In response to B Collins' (Letters, October 20), here are the full lyrics to the song, which was recorded in 1954 by Bonnie Lou, and later by Russ Morgan and his orchestra, as well as by The Deighton Family and Dan Zanes.

I'm a bow-legged chicken,

Never been so happy

I walk with a wiggle and a giggle

Doing the Tennessee wig walk.

Hear a tune on the fiddle

Though I'm broke and weary

I walk with a wiggle and a giggle

Doing the Tennessee wig walk.

Put your toes together,

Bend your back

Then you wiggle and you waddle

Like a baby duck.

Come and dance with me, honey,

Tap your toes and glide

And we'll always be together,

I walk with a wiggle and a giggle

Doing the Tennessee wig walk.

-David Watkins, Tunbridge Wells