The Hucklebuck

Here we come again… We’re doing a new dance—real strong dance Everybody—sisters, papas, mamas, papa’s boys A stone dance—you know what they’re doing It’s called the Huckle-Buck—real strong dance Come on and take my hand Come on and Huckle-Buck with…now watch me We’re going to new places now… Atlanta, Georgia—here we come Royal Peacock, y’all Miami, Florida—going to the Island Club Step over in Memphis Going to the Hippo Drome Everybody’s swinging The Mar-keys going down under Going to the…California Going to the Five-Four Ballroom Step over in Detroit city Going to the Twenty-Grand Club Move over to Washington, D.C. We’re going to the Holland Theater Huckle-Buck, y’all Everybody Huckle Bucking If you don’t know, you’re sure out of luck I tell you what we do… We’re going to Chicago We’re going to the Windy City, they call it Going to do the Huckle-Buck now Everybody’s Bucking now Mamas, brothers, sisters, fathers—they Huckle Bucking all night We got a thing going You jump back, you jump forward, you jump back-back-back-back Let me show you how to do it Jump back, jump up, jump back, jump up-up-up-up