The Hokey Pokey
The Hokey Pokey
You put your right foot in,
You put your right foot out,
You put your right foot in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey,
And you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about.
You put your left foot in,
You put your left foot out,
You put your left foot in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey,
And you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about.
You put your right hand in,
You put your right hand out,
You put your right hand in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey,
And you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about.
You put your left hand in,
You put your left hand out,
You put your left hand in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey,
And you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about.
You put your right shoulder in,
You put your right shoulder out,
You put your right shoulder in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey,
And you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about.
You put your left shoulder in,
You put your left shoulder out,
You put your left shoulder in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey,
And you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about.
You put your right hip in,
You put your right hip out,
You put your right hip in
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey,
And you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about.
You put your left hip in,
You put your left hip out,
You put your left hip in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey,
And you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about.
You put your whole self in,
You put your whole self out,
You put your whole self in
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey,
And you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about.
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Origin
Many people have claimed authorship of “The Hokey Pokey” over the years: British bandleader, Al Tabor, in the 1940s (who supposedly renamed the song “The Hokey Cokey”); Northern Irish songwriter, Jimmy Kennedy, in 1942 (“Cokey Cokey”); Larry LaPrise of the musical group the Ram Trio (who recorded a version in the late 1940s); and Robert Degen and Joseph P. Brier (who copyrighted their own version – “The Hokey Pokey Dance” – in 1944). Many lawsuits were filed. The meaning of the term “hokey pokey” is also in dispute: Could it refer to an inferior ice cream originally sold by Italian immigrant street vendors in the U.K. in the late 20th century? A derivation of the phrase “hocus pocus?” Or perhaps a dance mocking Catholic Latin mass? None of the theories has been proven.
