Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini

Brian Hyland

Written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss



Peaked at # 1 in 1960

Co-songwriter Paul Vance was inspired to write this song after seeing his 2-year old daughter

Paula play at the beach in her bathing suit. Later featured in the 1962 comedy film One, Two,

Three, starring Jimmy Cagney & Arlene Francis, with the Russians using the song to try to

torture

a suspected spy.



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 teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini

So in the locker she wanted to stay

(Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell ya 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 teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini

So in the blanket she wanted to stay

(Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell ya more)



Now she's afraid to come of the water

And I wonder what she's gonna do

Now she's afraid to come out of the water

And the poor little girl's turnin' 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 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