(Mickey Rooney's lines are in italics)

When our grandma's and our grandpa's were just girls and boys
They seemed to have a lot more fun than we
There party clothes were calicos and homemade corderoys
And the big event was called a husking bee
A banjo and a fiddle and a big old fashioned barn
Was all the preperation that they made
And if they tell you otherwise, dismiss it as a yarn
Refreshments were confined to lemonade

Now you may say it's corny
And I guess I must agree
But it was good enough for grandma
It was good enough for grandpa
And it's good enough for me

Hoe down, the country's gone hoe down
It's puttin' it toe down and kickin it's heels
Hoe down is really a rare dance
The pioneer square dance but with a new deal

One, two, swing your partner lightly
While you hold her ever so tightly
Go down and bring your best beau down
We're facing a show down and gotta make hay
Cause hoe down's on its way

Stand in line and do the Turkey
Like a Yankee Doodle Dandy
When you Turkey do it jerky
That's the trick, now you're hoeing on down!

Sashay, sashay-
Sashay around while you're hoeing on down!
Form a circle in the middle, everybody alamandy
Boys keep tempo with the fiddle
And your gal in the calico gown!

Do-si-do around, it's very romantic
Do-si-do some more and maybe she'll fall

Now it's time to do your honest
Then you when you've gone through your honest
Promenade the hoe!

Hoe down, the country's gone hoe down
It's puttin' it toe down and kickin it's heels
Hoe down is really a rare dance
The pioneer square dance but with a new deal

One, two, swing your partner lightly
While you hold her ever so tightly
Go down and bring your best beau down
We're facing a show down and gotta make hay
Cause hoe down's on its way