"Please Don't Touch" (Heath-Robinson) [1:50]

Recorded 18 April 1959 at Abbey Road Studios; released 8 May; enters the UK charts on 12 June. Reaches number 26 on the UK charts.

Johnny Kidd and The Pirates: Fred Heath (vocals), Alan Caddy (guitar), John Gordon (bass), Tom Doherty (rhythm guitar), and Don Toy (drums) with Mike West and Tom Brown (backing vocals).

Walter J. Ridley (executive producer), Peter Sullivan (producer), and Malcolm Addey (balance engineer).

Johnny Kidd and The Pirates. 1992. The Complete Johnny Kidd & the Pirates [1:1]. London: EMI Records Ltd.: [EMI 0777 79994 8 2 3]

Notes and Quotes

	Section	Time	Meas.	Description	Text
A'	intro1	0:00	2 + 4	Guitar starts fast; ensemble slows the tempo; establish hook.	a
A1	verse	0:	8	Vocal solo (slight echo) with ensemble and hook; drums and bass accompany with guitar fill.	b
A2	refrain	:	8	double-tracked or unison vocal.	c
A'	intro2	:	2 + 4	As above.	a
A1	verse	:	8	As in verse above.	d
A2	refrain	:	8	As in refrain above.	c
A'	intro3	:	2	Solo guitar variation on introduction.	——
B	chorus	:	8	vocal solo with drums and bass (drop guitar)	e
A1	verse	:	8	As in verses above.	f
A2	refrain	:	8	As in refrains above.	c
A'	intro1	:	2	Solo guitar from introduction.	——
A'	coda	:	8+	As in intro2 with vocal embellishment over hook and guitar	a'

Text
Now don't you touch me baby 'cause I'm shakin' so much.	a
Ah well there ain't no other woman now makes me feel this way; Ah when she comes up close well I just ain't got a word to say.	b
Please don't touch; I shake so much. (repeat)	c
Well I get so nervous when I see her eyes that shine; She looks right through me and the chills run down my spine.	d
Ah well I don't know why she dug her claws in me; I want to be a bachelor, fancy free; Runnin' from the teacher, boy, what a relief, I'm gonna spend my life shakin' like a leaf.	e
Ah well rememberin' the first time her ruby lips brushed my cheek; I open up my mouth but the rest of me just wouldn't speak.	f

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