While stationed in Germany I attended two weddings. At each reception banquet after everyone had linked arms and rocked side to side singing traditional songs, they all stood up and broke into the Chicken Dance. This was in 1983. It was heard everywhere that year.
As for Milwaukee Germans, I will always thank them for bringing “Hackepeter” (cannibal sandwich) to these shores.
;^)
I’m certain I’ve eaten my weight in those through the years at weddings, wakes and funerals! They are Da Bomb! :)