TENNESSEE WIG WALK
(Larry Coleman / Norman Gimbel)

Bonnie Lou - 1953
Russ Morgan & His Orch. (vocal: Betsy Gay) - 1953
Jill Whitney - 1953
Pat McMinn - 1954
Teijo Joutsela - 1954 (Finnish title "Virtasen Hipat")
Cacka Isrealsson - 1955
Nancy Kaye - 1963
The Crackaways - 1965
Lena Zavaroni - 1974
Deborah Dunleavy - 1984

Also recorded by:
The Deighton Family; Dan Zanes; Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem.

 
 
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
Doin' the Tennessee Wig Walk
 
Hear a tune on a fiddle on a hardwood floor
Though I’m broke I'm weary and my back is sore
I walk with a wiggle and a giggle and a squawk
Doin' 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
And we’ll always be together side by side,
I walk with a wiggle and a giggle and a squawk
Doin' the Tennessee Wig Walk

(Instrumental Break)

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
Doin' the Tennessee Wig Walk
 
Hear a tune on a fiddle on a hardwood floor
Though I’m broke I'm weary and my back is sore
I walk with a wiggle and a giggle and a squawk
Doin' 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

So dance with me honey, tap your toes and glide
And we’ll always be together side by side,
We'll walk with a wiggle and a giggle and a squawk
Doin' the Tennessee Wig Walk

Walk with a wiggle, wiggle with a walk
And you're doin' the Tennessee Wig Walk
Doin' the Tennessee Wig Walk
Doin' the Tennessee Wig Walk
Doin' the Tennessee ..... FADE


(Contributed by Bill Huntley - November 2004)
(Updated by Mel Priddle - February 2019)