What's a Hootenanny

**What's a Hootenanny** is a song from "The Hootenanny". It musically references stereotypical "Christmas" music, So Cold, Breathe in a Bag, The Underground, What You Need, We've Been Watching You, The Power of Privilege, and It's Gonna Be a While or Welcome to the Bay.

## Lyrics

*Note: Blue text denotes album-only lines. Red text denotes episode version lines.*

[Christmas music playing]

**[Stabby]**
Daddy! Hey, Daddleton!
**[Durpleton]**
Yes, son?
**[Stabby]**
I got a question for you, please
Just one
**[Durpleton]**
Go on, ask me anything
**[Stabby]**
Okay then, Daddy
What's a hootenanny?
**[Durpleton]**
A hootenanny?
**[Stabby]**
Yes, because I've never been to one before
**[Durpleton]**
Oh son, my son-leton
You won't believe your eyes
I really wanna tell you
But I'll keep it a surprise
**[Coldtaurs]**
So cold
Breathe in a bag!
So cold
Breathe in a bag!
We're off to the hootenanny
And that makes us slightly less sad
**[Kwhass-ón]**
Our fave hootenanny traditions are
**[Narwhaltaur]**
Hat-making
**[LaCroiv]**
Snow golf
**[Puffintaur]**
And carols with kittentaurs
**[Puffintaurs]**
And this could be the least stressful one
That we've ever had
**[Kwhass-ón]**
All hail Glendale!
**[Moletaur backup]**
Holes
**[Judge Jacket]**
What's a hootenanny
Without a moletaur pudding pie?
**[Moletaur backup]**
It's delicious and moist
**[Judge, moletaurs, and Gophertaur]**
Ooh and the
**[Judge Jacket and Gophertaur]**
And the gophertaurs
Make a pretty good queso
**[Moletaur backup]**
A side dish that is equally moist
**[Judge Jacket]**
Holetaurs have a great taste in food
Probably to make up
For their lack of eyes
**[Judge Jacket and Gophertaur]**
But if they cook a hootenanny dinner
Don't expect 'em to clean
Or put anything away though
**[Moletaur backup]**
I mean, that's totally fair, right?
Moist
**[Tree shamans]**
We've got mixed feelings about hootenannies
It's the time of year when they hang shiny stuff on trees
**[Leaves]**
Ah-aah
**[Tree shamans]**
I get you're being festive
Not trying to do harm
But you basically hang garbage on our arms
It's just obnoxious
**[Birdtaurs]**
Caw, caw caw, caw caw!
**[Crandy]**
Hey, all
**[Birdtaurs]**
Like, like!
**[Crandy]**
There's a hootenanny happenin'
It's gonna be a star-studded night
**[Mouthpiece]**
We've called
**[Message bird]**
Winky face!
**[Mouthpiece]**
All the birdtaurs here in Centaurworld
Reminding them to repost and like
**[Crandy and Mouthpiece and birdtaurs]**
And at the heart of each hootenanny
Is a message of goodwill and love
We should share
On every social media platform we have
**Mouthpiece:** BT-Dubs, guys, where's Bayden?
**[Female centaurs]**
Hootenanny!

What a privilege! | **[Male Centaurs]**

**[Glitter Cats]**
Meowy, meowy
**[Female Centaurs]**
Hootenanny!
**[Male Centaurs]**
Hootenanny!
**[Whaletaur Shaman]**
From the seas up to the land
We cannot wait to
All celebrate true unity
In good old centaur hootenanny style
**[Whaletaur, Barnus, and a seastartaur]**
Because, you know
It's really been a while
**Stabby:** Okay, Dad. Hey, Daddleton? I've been hearing snippets of what these guys are saying a hootenanny is, and I think I'm even more confused than I was when I first asked the question. They all seem to be singing about completely unrelated tangents and details. Frankly, I've lost interest in the topic entirely.
**Durpleton:** Ugh! Okay, I can't hold it in anymore. I'm going to tell you what a hootenanny is. Okay, Stabby?
**Stabby:** Really, Dad, I'm good.
**[Durpleton]**
A hootenanny's when all centaurs
Shave their body hair
And some of them start roller skating
While they bob for pears
And then, the whole time
There's, like, this creepy old guy
Watching from the corner
He's eating cheese sauce by itself
While playing a recorder
**Stabby:** Okay, well, are there presents, at least?
**Durpleton:** Of course, son. We're not savages.
**[Durpleton]**
And that's
A hootenanny
**Stabby:** Oh. Thanks, Dad.
**[Stabby]**
[humming]