hully gully

English

Noun

hully gully (plural hully gullies or hully gullys)

1. A dance popular in the 1960s, commonly danced to the song Hully Gully; now often performed as a line dance.
   • 1964, “C'mon And Swim”, Thomas Coman and Sylvester Stewart (Sly Stone) (lyrics), performed by Bobby Freeman:

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

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

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

   • 1965, Fred Sledge Smith, Cliff Goldsmith (lyrics and music), “Hully Gully”, in Beach Boys' Party!, performed by The Beach Boys:

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

Descendants

• →? German: Halligalli