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 neat
(pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)
Ya gonna learn to do this, the peppermint twist
(pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)
It's allright, all night
It's allright (allright, allright, allright)
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)
Ya wanna learn to do this, the peppermint twist
(pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)
Come on everybody, clap your hands
Ah, your looking good
I'm gonna sing my song and it won't take long
Were 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 ooh ooh pap pap
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)
Ya wanna learn to do this, the peppermint twist
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)
Ya wanna learn to do this, the peppermint twist