Richard Thompson

Hokey Pokey

Richard Thompson


Little boy running and the little girl too 
Got the money tucked up in their hands 
Over the wall and down into the street 
Give your money to the hollering man 

Everybody runs for Hokey Pokey 
Hear the ringing on the ice cream bell 
He's got the stuff that'll cool you right down 
It's the best that they ever did sell 

Maestro he says to Sweet Little Angel 
Don't you sing to the boys in blue 
Or you won't need no more Hokey Pokey 
By the time we're through with you 

Down in the prison number 999 
Wishing he was home on the range 
He's still fretting for what he's not getting 
And love behind bars is strange 

Fellas in the alley all walk that walk 
It's a style that really pays 
Cos' there's some poor Joe out there doesn't know 
The door can swing both ways 

Dead to the world? Says Frankie to Annie 
Girl you haven't moved an inch all night 
But she wriggled her hips when he kissed her on the lips 
Hokey Pokey made her fell all right 

Lick it on the bottom, lick it on the top 
Suck it just hard enough 
Open up wide when it drips down the side 
You want to catch all that good stuff