Song: The Winter Shiver

We can call this song and use the lyric “winter shiver”, “winter pokey”, or “snowkey pokey”. All three have advantages. “Winter pokey” is closest to the original, “The Hokey Pokey“, and is in otherwise standard English. “Snowkey Pokey” is cute and sounds more like the original. “Winter shiver” has more meaning for EFL and introduces another English word and gesture “shiver”, which means “involuntary body shaking to warm the body due to cold”.

The Winter Shiver

(Sung to the tune of The Hokey Pokey)

You put your right mitten on,
You take your right mitten off.
You put your right mitten on,
And you shake it all about.
You do the winter shiver
And you turn yourself around
That’s what it’s all about!

You put your left mitten on,
You take your left mitten off.
You put your left mitten on,
And you shake it all about.
You do the winter shiver
And you turn yourself around
That’s what it’s all about!

You put your right boot on,
You take your right boot off.
You put your right boot on,
And you shake it all about.
You do the winter shiver
And you turn yourself around
That’s what it’s all about!

You put your left boot on,
You take your left boot off.
You put your left boot on,
And you shake it all about.
You do the winter shiver
And you turn yourself around
That’s what it’s all about!

You put your winter hat on,
You take your winter hat off.
You put your winter hat on,
And you shake it all about.
You do the winter shiver
And you turn yourself around
That’s what it’s all about!

You put your long scarf on,
You take your long scarf off.
You put your long scarf on,
And you shake it all about.
You do the winter shiver
And you turn yourself around
That’s what it’s all about!

You put your snowsuit on
You take your snowsuit off
You put your snowsuit on
And you shake it all about
You do the winter shiver
And you turn yourself around
That’s what it’s all about!