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

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 turn your self around,
That’s what it’s all about!

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 your self around,
That’s what it’s all about!

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 your self around,
That’s what it’s all about!

You put your right side in,
You put your right side out,
You put your right side in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey-Pokey,
And turn your self around,
That’s what it’s all about!

You put your left side in,
You put your left side out,
You put your left side in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey-Pokey,
And turn your self around,
That’s what it’s all about!

You put your nose in,
You put your nose out,
You put your nose in,
And you shake it all about,
You do the Hokey-Pokey,
And turn your self around,
That’s what it’s all about!

You put your tushie in,
You put your tushie out,
You put your tushie in,
And shake it all about.
You do the Hokey-Pokey,
And turn your self around,
That’s what it’s all about!

You put your right heel in,
You put your right heel out,
You put your right heel in.
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey-Pokey,
And turn your self around,
That’s what it’s all about!

You put your left heel in,
You put your left heel out,
You put your left heel in,
And shake it all about.
You do the Hokey-Pokey,
And turn your self around,
That’s what it’s all about!

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

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

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 turn your self around,
That’s what it’s all about!

Come si recita:
Questa canzone si canta in cerchio e ad ogni strofa si fanno i movimenti riferiti ad una diversa parte del corpo (piede destro, piede sinistro, mano destra, ecc). Recitando il primo verso di ogni strofa si porta la parte del corpo citata all’interno del cerchio e recitando il verso successivo, la parte del corpo in questione viene spostata all’esterno del cerchio. Sul terzo verso, la si riporta all’interno e sul quarto si scuote a destra e sinistra. Se prendiamo ad esempio la prima strofa, si porterà il piede destro nel cerchio, lo si sposterà all’esterno e quindi nuovamente all’interno, scuotendolo poi a destra e sinistra cercando di non perdere l’equilibrio. Dal quinto all’ottavo verso di ogni strofa si balla l’hokey pokey in questo modo: si gira su sé stessi velocemente, tenendo le braccia lungo il corpo e gli avambracci paralleli al terreno. Intanto gli indici di entrambe le mani si muovono in su e in giù.
Alla fine dell’ottavo verso ci si deve ritrovare nella posizione iniziale (cioè col corpo rivolto all’interno del cerchio) per iniziare la strofa successiva.