April Stevens and Nino Tempo are brother and sister, Carol & Antonino Tempio. Nino wrote "Teach Me Tiger" in 1959, it was released the first time on single and on album in 1960.
April Stevens
Teach Me Tiger

Teach me tiger I would kiss you.. wa wa wa wah
Show me tiger i´ll would kiss you.. wa wa wa wah
Take my lips, they belong to you..
But teach me first, teach me what to do..

Touch me tiger when i´m close to you wa wa wa wa wa
Help me tiger I don't know what to do wa wa wa wah
I know that you could love me to
But show me first, show me what to do
This is the first love, that I have ever known
What must I do to make you my wery own.. ?

Teach me tiger and I will teeease you wa wa wa wah
Tiger tiger I want to squeeze you wa wa wa wah
All of my love I will give to you
But teach me TIGER.. or I´ll teach you

Ooh.. tiger .. tiigeeR.. tigrrrR..

Overall Meaning

"Teach Me Tiger" by April Stevens is a sultry and seductive song about a woman who is inexperienced in love and wants her partner to teach her the ways of the world. The use of the word "tiger" throughout the song adds to the animalistic and primal nature of the lyrics. The song opens with the woman asking to be kissed, but only if her partner teaches her what to do first. She is eager to learn and be taught by her partner, whom she knows can love her, but only after she knows what to do.

As the song progresses, the woman continues to ask her partner to touch her and help her learn what to do. She is completely vulnerable and willing to give all of her love to him if he can just teach her the ways of the world. The chorus repeats the phrase "teach me tiger" as a plea for guidance and instruction. The woman is obsessed with her partner, referring to him as a "tiger" and wanting to squeeze and tease him. The song ends on a passionate note with the woman assertively saying that she will teach her partner if he does not teach her first.

Line by Line Meaning

Teach me tiger I would kiss you.. wa wa wa wah
I want you to teach me the art of being close to someone, so I can kiss you.

Show me tiger i´ll would kiss you.. wa wa wa wah
Demonstrate to me how to attract someone's attention so that I can kiss you.

Take my lips, they belong to you..
You have the right to kiss me because I belong to you.

But teach me first, teach me what to do..
But first, give me guidance on how to do it right.

Touch me tiger when i´m close to you wa wa wa wa wa
Touch me when we're together so that I'll learn what to do.

Help me tiger I don't know what to do wa wa wa wah
I want your help because I'm clueless about what to do.

I know that you could love me to
I'm confident that you could love me.

But show me first, show me what to do
But first, demonstrate what I need to do to win your love.

This is the first love, that I have ever known
This is my first experience with love.

What must I do to make you my wery own.. ?
What do I need to do to become your exclusive partner?

Teach me tiger and I will teeease you wa wa wa wah
If you teach me, I'll be able to seduce and excite you.

Tiger tiger I want to squeeze you wa wa wa wah
I want to hug and cuddle with you, my tiger.

All of my love I will give to you
I'm offering you all of my love.

But teach me TIGER.. or I´ll teach you
But I need you to show me how to please you, otherwise I might teach you something you don't enjoy.

Ooh.. tiger .. tiigeeR.. tigrrrR..
Just some playful and flirtatious sounds to express my affection for my tiger.

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: APRIL STEVENS, NINO TEMPO

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@borntodie9318

3y↑71

Lyrics:
Hi Tiger
Teach me Tiger how to kiss you
Show me Tiger how to kiss you
Take my lips, they belong to you

But teach me first, teach me what to do
Touch me Tiger when I'm close to you
Help me Tiger, I don't know what to do
I know that you could love me to
But show me first, show me what to do
This is the first love that I have ever known

What must I do to make you my very own?
Teach me Tiger how to tease you
Tiger, Tiger I wanna squeeze you
All of my love I will give to you
But teach me Tiger or I'll teach you

Tiger
Tiger
Tiger

@jill.....

3y↑1

Hi Tiger
Teach me Tiger how to kiss you
Show me Tiger how to kiss you
Take my lips, they belong to you

But teach me first, teach me what to do

Touch me Tiger when I'm close to you
Help me Tiger, I don't know what to do
I know that you could love me to

But show me first, show me what to do

This is the first love that I have ever known
What must I do to make you my very own?

