LOUPY LOU (UGLY MUG) (Play party) Sung by: Mr. and Mrs. F.E. Ash Recorded in Evening Shade, AR 8/15/58 Click here to listen to the original recording Put your right foot out, Give your right foot a shake, shake, shake. Chorus: And turn your body all about, all about, And turn your body all about. Put your left foot in, Take your left foot out, Give your left foot a shake, shake, shake. (Chorus) Put your right hand in, Take your right hand out, Give your right hand a shake, shake, shake. (Chorus) Now the left hand in, Take your left hand out, Give your left hand a shake, shake, shake. (Chorus) Put your ugly mug in, Take your ugly mug out, Give your ugly mug a shake, shake, shake, And turn your body all about. Put your partner in, Put your partner out, Give your partner a shake, shake, shake. (Chorus) (Mr. Ash: "Now, you're in a circle, and each partner . . . you have partners . . . and you make as many in the procession as you want to, in a complete circle, and then each one goes through the drill from the foot and hands and the head and then your partner, and then the game is over.") Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #554, "Loupy Lou." |
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