hully gully

plural hully gullies · plural hully gullys · alternative hully-gully

1. A dance popular in the 1960s, commonly danced to the song Hully Gully; now often performed as a line dance.

   Just like the dog but not so low Like the hully gully but not so slow Now baby swim, baby do the swim.

   1964, “C'mon and Swim”, Thomas Coman and Sylvester Stewart (Sly Stone) (lyrics), performed by Bobby Freeman

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   She [...] loves to cook, sew and dance. She's up on all the latest steps like the frug, the hully-gully and the surf.

   1964 July 15, The Australian, Sydney, page 20, column 3

   Well, there's a dance spreading round like an awful disease / Hully, hully gully / You just shake your shoulders and you wiggle your knees

   1965, Fred Sledge Smith, Cliff Goldsmith, “Hully Gully”, in Beach Boys' Party!, performed by The Beach Boys