Peppermint Jack - Arabesque

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Hey, Peppermint Jack

Hey, Peppermint Jack

Hey, Peppermint Jack

Your hair is gray

And your skin is black

Too old they say

So you got the sack

I recall that we used to buy

Pepperminds from a lovely guy

He had worked for Icecream Joe

Till he was told he had to go

He said to himself this wise old man:

"Ice is gonna melt but peppermint can't"

So he said to us when we came to school:

"Only peppermint really keeps you cool"

"Only peppermint really keeps you cool"

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Then one day he didn't appear

When we heard why, we were in tears

Poor old Jack, how little he earned

Went to the place of no return

With a piece of chalk we wrote on his stone:

"Ice is gonna melt, but peppermint won't"

Never more we heard when we came to school:

"Only peppermint really keeps you cool"

"Only peppermint really keeps you cool"

Chorus

Peppermint, peppermint, peppermint Jack

Peppermint, peppermint, peppermint Jack

Peppermint, peppermint, peppermint Jack