The Dancing Uncles

sung and danced by Savion Glover

(please correct me if I've messed up the spelling of his name)
(spoken): Okay, you guys ready?

(Kids: Yeah!)

Good. You! Up on your feet! I'm gonna tell you about my uncles. You know how they all love to dance, and they all have their own different style. Check it out...

(starts dancing and singing)
You oughta meet my Uncle Clyde
His dance goes from side to side
(dances side to side)
Now you dance like my Uncle Clyde
(all dance side to side)

You oughta meet my Uncle Jack
His dance goes from front to back
(dances front to back)
Now you dance like my Uncle Jack
(all dance front to back)

You oughta meet my Uncle Joe
His dance goes very slow
Now you dance like my Uncle Joe
(all dance slow)

You oughta meet my Uncle Pete
His dance calls for flyin' feet
(jumping, kicking dance)
Now you dance like my Uncle Pete
(all do jumping, kicking dance)

You oughta meet my Uncle Izzy
His dance always makes him dizzy
Now you dance like my Uncle Izzy
(all spin around)

Uncle Clyde, side to side
Uncle Jack, front to back
Uncle Joe, very slow
Uncle Pete, flyin' feet
Uncle Izzy, made him dizzy

You oughta meet Aunt Sarah Brown
She danced like us
And then
Fell
Down!
(all fall down)

Transcribed by the fleet-footed Jen Finlayson