Edit (version 1) for headphones. This is the "crisp" version, with güïro (ratchet-like sound). It was on a single, together with "Fortune teller", but the single was withdrawn, so only a few hundred copies exist. Released January 1964 on an EP that also had "Bye Bye Johnny", "Money" and "You Better Move On" on it. The first 15 seconds Brian sings second voice, as well as 0:35 to 0:40 and further on, like 1:53 and so on. I think this was the reason the group re-recorded the song. Pity, "Brian's" version sure is the best. There is a take of this first version WITHOUT güïro on the bootleg "No Stone Unturned + 7 bonus".
First recorded on August 18, 1963, this take was suppose to be released as the follow-up single to "Come On", but it never happened. It was released in the UK on the album "Saturday Club" in Jan, 1964. Re-recorded November 14, 1963 and released in the UK on the EP "The Rolling Stones", on Jan 10, 1964. Released in the US on "More Hot Rocks 2", in 1972.
Electric guitars: Brian Jones & Keith Richards. Background vocals: Brian Jones (also vocal harmony), Mick Jagger & Bill Wyman. Lead vocals & güïro: Mick Jagger. Bass: Bill Wyman. Drums: Charlie Watts.
POISON IVY
(Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller)
she comes on like a rose
and everybody knows
she'll get you in Dutch
you can look but you'd better not touch
poison ivy, poison ivy
well late at night when you're sleeping
poison ivy comes a creeping all around
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
poison ivy, poison ivy
well late at night when you're sleeping
poison ivy comes a creeping all around
measles make you bumpy and mumps'll make you lumpy
and chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch
a common cold'll cool you but whooping cough'll fool you
but poison ivy's gonna make you itch
you're gonna need an ocean
of calamine lotion
you'll be scratching like a hound
the minute you start to mess around
poison ivy, poison ivy
well late at night when you're sleeping
poison ivy comes a creeping all around
measles make you bumpy and mumps'll make you lumpy
and chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch
a common cold'll cool you and whooping cough'll fool you
but poison ivy's gonna make you itch
you're gonna need an ocean
of calamine lotion
you'll be scratching like a hound
the minute you start to mess around
poison ivy, poison ivy
well late at night when you're sleeping
poison ivy comes a creeping all around
la la la la
la la la la
la la la la
la la la la
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