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Thread #85304   Message #1579642
Posted By: John M.
09-Oct-05 - 06:00 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Looby Loo ===> Hokey Pokey
Subject: Origins: Looby Loo ===> Hokey Pokey
Here is a song found on the 78 record "Songs for Little People - part 7" by sung by Harold Harvey and released in 1926.

Does anyone here also think that this children's song was re-written to make "The Hokey Pokey"?

Looby Loo (recording)

Now we dance looby looby looby
Now we dance looby looby loo
Now we dance looby looby looby
Now we dance looby looby loo
Put your right hand in
Put your right hand out
Then give your right hand a shake
And turn yourself about.
Then we dance looby looby looby
Then we dance looby looby loo


Download the full 1926 record here:

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/obj/m2/f7/11768.mp3