She comes on like a rose
but everybody knows
she'll get you in dutch
you can look but you better not touch
Poison ivy
poison ivy
late at night while you're sleepin'
poison ivy comes a creepin' around
she's round

she's pretty as a daisy
but look out man she's crazy
she'll really do you in
if you let her get under your skin

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measles make you bumpy
and mumps'll make you lumpy
and chicken pox'll make youjump and twitch
a common cold'll fool ya
and whoopin' 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

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