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Tennessee Wig Walk

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Larry Coleman, Norman Gimbel, Words West LLC/ASCAP

This song came to us via Dan Zanes, a guru of spunky backporch-style music for families. It’s a classic dance tune from the 1950s. Follow the moves, or make up your own.

I’m a bow-legged chicken, I’m a knock kneed hen
Never been so happy since I don’t know when
I walk with a wiggle and a giggle and a squawk
Doing the Tennessee wig walk.

Hear a tune on the fiddle and on a hard-wood floor
I’m broke and weary and my back is sore
I walk with a wiggle and a giggle and a squawk
Doing the Tennessee wig walk.

Put your toes together, your knees apart
Bend your back, get ready to start
Flap your elbows just for luck
Then you wiggle and you waddle like a baby duck.

Dance with me honey, tap your toes and glide
We’ll be together side by side
I walk with a wiggle and a giggle and a squawk
Doing the Tennessee wig walk