The Hokey Pokey  (long version)

So,  Ed (on the left) said "Don't get me started..."                                                         

Written By: Roland Lawrence LaPrise, concocted the song along with two fellow musicians in the late 1940s for the ski crowd in Sun Valley, Idaho. The group, the Ram Trio, recorded the song in 1949. In 1953, bandleader Ray Anthony bought the rights and recorded The Hokey Pokey on the B-side of another novelty record, The Bunny Hop. After the Ram Trio disbanded in the 1960s, country star Roy Acuff's publishing company bought the rights to The Hokey Pokey. Copyright 1950, Acuff-Rose Music Inc.

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You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out;
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You put your right foot in, and you shake it all a  bout.
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You do the Hokey-Pokey, and you turn yourself around.
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That's what it's all a  bout! Hey

Verse 2: Left foot in

Verse 3: Right hand in

Verse 4: Left hand in

Verse 5: Right side in

Verse 6: Left side in

Verse 7: You nose in

Sick of this yet???  Continue with:

Verse 8: Backside in
Verse 9: Head in
Verse 10:  Whole self in
Verse 11: Shoulders in
Verse 12:  Now Breathe in.. Breathe out
Verse 13:  Bottom in

You put your bottom in,
You put your bottom out,
Put your bottom in,
You put your bottom out,
Put your bottom in,
You put your bottom out,
Put your bottom in,
You put your bottom out,
Put your bottom in,
You put your bottom out,
Put your bottom in,
You put your bottom out,
Put your bottom in,
You put your bottom out,
Do the Hokey Pokey,
Turn yourself about.

Hokey Pokey! (3x)

Do anything you want! Put anything in you want!

Put your stomach in, you put your stomach out
Your stomach in and wiggle it all about.
Do the Hokey Pokey, turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.

Put your nose in and your nose out
Nose in and wiggle it all about. Do the Hokey Pokey
Turn yourself around, that's what it's all about.

Now put your money in. Put your money out. Money in and wave it all about.
Do the Hokey Pokey and turn yourself around, that's what it's all about.

You put your whole body in you put your whole body out.
Your whole body in now shake it all about. Do the Hokey Pokey.
Turn yourself around, that's what it's all about.

Let's do the Hokey Pokey! (3x)

That's what it's all about!

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From June 30, 2006