NO CHEMISE, PLEASEArtist: Gerry Granahan--(peak Billboard position #23 in 1958)Words and music byJodi D'Amour, Arnold Goland, and Gerry Granahan (Granahan also formed Dickey Doo and the Don'ts and The Fireflies)I had a date for the hop last nightUp to her door everything seemed rightBut to my surprise as I opened the doorI couldn't tell the front from the back"Cause she was wearin' a sack dressWhew what a mess!The last time I saw her, man what a shape!!And now she's got a shape like an egg!No chemise, please, not for me, pleaseWell you can take back the sack, leave it hangin' on the rack And bring a sweater back!!When we arrived at the hopWe started in doin' the strollI told her I wanted to stopBut she wanted rock and rollI told her forty times and it really was a crimeI was talkin' to the back of her head!!No chemise, please, not for me, pleaseWell you can take back the sack, leave it hangin' on the rack And bring a sweater back!!---yeah(instrumental interlude)Sure would like to find the creatorWho covered up my baby in this tentHe musta been a woman-haterI keep wonderin' where the wiggle wentSo won't you change the fad, have pity on me pleasePut 'er back in her dungareesNo chemise, please, not for me, pleaseWell you can take back the sack, leave it hangin' on the rack And bring a sweater back!!No chemise, please, not for me, pleaseWell you can take back the sack, leave it hangin' on the rack Bring a sweater back!!Transcribed by Ronald E.
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