oh, what a fun thread! We sang about Sally's steamboat

another one included non-clapping actions to convey professions and mannerisms:
My father was a garbage man, a garbage man, a garbage man
My father was a garbage man
Pee-yu (plugging your nose and wrinkling your face)

My mother was a hairdresser, a hairdresser, a hairdresser
My mother was a hairdresser
Curly (making curly gestures at ears)

My brother was a baker, a baker, a baker
My brother was a baker
Yummy (patting the stomach)

those are all the verses I remember right now

we also played some where the clapping patterns were VERY complicated - I'm so impressed that my former self could catch on!