In memoriam...

[NoJo]

Jerry Hoey, the British-born bandleader who died twenty five years ago today, who achieved fame through his dance-hall song "The Hokey Cokey".

A colleague, Will Cratchett, remembers the unfortunate event at his funeral, when they dropped the coffin:

"We had a job getting 'im back into the coffin. First, we put his left leg in... and that's when the trouble started..."

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Welcome home Joe.

 

[Guest]

Tiny Joe

God bless us, every one.

P.

 

[gauchecritic]

Hurrah, the funny guy is back (I mean the really funny guy)

First laugh I've had for months on the boards (if you don't believe me ask Zoot). Where have you been Joe, where have you been?

 

[Guest]

Hey Joe!

Don't be afraid.

Take a sad song and make it better.

Oops, sorry, mixed you up with someone else there for a minute.

How you doing?

Lou

P.S.

 

[shereads]

The Hokey Cokey?

 

[Guest]

And turn around.

 

[matriarch]

The Hokey Cokey?

The Hokey Cokey - music and words

Best enjoyed when pissed.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

The Hokey Cokey?

Not according to my daughter.

 

[shereads]

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[Rumple Foreskin]

The Hokey Cokey - music and words

Best enjoyed when pissed.

Close, Matriarch, but no cigar.

Can ONLY be enjoyed when pissed.

Rumple Foreskin :coo:

ps: Joe, where you been, young stud?

 

[Guest]

Terrific! Love that!

(In the U.S. we do the Hokey Pokey.)

Written By: Roland Lawrence LaPrise, concocted the song along with two fellow musicians in the late 1940s for the ski crowd in Sun Valley, Idaho. The group, the Ram Trio, recorded the song in 1949. In 1953, bandleader Ray Anthony bought the rights and recorded The Hokey Pokey on the B-side of another novelty record, The Bunny Hop. After the Ram Trio disbanded in the 1960s, country star Roy Acuff's publishing company bought the rights to The Hokey Pokey. Copyright 1950, Acuff-Rose Music Inc.


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

You put your backside in,
You put your backside out;
You put your backside in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey-Pokey,
And you turn yourself 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 you turn yourself 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 you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about

 

[lucky-E-leven]

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[DVS]

Re: Terrific! Love that!

(In the U.S. we do the Hokey Pokey.)

I was gonna say that, but you beat me to it. Never heard of the Hokey Cokey.

Rest in peace, Jerry Hoey...once they got you all back in the coffin.

 

[NoJo]

Cokey Pokey

There seems to be a slight dispute here. As a Brent (London) resident, I was always proud of my shitty little borough because of:

http://www.brent-heritage.co.uk/hoey.htm

Of course, these band-leaders were an amoral lot.

 

[shereads]

It's Pokey. It's always been Pokey and Pokey it shall always be.

 

[Guest]

Re: Cokey Pokey

There seems to be a slight dispute here. As a Brent (London) resident, I was always proud of my shitty little borough because of:

http://www.brent-heritage.co.uk/hoey.htm

Of course, these band-leaders were an amoral lot.

Aren't all band-leaders amoral?

 

[Guest]

It's Pokey. It's always been Pokey and Pokey it shall always be.

COKEY!

 

[shereads]

Re: Re: Terrific! Love that!

I was gonna say that, but you beat me to it. Never heard of the Hokey Cokey.

Rest in peace, Jerry Hoey...once they got you all back in the coffin.

DVS' AV is beyond OK.

 

[DVS]

Re: Re: Cokey Pokey

Aren't all band-leaders amoral?

Well, I've been a band leader and I can safely say that the majority of us are fine, upstanding individuals with fine, upstanding character, as far as that statement goes.

But, when you talk about morals...everybody has a vice, be it out in the open or tied up and in the closet.

On a not so side note, I've never heard the version of the song "Hokey Cokey", but who am I to judge? Being a band leader, we tend to partake of the liquid refreshment, from time to time.

Not that it should be mentioned as a vice or to tarnish moral standing, but it's been said that after a while, the lifting of a glass might deminish your brain to mouth motor skills. I don't know why...it must be the wear and tear on the elbow?

With this knowledge in hand, IF the song was origionated overseas, maybe the name was somehow altered when sung. What I mean is this:
A "C" can sound an awful lot like a "P" to someone who's had a few, and even moreso, when the song is being sung by someone who's also had a few.

We may never ever know "for sure" what the true name of the song is. Talk about the lack of moral fiber!

 

[shereads]

COKEY!

Cokey is the powdery thingey that keeps people awakey all nightey.

Pokey is what comes after Hokey.

Okey-dokey?

 

[DVS]

COKEY!

Don't make us spill some more tea!

 

[Guest]

Cokey is the powdery thingey that keeps people awakey all nightey.

Pokey is what comes after Hokey.

Okey-dokey?

Pokey in the eye is what you'll get if you keep this up!

Us Brits invented the Hokey Cokey, you lot just had to mess with it, didn't you?

 

[Guest]

Don't make us spill some more tea!

You lot are way too rebellious for your own good, do you know that?

 

[DVS]

You lot are way too rebellious for your own good, do you know that?

Tell me... English wench... what part of the below statement isn't also a bit confrontational? I don't think you would be saying such things, if you didn't have a whole lot of water between you and us. These obstacles tend to strengthen one's resolve.

Pokey in the eye is what you'll get if you keep this up!