POISON IVY
THE COASTERS
SONGWRITERS: JEROME “JERRY”
LEIBER & MIKE STOLLER
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: LET THE GOOD TIMES
ROLL
LABEL: BELL RECORDS
GENRE: R & B
YEAR: 1959
"Poison
Ivy" is a popular song by American songwriting duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was
originally recorded by The Coasters in 1959. It went to #1 on the R&B chart, #7 on the Billboard
Hot 100 chart, and #15 in the UK. This was their third top-ten hit
of that year following "Charlie Brown" and "Along Came Jones".
The song discusses a girl known
as "Poison Ivy". She is compared to measles, mumps, chickenpox,
the common cold,
and whooping cough,
but is deemed worse, because "Poison Ivy, Lord, will make you itch". According to lyricist Jerry
Leiber, "Pure and simple, 'Poison Ivy' is a metaphor for a sexually
transmitted disease".
The
song also makes references to other flowers such as a rose and a daisy.
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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