Singing in the Rain

Lyrics: Black – Religious Advisor; Red – Hounds; Blue- All

So there I was!

Noooo shit! Faaaaaantastic!  Iiiiiiincredible! Holy hellfire, shit, motherfucker!  Tell us all about it!

With my wrists together! (puts wrists together over their head)
With my wrists together! (puts wrists together over their head)
And I’m singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling I’m hap-hap-happy again!

With my wrists together! (puts wrists together over their head)
With my wrists together! (puts wrists together over their head)
And my elbows together! (squeezes elbows together while still keeping wrists together over their head)
And my elbows together! (squeezes elbows together while still keeping wrists together over their head)
And I’m singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling I’m hap-hap-happy again!

This continues on, adding more body parts (a la “Father Abraham”) to the end of the list you’ve already done, then doing the chorus with all of said body parts in the described position.  The order is :

With my wrists together! 
And my elbows together!
And my knees together!
And my heels together!
Toes out!
Butt out!
Tongue out!

After you say “Tongue out” everyone sings the verse with their tongue out while sticking their butts out, feet spread, with their wrists, elbows, knees, and heels together.

Thoughts/notes:

This magnificent warm up was brought to Memphis HHH by Cuddle Puncher, who learned it during his time hashing with Wichita HHH.

As for tips on leading this, very few kennels get the response to “So there I was” right, so feel free to feign disgust, ridicule them, etc. before jumping into “With my wrists together.”  Also note that the “So there I was” is only done to start the song off, you don’t do it again.

Additionally, you should be yelling each body part with authority, maybe a serious face, then after you say the last body part for that iteration, wait a beat.  Then jump into the chorus with a smile on your face!  I’ve found the juxtaposition is funny and entertains people.

Finally, one thing that I like to do to fuck with the pack (as this gets kind of long and people’s shoulders are usually getting tired by the end of it) is to do this as the last warm up during opening circle and jump back in with “With my wrists together” after the “Tongue out” verse.   At the end of this go ’round, I end it with “Toes out! (toes out!), butt out! (butt out!), tongue out! (tongue out!), ON OUT!” and then blow my whistle to start the pack on trail (you don’t sing the chorus again in this case).