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The hokey cokey
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The hokey cokey in Irish for children. No audio in Irish is available but you can use the karaoke version and ignore the more...

The hokey cokey in Irish for children. No audio in Irish is available but you can use the karaoke version and ignore the English. This is a participation dance with a distinctive accompanying tune and lyric structure. It originates in a British folk dance, with variants attested as early as 1826. The song and accompanying dance peaked in popularity as a music hall song and novelty dance in the mid-1940s in Britain and Ireland.

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Irish

English

Put your left hand in
Put your left hand out
Out, in, out
And turn carefully
Do the hokey cokey
And turn like this
That's how the story goes

Whoa-oh, hokey cokey
Whoa-oh, hokey cokey
Whoa-oh, hokey cokey
Knee knee, hand, hand
Rah, rah, rah

Other verses:
2. right hand
3. left foot
4. right foot
5. entire body

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