Do The Funky Chicken - Live - Rufus Thomas

Y’all come on in now, come right on down front

I got something I want to show you

Now y’all heard of the Popcorn, y’all heard of the Dog

You heard about all your other dances

But now there’s a brand new dance

That’s going around

I want to show you exactly what I’m talking about

I’m talking about the funky chicken, y’all ready?

I say y’all ready, okay, here we go

You raise the left arm up and your right arm too

Let me tell you just what to do, start both of 'em to flapping

Start your feet to kicking, that’s when you know

You doin' the funky chicken

Slick and spasm, you got both arms up, across your face

You knees start wiggling, all over the place

You flap your arms and your feet start kicking

Then you know you doin' the funky chicken

Oh, I’m feeling it now, I feel so unnecessary

This is the kind, this is the kind of stuff

To make you feel like you want to do something nasty

Like waste some chicken gravy on your white shirt

Right down front, here we go y’all

You work both arms and you work both feet

Use a dab of gravy, you right on the beat

You flap your arms and your feet start kicking

The you know you doin' the funky chicken

Doin' the funky chicken, y’all

Doin' the funky chicken, y’all

Doin' the funky chicken, y’all