User:Soap/Looby Loo (song)

A version known as "Ugly Mug" is described in 1872:


 * I put my right hand in
 * I put my right hand out
 * I give my right hand, shake, shake, shake, and turn myself about

A version from c. 1891 from the town of Golspie in Scotland was published by Edward W. B. Nicholson:


 * Hilli ballu ballai!
 * Hilli ballu ballight!
 * Hilli ballu ballai!
 * Upon a Saturday night.


 * Put all your right feet out,
 * Put all your left feet in,
 * Turn them a little, a little,
 * And turn yourselves about.

In the book English Folk-Rhymes, published 1892, a version of the song originating from Sheffield is given:


 * Can you dance looby, looby,
 * Can you dance looby, looby,
 * Can you dance looby, looby,
 * All on a Friday night?
 * You put your right foot in;
 * And then you take it out,
 * And wag it, and wag it, and wag it,
 * Then turn and turn about.

The lyrics of this song show a marked resemblance to those of Hokey Cokey, and  the songs have been described as   having a common origin.