Teach me Tiger how to tease you
Tiger, Tiger I wanna squeeze you
All of my love I will give to you

But teach me Tiger or I'll teach you

Tiger
Tiger
Tiger

♡

All comments from YouTube:

@baibulekov91

30w↑47

Песня огонь 🔥 Фанатам Кухни, привет🫰🏻

@MC-iw9jp

4y↑1.3K

We were watching To The Lake in Netflix and this came up and me and my husband could not stop giggling

@ImperadorLucius

4y↑56

i'm having this moment but alone, every single time

@sibabalenqumse5280

4y↑7

I know

@fof1353

4y↑42

I bet your husband liked the scene where this song plays for the first time haha

@yahyamuhammad3350

4y↑2

hahahahaha

@davegahan5154

4y↑1

Matt J I did! Haha

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@MayVilMa

1y↑40

Heard this song for the first time over 40 years ago when my mom played it on the record player. Fell in love with it then, and I'm still loving it. ❤️

@cinnamonpop890

51w↑1

very beautiful

@philipnorris6542

22w↑1

Too right.

@luciabastianini7930

2y↑29

Música maravilhosa amo demais à muito tempo!😍❤❤❤❤

@klebercinefilo3050

36w↑5

Eu tbm amo

@tj6454

4y↑223

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting April Stevens several times. Once, she said that this was the first song banned from the radio. It was such a controversy back then. She chuckled and, loved the fact that she sang the first banned song from the radio. She is such a beautiful soul inside and out ❤️

@rw8733

4y↑19

It's pure filth. No wonder it was banned. 😂 It's a great song. How times have changed.

@Bramhaprahastra

3y↑18

I just can't imagine how fortunate the man might have been, to whoem she is actually singing this song.Double Trouble....Respect!

@vertolia

3y↑6

Fantastic! Lucky you to have met her in person. The original version of the song is awesome and I am probably going to get a lick of grief for saying it but this original version is far superior to Christine’s version used in the tv series To The Lake

@Gifted.LIl.Thang884

3y↑7

Its almost like poetry and her voice lord have mercy lol

@copperhammer

1y↑5

I had the pleasure of meeting April Stevens. Yes, she is a beautiful soul inside and out.And she is and she stays to be a Grand Lady. It makes me sick to my stomach listening or seeing todays Gramy Winners.

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@jurandirfortes8254

46w↑9

🎈😃belissima musica, me deixou saudades😁🎈

@williancouto3141

4y↑15

Adoro essa música! ouvir ela uma vez e nunca mas saiu da minha mente.

@auroragibson9768

40w↑6

Lembro-me da minha adolescência. Quantas saudades!
😍😍😍

@klebercinefilo3050

36w↑2

Eu tbm lembro

@Celler2

20w↑2

How such a track got lost to time. This song and style is so satisfying!

@osvaldoboscobentesnogueira9687

2y↑19

Linda essa música,linda como a cantora!!

@user-ke8ny8iz5q

3y↑15

Это шедевр с большой буквы!!!!

@soniamariafariarabelo9685

3y↑15

Uuuuuooouuu!Maguinifica esta música.Adoro cantá-la, as entonações ...Hummm

@osvaldoboscobentesnogueira9687

2y↑5

Linda essa música,e ela canta com uma sensualidade impressionante,linda essa cantora, salvei esse vídeo pra sempre!!

@drstevie

5y↑45

On repeat play...over & over. So beautiful.

@osvaldoboscobentesnogueira9687

2y↑5

Essa música não me canso de escuta-la e essa cantora é linda!!

@norbertwerner6926

1y↑27

What a beautiful voice.
I loved this song since a long time.
I'll be sorry, she passed on 17. April 2023 R.I.P

@alvarojr.339

4y↑7

Essa música tocou muito nas rádios brasileiras em 1965....escutei muito na época e adorava essa música...uma voz linda e um jeito sexy de cantar...

@marciopradodecarvalho6357

Eu me lembro dela de 1971/72

@osvaldoboscobentesnogueira9687

2y↑1

Que música,linda !

@arnoldkellner2173

4y↑79

I heard this in 1966. My best friend in college had this on an album. I fell in love with this song.

