Jim Adams has challenged us to spice it up this week on Song Lyric Sunday. Terms like Cinnamon/Mint/Parsley/Pepper/Rosemary/Sage/Salt/Thyme were noted in the challenge, and I have gone with peppermint. The song written by Joey Dee and Henry Glover, and released by Joey Dee and the Starliters in 1961. It became a favourite during the Twist dance era. It has had several covers and is just fun.
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Lyrics
Well, gonna do a dance and it goes like this
The name of the dance is the peppermint twist
In a night like this – a peppermint twist
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 go
Well, meet me baby on a Boni’bay Street
The dance where the peppermint twist is me
We want to learn to do this – the peppermint twist
It’s allright, all night
It’s allright (allright, allright, allright)
It’s okay all day
It’s okay (okay, okay, okay)
You want to 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)
You want to learn to do this – the peppermint twist
Come on everybody, lay your hands
Ah, you looking good
I’m gonna sing my song and it won’t take long
I’m 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 go
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I want to 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)
I want to learn to do this – the peppermint twist…
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Henry Glover / Joseph Di Nicola
Peppermint Twist lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management
Oh, memories. But not of the Sweet doing it. Somewhat before, ca.1962/63 maybe. My sister had a Saturday job in a music shop and would bring home *deleted* records.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah thanks for including that second version by the Sweet.
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Great choice! I wanna get up and dance with those three guys. Add one more to the line 😎🎶
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haha! This is such a fun song! Hadn’t heard it in a long time. I love the original, and also that the second video really jazzed it up a lot. 🙂
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We are like twins or something. Same song again this week. I think it’s awesome! My favorite kind of music, the 50’s and 60’s. 🙂
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Been so long since hearing this one. Good tune for the time.
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