Artist: The Coasters (peak Billboard position # 7 in 1959) Words and Music by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller
(Thought by some to not be about a plant at all, but rather a young lady with a social disease)
She comes on like a rose but everybody knows She'll get you in Dutch You can look but you better not touch
Poison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-y Late at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes a'creepin' Arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound
She's pretty as a daisy but look out man she's crazy She'll really do you in If you let her under your skin
Poison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-y Late at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes a'creepin' Arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound
Measles make you bumpy And mumps'll make you lumpy And chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch A common cold'll fool ya And whooping cough can cool ya But poison ivy, Lord'll make you itch!!
You're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotion You'll be scratchin' like a hound The minute you start to mess around
Poison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-y Late at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes a'creepin' Arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound
Measles make you bumpy And mumps'll make you lumpy And chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch A common cold'll fool ya And whooping cough can cool ya But poison ivy, Lord'll make you itch!!
You're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotion You'll be scratchin' like a hound The minute you start to mess around
Poison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-y Late at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes a'creepin' Arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound
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Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz ronhontz@worldnet.att