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Funky Chicken

 
(actions in brackets)

(Leader) Let me see you funky chicken! 
(All) WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY? 
(Leader) Let me see you funky chicken! 
(All) WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY? I said.... 

Chorus: (everyone) 

Ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo, 
One more time, now! 
Ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo, ah-ah-ah ooo, 
Back in line, now! (Stomp feet eight times) 

Other Verses: Mae West, Dracula, Orangutan

Actions (done during each chorus):

Funky Chicken: dance around in a circle with arms crooked up as
chicken wings
Mae West: flare an invisible skirt
Dracula: one arm up in front of face as if a cape was draped
over it, peek out 
from behind arm, then repeat with other arm
Orangutan: dance around like a monkey

More verses:

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(Leader) Let me see your Cleopatra
(All) What's that you say?
(Leader) I said let me see your Cleopatra
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(Leader) Let me see your John Travolta
(All) What's that you say? 
(Leader) I said let me see your John Travolta
(All) What's that you say?

(Leader) Let me see your Michael Jordan
(All) What's that you say? 
(Leader) I said let me see your Michael Jordan
(All) What's that you say?
(Chorus action: swish, a a a swish, a a a swish, a a a swish -
like a basketball)

(Leader) Let me see your Biffy-man
(All) What's that you say?
(Leader) I said let me see your Biffy-man
(All) What's that you say?
(Chorus action: with "peeuh a a a peeuh a a a peeuh a a a peeuh")
(Biffy is another word for toilet!)