The Twist
((French Version: Le Twist (Les Chaussettes Noires) - 1961))
Composer(s): Hank Ballard
First recording/First release by: Hank Ballard and The Midnighters - 1958/1959
Covered by multiple other artists



Come on baby let's do the twist
Come on baby let's do the twist
Take me by my little hand and go like this 
Ee-oh twist baby, baby twist 
Ooh-yeah just like this 
Come on little miss and do the twist 

My daddy is sleeping and mama ain't around 
Yeah daddy is sleeping and mama ain't around 
We're gonna twisty, twisty, twisty '
Till we turn the house down 
Come on and twist yeah baby twist 
Ooh-yeah just like this 
Come on little miss and do the twist 

Yeah you should see my little Sis 
You should see my, my little Sis 
She really knows how to rock 
She knows how to twist 
Come on and twist yeah baby twist 
Ooh-yeah just like this 
Come on little miss and do the twist 
Yeah rock on now 
Yeah twist on now 
Twist