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 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 (Till fade)