Twistin Postman:Marvelettes.
#13 R&B and #34 on BB Hot 100
on TAMLA Records in 1961.
INTRO:
Sitting by the window..feeling sad and blue.
All because I haven t heard from you.
#1.
And then my momma said, look, look, here comes
the postman a-Twistin down the avenue.
He s got a letter in his hand and I know it has
to be for you.
CHORUS:
He s got the mail sack a-Twistin round his back
cause he s a Twistin postman.
#2.
A-he s a-Twistin to the left, Twistin to the right..
Twistin all around and round.
If he didn t bring a letter, to make me feel better..
I was gonna put you down.
I m so glad he came in time, to ease this achin heart
of mine..cause he s a Twistin postman.
BRIDGE:
Hey!!..(Twistin ..postin and returnin .)
Oh, yeah..(Twistin ..postin and returnin .)
Whoaaa..ooooh!! (Twistin ..bringin me a letter.)
Hey!!..he s a-twistin down the street..
(make me feel better.)
The mail sack, a-swingin round his back..
//
cause he s a..
(INTERLUDE:) () (Twist out..Twistin to the left..) ()
(Twistin postman!)
(HAND-CLAPPING:) () (Ah-ha! look at him go!!) ( )
CHORUS:
He s got the mail sack a-Twistin round his back
cause he s a Twistin postman.
#3.
A-he s a-Twistin to the left, Twistin to the right..
Twistin all around and round.
If he didn t bring a letter, to make me feel better..
I was gonna put you down.
I m so glad he came in time, to ease this achin heart
of mine..cause he s a Twistin postman.
OUTRO:
look, look, here comes the postman, a-Twistin down
the avenue.
He s got a letter in his hand and I know it has
to be for you..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.