Author of "Hokey Cokey" dies

[Fat Tone]

Larry la Prise, who wrote the Hokey Cokey, has died, aged 93. "The worst part
was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in - then the trouble
started," a spokesman said.

[Dilitante1]

[Fat Tone]

So it's old news, apparently! I didn't even check to see if he was the creator!

[gt40]

I always thought it was the 'Hokey Pokey'

[GT98]

I always thought it was the 'Hokey Pokey'

Me 2

[Dr Mordrid]

It is Hokey Pokey;

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/hokey.htm

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.

Dr. Mordrid

[cjolley]

Or possibly the "Hokey Cockney"