Well, gonna do a dance and it goes like this

(Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)

And the name of the dance is the peppermint twist

(Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)

On a night like this, the peppermint twist

(Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)



Round and round, up and down

Round and round, up and down

Around and around and a up and down and a

One, two, three, kick, one, two, three jump



Well, meet me baby on a 45th Street

(Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)

The dance where the peppermint twist is me

(Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)

You gonna learn to do this, the peppermint twist

(Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)



It's alright, all night, it's alright

(Alright, alright, alright)

It's okay, all day, it's okay

(Okay, okay, okay)

You wanna learn to do this, the peppermint twist

(Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)



Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

You wanna learn to do this, the peppermint twist

(Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)



Come on everybody, [Incomprehensible] your hands

Ah, you're looking good

I'm gonna sing my song and it won't take long

We're gonna do the twist and it goes like this



Round and round, up and down

Round and round, up and down

Around and around and a up and down and a

One, two, three, kick, one, two, three, jump

(Ooh pap pap, ooh pap pap, ooh pap pap)



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(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

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(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

I wanna learn to do this, the peppermint twist

(Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)



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(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

I wanna learn to do this, the peppermint twist

(Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)



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(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

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(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

I wanna learn to do this, the peppermint twist

(Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)



Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

I wanna learn to do this, the peppermint twist