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Fingertips

Composed by Henry Cosby / Clarence Paul
Produced & Arranged by Berry Gordy


Musicians - Funk Brothers
Stevie Wonder - Harmonica


In album: Recorded Live - The 12 year Old Genius (1963)


~ Announcer spoken
Right about now ladies and gentlemen
We'll like to continue with our show
I introduce to a young man
That's only twelve years old
And he is considered as being a
Genius of our time
Ladies and gentlemen let you and I
Make him feel happy with a nice ovation
As we meet and greet Little Stevie Wonder
How 'bout it, eh
~ Stevie
'Yeah'
'Yeah'

Spoken:
Ladies and gentlemen, now I'm going to do a song
Taken from my album, 'The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie'
The name of the song is called, umm, 'Fingertips'.

Now, I want ya to clap yo' hand, come on.
Come on!
Yeah!
Stomp yo' feet
Jump up and down, do anything that you wanna do!

Yeah!
Yeah!

(harmonica)

Ev'rybody say, 'Yeah'
(Yeah, yeah!)
Say, yeah!
(Yeah!)
Say, yeah
(Yeah!)
Yeah?
(Yeah!)
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

(harmonica)

Just a little bit-a so-whoa-whoa-whoa-oh-oul
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Clap your hands, just a little bit louder
Clap your hands, just a little bit louder

(harmonica)

I know that ev'rybody here, yeah
Ev'rybody have a good time
So, if you want me to
If you want me to
I'm gonna swing the song
Yeah, just-a one mo' time
Be sure I'll come back
Just-a one more time
When I come back
So, good-bye

(harmonica)
~ Announcer spoken:
How about it?
Let's hear it for him, huh?
Little Stevie Wonder

Take a bow, Steveland

(harmonica)

Band member: (What key? What key?)
Other band member: (Been tellin' you)
Band member: (You been tellin' me, what?)

(harmonica)
~ Stevie
Come on!
Well, good-bye, good-bye
A-good-bye, good-bye
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye

I'm gonna go, yeah
I'm gonna go, yeah
Let's just swing it one more time!

(harmonica)
~ Announcer spoken
How 'bout it?
Go ahead an take this youngster outta here
Stevie Wonder.

Thank you kindly ladies and gentlemen.
And the other young man who was responsible for the arrangement and conducting was Mr. Clarence Paul