Remember when you held my hand
   Remember when you were my man
   Walk talk in the name of love
   Before you break my heart
   Think it over, think it over
   Roll it over in your mind
   Why don't you dance with me
   I'm not no Limburger
   Just a limburger
  
   Dance this mess around
   Dance this mess around, 'round, 'round
  
   Everybody goes to parties
   They dance this mess around
   They do the Shu-ga-loo
   Do the Shy Tuna
   Do the Camel Walk
   Do the Hip-o-crit
  
   Ah-Hippy Hippy forward Hippy Hippy
   Hippy Shake, Hippy Shake
  
   Oh-it's time to do 'em right
   Hey now, don't that make you feel a whole lot better?
   Huh?
   I say, don't that make you feel a whole lot better
  
   What you say?
   I'm just askin'
  
   Shake-Bake-Shake-Bake
  
   Everybody goes to parties
   They dance this mess around
   They do all 16 dances
   Do the Coo-ca-choo
   Do the Aqua-velva
   Do the Dirty Dog
   Do the Escalator
  
   Ah-Hippy Hippy forward Hippy Hippy
   Hippy Shake, Hippy Shake
  
   It's time to do 'em right
   Hey! Fred, now don't that make you feel a whole lot better now?
   Huh?
  
   Say, don't that make you feel a whole lot better?
  
   What you say?
   I'm just askin'
  
   Yeah, yeah, yeah...
   Stop!
   Dance on over
   Yeah, yeah
  
   Dance, dance, dance this mess around
   Dance this mess around
  
   Shake, shake-a-bake shake
   Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
   Dance this mess around
   Yeah, yeah, yeah........