Hokey Pokey -

Intermediate syncopation while adding body movements to music.

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Grade: Second
Origin: USA – Florida, Play-Party Song
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta ti ta/ ta | syncopation,
| ti/ ri ti/ ri ti ti ti ti | syncopation,
| ti/ ri ti/ ri ti/ ri ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ti/ ri ti/ ri ta/ ti | syncopation, | ta ti/ ri ta ta | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: So La Ti Do
Intervals: beginners: So/Do, Do\So, So/Ti
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beats; syncopation, repeated melodic rhythm patterns
Key Words: USA, Florida; playground song, camp song, party song, learning left from right, learning body parts, physical science: foot, hand, shoulder, hip, whole self, yourself; all about, about; contraction: that’s (that is)
Keyboard: intermediate: excellent five finger exercise for left, right, and two hands together

**“Hokey Pokey”**

	1.	You put your right foot in, You take your right foot out, You put your right foot in, And you shake it all about, You do the Hokey Pokey And you turn yourself around, That’s what it’s all about.

	2.	You put your left foot in, You put your left foot out, You put your left foot in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey Pokey And you turn yourself around, That’s what it’s all about.

	3.	You put your right hand in, You put your right hand out, You put your right hand in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey Pokey And you turn yourself around, That’s what it’s all about.

	4.	You put your left hand in, You put your left hand out, You put your left hand in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey Pokey And you turn yourself around, That’s what it’s all about.

	5.	You put your right shoulder in, You put your right shoulder out, You put your right shoulder in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey Pokey And you turn yourself around, That’s what it’s all about.

	6.	You put your left shoulder in, You put your left shoulder out, You put your left shoulder in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey Pokey And you turn yourself around, That’s what it’s all about.

	7.	You put your right hip in, You put your right hip out, You put your right hip in And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey Pokey And you turn yourself around, That’s what it’s all about.

	8.	You put your left hip in, You put your left hip out, You put your left hip in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey Pokey And you turn yourself around, That’s what it’s all about.

	9.	You put your whole self in, You put your whole self out, You put your whole self in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey Pokey And you turn yourself around, That’s what it’s all about.

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