Peppermint Jack - Arabesque

Peppermint JackHey, Peppermint JackHey, Peppermint JackHey, Peppermint JackYour hair is grayAnd your skin is blackToo old they saySo you got the sackI recall that we used to buyPeppermint from a lovely guyHe had worked for 'Ice-cream Joe'Till he was told he had to goHe 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"Hey, Peppermint JackHey, Peppermint JackHey, Peppermint JackYour hair is grayAnd your skin is blackToo old they saySo you got the sackThen one day he didn't appearWhen we heard why, we were in tearsPool old Jack, how little he earnedWent to the place of no returnWith 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"...Hey, Peppermint JackHey, Peppermint JackHey, Peppermint JackYour hair is grayAnd your skin is blackToo old they saySo you got the sack...