Refrain

Put your hands in the air
Shake your hands while they're there
Put your hands on your chin
Then we make a big grin

Chorus

Refrain

Wave your arms up and down
Make a face like a clown
Put your hands on your cheeks
Now leave them there for ten weeks

Stamp your feet on the floor
Then we make a big roar
Give your knee one soft tap
Let's all give a big clap

Song Credits[]

Traditional/Arrangement by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, and Greg Page, English lyrics by Charity Bailey, Eunice Holsaet and Bluma Shonbran, published by EMI Music and Plymouth Music Co.

Trivia[]

  • This song borrows the melody and some lyrics from Raffi's cover of "Sambalele" from his 1977 album More Singable Songs.
    • Not all the lyrics are taken from Raffi's cover, some lyrics are rewritten by The Wiggles; for example, the chorus lyrics are an entirely new edition.
    • Likely due to partially using Raffi's copyrighted lyrics, the song was replaced by "The Chase" in the North American release of the Wake Up Jeff! video and did not appear at all on subsequent re-releases, including its full-length YouTube upload in 2023 as well as the video's remake It's Time To Wake Up Jeff!. Despite this, the skit where the Wiggles act like statues is still shown on the North American version.

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