The Peppermint Twist:Chubby Checker.
Joey Dee & the Starlighters
made this a big hit in '62.
#1.
Well, they've got a new dance and it goes like this..
(Bop shoo..bop, a bop..mm bop..mm shoo..bop)
yeah, the name of the dance is the Peppermint Twist,
(Bop, bop shoo..bop, a bop..mm bop..mm shoo..bop)
well, you like it like this, the Peppermint Twist.
(Bop bop shoo..bop, a boppa boppa shoo..bop)
CHORUS:
You go round and round, up and down,
round and round, up and down,
round and around and...up and down,
and one, two, three, kick, one, two, three, jump.
#2.
Well, meet me, baby, down on 45th Street,
(Bop bop shoo..bop, a boppa boppa shoo..bop)
where the Peppermint Twisters meet,
(Bop bop shoo..bop, a boppa boppa shoo..bop)
and you'll learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist.
(Bop shoo..bop, boppa boppa shoo..bop)
#3.
It's alright, all night, it's alright,
(it's alright, it's alright, it's alright),
it's okay, all day, it's okay
(it's okay, it's okay, it's okay)
you'll learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist.
CHORUS:
REPEAT #3.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.