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From the album Please Please Me, Twist and Shout was a #2 Pop hit for The Beatles in 1964.

It was also a #2 hit for The Isley Brothers on Twist & Shout! in 1962.

Songwriter:
Bert Russell & Phil Medley

J's Journal:
Long before the Olsen Twins, the Doublemint Twins, and even the Bobbsey Twins, there were Isaac and Rebekah's twin sons, Esau and Jacob. These guys were anything BUT identical twins. Everybody knows about Jacob, who went on to even greater fame as Israel. This songs focuses on his older (slightly) brother. As it says in Genesis 25:25, "The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau." I think I remember getting the idea for this song on a car trip on the way back from Jumonville PA in the mid-1990's.
Stats:
Genre: Oldies
Length: 2:24

Twins Came Out
Parody of "Twist and Shout" by The Beatles
(Gen 25:24-27)

When Jacob was a baby now (Jake was a baby)
Twins came out (Twins came out)
He wasn't, he wasn't, he wasn't, he wasn't the baby now (Wasn't the baby)
Who was the first to come out (First to come out)
You know the first to come out now (First to come out)
You know he looked so red (Looked so red)
He could have played for Cincinnati now (Played for the Reds)
Became a hunter instead (Became a hunter instead)
When Jacob was a baby now (Jake was a baby)
Twins came out (Twins came out)
He wasn't, he wasn't, he wasn't, he wasn't the baby now (Wasn't the baby)
Who was the first to come out (First to come out)
You know, the first little boy (First little boy)
You know he looked so wild (Looked so wild)
He barely needed winter clothing now (Needed winter clothing)
He was a hairy little child (Hairy little child)
LEAD E-sau -- ah -- ah -- ah -- ah Whoahhh!
When Jacob was a baby now (Jake was a baby)
Twins came out (Twins came out)
He wasn't, he wasn't, he wasn't, he wasn't the baby now (Wasn't the baby)
Who was the first to come out (First to come out)
You know the twins' little mom (Twins' little mom)
She knew the twins would fight (Twins would fight)
Cause they were wrestlin' deep inside her now (Wrestlin' inside her)
Just like the Lord prophesied (Lord prophesied)
When Jacob, Jacob was a baby now (3x)

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