Animal Dancing
Unlock the Jungle Groove: Imagination Movers' Animal Dancing Revelry
Lyrics
Hey, hey, what you say
Expressing excitement and readiness for a lively activity.
Gonna have fun when you move this way
Anticipation of enjoyment while moving in a particular way.
Now we're animal dancing
Introduction to the theme of animal dancing.
Now we're animal dancing
Reiteration of the idea of engaging in animal dancing.
Hey, hey, what you say
Repetition of the call to have fun while moving in a specific manner.
Gonna have fun when you move this way
Reaffirmation of the joy in moving in the described way.
Now we're animal dancing
Reiteration of the theme of animal dancing.
Now we're animal dancing
Continued emphasis on the joyous activity of animal dancing.
Here's an animal that you should know
Introducing a specific animal to be discussed.
Big and gray with a trunk that shows
Describing the physical characteristics of the mentioned animal (elephant).
My trunk will tell my mood
Attributing emotions to the animal's trunk movement.
Whirling and twirling cause I'm feelin' cool
Expressing a sense of coolness through the described animal's actions.
What animal am I?
Prompting the audience to guess the animal being referred to.
Elephant!
Identification of the animal as an elephant.
That's right
Affirmation of the correctness of the identified animal.
Do the elephant
Encouragement to perform a dance associated with the identified elephant.
Do the elephant
-Do the elephant
-Now here's a critter that'll give you a fright
Introducing another animal with a potentially dangerous characteristic.
You'd better watch out cause this one bites
Warning about the aggression of the mentioned animal (alligator).
Mean green fellah's got a mouth full of teeth
Describing the physical features of the alligator.
If you see him coming, you'd better cross the street
Advising caution when encountering the described alligator.
What kind of animal am I?
Prompting the audience to guess the animal being referred to.
Alligator!
Identification of the animal as an alligator.
That's right!
Affirmation of the correctness of the identified animal.
Do the gator
Encouragement to perform a dance associated with the identified alligator.
Do the gator
-Do the gator
-Hey, hey, what you say
Repetition of the call to have fun while moving in a specific manner.
Gonna have fun when you move this way
Reiteration of the theme of animal dancing and the joy in moving this way.
Now we're animal dancing
-Now we're animal dancing
-Hey, hey, what you say
-Gonna have fun when you move this way
-Now we're animal dancing
-Yea, yea, yea
Expression of affirmation or agreement.
On a big vine swinging past me
Depiction of an animal climbing down from a tree and enjoying bananas.
Now you're climbing down from that tree
-Grabbing things with fingers and toes
-If you really like bananas, then I think you know
-What animal am I?
Prompting the audience to guess the animal being referred to.
Monkey
Identification of the animal as a monkey.
That's right!
Affirmation of the correctness of the identified animal.
Do the monkey
Encouragement to perform a dance associated with the identified monkey.
Do the monkey
-Do the monkey
-Elephant
Recapitulation of previously mentioned animals (elephant, alligator, monkey).
Alligator
-Monkey
-To do this dance, you need to flap your wings
Introduction of a new animal with specific characteristics (speckled-belly goose).
With a yodeling laugh, this animal sings
-It's got spots on its belly that you can see
-Flies south for the winter that's the place to be
-What animal am I?
Prompting the audience to guess the animal being referred to.
You're a speckled-belly goose!!
Identification of the animal as a speckled-belly goose.
Yeah, right
Affirmation of the correctness of the identified animal.
Do the speckled-bellied goose y'all do the speckled-bellied goose
Encouragement to perform a dance associated with the identified speckled-belly goose.
Do the speckled-bellied goose y'all do the speckled-bellied goose
-Hey, hey, what you say
Repetition of the call to have fun while moving in a specific manner.
Gonna have fun when you move this way
-Now we're animal dancing
-Now we're animal dancing
-Hey, hey, what you say
-Gonna have fun when you move this way
-Now we're animal dancing
-Yea, yea, yea
Final affirmation and repetition of the identified speckled-belly goose.
Speckled-bellied goose
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