A popular song from 1953.
Words by Norman Gimbel.
Music by Larry Coleman.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
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 hard wood floor
Though I’m broke and 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 and start
Flap your elbows just for luck
Then wiggle and waddle like a baby duck
Won’t you 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
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 hard wood floor
Though I’m broke and 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 and start
Flap your elbows just for luck
Then wiggle and waddle like a baby duck
Oh, I love you my honey, won’t you be my bride
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
Sung here by Vancha March: