I’d Like to Poison Ivy Rodgers & Hart

(Verse 1)

I've got a girl named Ivy

She’s awfully fond of me

She follows me both night and day

I wish she'd let me be

At night, when I am sleeping

I can't forget that face

And if she goes to Heaven, then

I’ll go to the other place

(Chorus)

I'd like to poison Ivy

Because she clings to me

She grabbed me the moment we met

Just a Jane you want to forget

Like Barnum stuck to Bailey

She sticks to me, you see

I'd like to poison Ivy

Because she poisons me

(Verse 2)

I see that face each morning

I see it every night

I look at her at dinnertime

And lose my appetite

She uses mineral lava

And dresses up in silk

But when the moo-cow looks at her

We all drink buttermilk