The Hokey-Pokey
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 (with Charles Macak and Tafit Baker), recorded the song in 1949, and they were awarded U.S. copyright in 1950, Acuff-Rose Music Inc.
You put your peg shot in,
You put your peg shot out;
You put your peg shot in,
Slowly let it all come out.
You do the Hepper-Pokey,
And you turn your life around.
That's what it's all about!
You put your Riba in,
You put your Riba out;
You put your Riba in,
Let out a great big shout.
You do the Hepper-Pokey,
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!
You watch the fog roll in,
You watch the fog roll out;
You watch the fog roll in,
And you shake your head about.
You do the Hepper-Pokey,
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!
You put your blood work in,
The report comes out;
You put your blood work in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hepper-Pokey,
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!
You feel the sides come in,
You feel the sides go out;
You feel the sides come in,
And pray you’re gonna make it out
You do the Hepper-Pokey,
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!
You put your own nose in,
You put your doc’s nose out;
You put your own nose in,
And you shake your care about.
You do the Hepper-Pokey,
And you turn your health around.
That's what it's all about!
You put your backside in,
You put your backside out;
You put your backside in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hepper-Pokey,
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!
You put your everything in,
Tx tries to take it all out;
You put your everything in,
And know you’re gonna work it out.
You do the Hepper-Pokey,
And you turn your health around.
That's what it's all about
Kim