Fever

A popular song from 1956.
Words and music by Eddie Cooley and John Davenport (Otis Blackwell).

The sheet music:

Fever – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Fever – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Never know how much I love you
    Never know how much I care
    When you put your arms around me
    I get a fever that’s so hard to bear
    You give me fever when you kiss me
    Fever when you hold me tight
    Fever in the morning
    Fever all through the night
    Ev’rybody’s got the fever
    That is something you all know
    Fever isn’t such a new thing
    Fever started long ago
  2. Sun lights up the daytime
    Moon lights up the night
    I light up when you call my name
    And you know I’m gonna treat you right
    You give me fever when you kiss me
    Fever when you hold me tight
    Fever in the morning
    Fever all through the night
  3. Romeo loved Juliet
    Juliet, she felt the same
    When he put his arms around her
    He said, “Julie, baby, your my flame
    Thou givest fever when we kisseth
    Fever with thy flaming youth
    Fever, I’m a-fire
    Fever, yeah, I burn forsooth”
  4. Captain Smith and Pocahontas
    Had a very mad affair
    When her daddy tried to kill him
    She said, “Daddy-o, don’t you dare
    Give me fever with his kisses
    Fever when he holds me tight
    Fever, I’m his missus
    Oh, Daddy, won’t you treat him right?
  5. Now you’ve listened to my story
    Here’s the point that I have made
    Chicks were born to give you fever
    Be it Fahrenheit or centigrade
    They give you fever when you kiss them
    Fever if you live and learn
    Fever till you sizzle
    What a lovely way to burn