Games and Songs of American Children (1884)

[Mullins, Bill]

When did this morph into "hokey pokey"?

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Pg. 131: _Right Elbow In._
Put your right elbow in,
Put your right elbow out,
Shake yourselves a little,
And turn yourselves about.
(The test says this is "Ugly Mug" on Boston and "Linkumbooby" in
England--ed.)