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Boogaloo

 
(this song is best sung while everyone is standing in a circle
stomping their feet... and VERY
LOUD!!) 

(leader) Let me see you boogaloo! 
(everyone) SAY WHAT? (or: WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY?) 
(leader) Let me see you boogaloo! 
(everyone) SAY WHAT? (or: WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY?) 
(leader) Let me see you boogaloo... 
(everyone) We go: booga, booga, boogaloo! Booga, booga, boogaloo!

Actions:

Throughout the verse, everyone links arms with their neighbours
and stomps
their feet as hard as possible 
Say what?: everyone leans in to the circle 
Booga, booga, boogaloo: do a hokey-pokey sort of dance, turning
around on
the spot 

Other Verses and Their Actions: 

Crocodile: make a set of jaws with your arms, and chomp 
Elephant: one arm up to your face as a trunk 
Brush your teeth: one finger used as a toothbrush 
Platypus: squeeze your lips between your fingers and make
raspberry sounds 
Porcupine: shake fingers out in front of your body stiffly, as
if you were
feeling the back of a porcupine!