Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie

 

Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday challenge this week is to use size words like Big/Large/Little/Small/Tall/Tiny, as a guide to picking a song.   Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss’ “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini” seems almost a fit (pun intended).  The song was released in 1960 and was performed by Brian Hyland.  The song was a million seller and reached number one.  A later cover reached number 1 in the UK in the 1990s.

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Lyrics:

She was afraid to come out of the locker

She was as nervous as she could be

She was afraid to come out of the locker

She was afraid that somebody would see

Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore!

It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini

That she wore for the first time today.

An itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini

So in the locker she wanted to stay.

Two, three, four, stick around we’ll tell you more!

She was afraid to come out in the open

And so a blanket around her she wore.

She was afraid to come out in the open.

And so she sat bundled up on the shore.

Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore!

It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini.

That she wore for the first time today.

An itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini.

So in the blanket she wanted to stay.

Two, three, four, stick around we’ll tell you more!

Now she is afraid to come out of the water.

And I wonder what she’s gonna do.

‘Cause she’s afraid to come out of the water.

And now the poor little girl’s turning blue.

Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore!

It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini.

That she wore for the first time today.

An itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini.

So in the water she wanted to stay.

From the locker to the blanket,

From the blanket to the shore,

From the shore to the water

Guess there isn’t any more.

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Paul Vance / Lee Pockriss

Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie lyrics © Emily Music Corp