- Funky Chicken
- (actions in brackets)
(Leader) Let me see you funky chicken! - (All) WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY?
- (Leader) Let me see you funky chicken!
- (All) WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY? I said....
Chorus: (everyone) - Ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo,
- One more time, now!
- Ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo,
- Back in line, now! (Stomp feet eight times)
Other Verses: Mae West, Dracula, Orangutan
Actions (done during each chorus):
- Funky Chicken: dance around in a circle with arms crooked
up as chicken wings
- Mae West: flare an invisible skirt
- Dracula: one arm up in front of face as if a cape was
draped over it, peek out from behind arm, then repeat with other arm
- Orangutan: dance around like a monkey
Thanks very much to Betty Verstegen, who posted these
verses to the WAGGGS-L Mailing List! I don't have actions for
all of them though... use your imagination! :-)
- (Leader) Let me see your Elvis Presley
- (All) What's that you say?
- (Leader) I said let me see your Elvis Presley
- (All) What's that you say?
(Leader) Let me see your Cleopatra- (All) What's that you say?
- (Leader) I said let me see your Cleopatra
- (All) What's that you say?
(Leader) Let me see your John Travolta- (All) What's that you say?
- (Leader) I said let me see your John Travolta
- (All) What's that you say?
(Leader) Let me see your Michael Jordan- (All) What's that you say?
- (Leader) I said let me see your Michael Jordan
- (All) What's that you say?
- (Chorus action: swish, a a a swish, a a a swish,
a a a swish - like a basketball)
(Leader) Let me see your Biffy-man- (All) What's that you say?
- (Leader) I said let me see your Biffy-man
- (All) What's that you say?
- (Chorus action: with "peeuh a a a peeuh a a a
peeuh a a a peeuh")
- (Biffy is another word for toilet!)
Thanks very much to Janet Brickhouse, who e-mailed
these verses to me!
- (Leader) Let me see you dying bug
- (All) What's that you say?
- (Leader) Let me see you dying bug
- (All) What's that you say?
- (Chorus action: lie on back and kick arms and legs)
(Leader) Let me see you Pee-Wee Herman- (All) What's that you say?
- (Leader) Let me see you Pee-Wee Herman
- (All) What's that you say?
- (Chorus action: Bend slightly with knees together
and cross arms front and then back)
(Leader) Let me see you do the polka- (All) What's that you say?
- (Leader) Let me see you do the polka
- (All) What's that you say?
- (Chorus action: poke the person beside you... this
is a good one to end with because no one is expecting the contact!)