@VampireOfBlack

3y↑3

I’m sure this is so nostalgic now :)

@philipnorris6542

42w

It's great.

@Malarkeydo

44w↑5

I discovered this song when the Ultra Lounge CDs came out in the late 90's. It oozes late 50's-early 60's vibes. Everyone I have played it for howled in laughter. Yes it's great, but wow, it is a product of the era. And I celebrate that, love it, but recognize it for what it is.

@jessiBundy-mh2mu

35w↑1

I’m just hearing about the CD Ultra lounge. I’m definitely hooked. Heard this song pop up in a Russian Netflix series. I immediately recognized it. Before my time, but my house growing up played everything

@divadatrakina3440

26w↑2

Maravilhosa 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩❤

@user-gn3xi8um8y

2y↑6

Одна из самых лучших песен 60х

@kitrichardson5573

3y↑15

really catchy song. She won a Grammy award in 1963 for a duet she did with her brother. I was reading about that song called “deep purple“ when I found out this one was recorded in the late 50s and was banned from most radio stations at the time

@waynerm401

1960

@robertgrant3034

3y↑26

We wore this record out playing it over and over again at our fraternity house in 1965!

@pride4928

2y↑4

I bet life was so much simpler back in those days, I envy those who were born before phones and the internet, an experience I will never get

@marbert01

2y↑4

Dzwadziesia kilka lat sluchalem tego nagrania z kasety. Dzisiaj znalazlem to tutaj. Dziekuje i Pozdrawiam, marbert. ps. PRZEPIEKNE....

@williamssantosdeoliveira3282

2y↑1

Gosto muito dessa música parabéns pelo canal !

@ernidamariaribeiro7196

3y↑2

Maravilhosa 😍

@montsesr2809

50w

Preciosa canción melancolía y bonito voz.

@marcosgilbertoscudeler3470

3y↑2

Música maravilhaosa

@JoseRomero-xs4rn

5y↑5

😘 Amo esta canción es muy hermosa 💕

@antoniocarlospereira2221

4y↑3

Essas músicas lindas maravilhosas que marcaram minha vida

@drstevie

5y↑13

So beautiful . What a song / vocal.

@user-hm3ge7cr5w

1y↑5

10 лет уже слушаю мне так нравится наслаждаюсь

@BigBobber19

5y↑21

Brother Nino's guitar is as haunting as April's voice...they went on to great fame as Nino Tempo and April Stevens, but this was absolute genius.

@marcoantoniolamounier42

Linda música

@borntodie9318

3y↑71

@beachem1

Thanks

@johncook7568

3y↑11

Absolutely bloody fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@pedrodonlll9540

4y↑2

Tão linda ♥️🖤

@ernestinamoreiradasilva3995

5y↑26

Finalmente achei essa música 😍😍😍❤

@sergeylavrov286

5y↑2

Passei quase um mês atrás dela kkk

@ernestinamoreiradasilva3995

5y↑3

@wagner santos eu passei foi anos kkkkkkk

@pedrodouglas3hotmail

5y↑6

Jogo aberto kkkkkkkkkkkk

@odairsoares1039

5y↑3

Me lembro dos meus 7, 8 anos...saudades!!

@sergeylavrov286

5y↑1

@Ernestina Moreira Da Silva Eu super imagino kkkk

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@osvaldoboscobentesnogueira9687

2y↑1

Que música, que cantora,linda e sensual cantando!!

@peixotogilson

1y↑1

Tão linda música

@Apozanolotl

2y↑1

Remember hearing this song on the radio, glad I found it again. 🖤

@MrGeedog1968

5y↑18

Seductively beautiful song, her brother's playing in the background makes it so haunting, a friend told me about this

@montsesr2809

48w↑2

Que sensualidad y preciosa canción bonita voz

@ludesvitor3899

2y↑4

Amooo!! Uma das músicas mas eróticas do mundo!!

@luftwaffe3526

3y↑47

Блин, вот я металюга, слушаю и рок и метал, раньше вообще блэк метал слушал но я тащусь от этой песни!!)

@tombombadil4222

2y↑2

Same, brother

@unknxwn0891

2y↑11

Тоже самое, все из за сериала кухня

@tatianatolmacheva2321

@S1eepWa1ker а я после Эпидемия

@user-zf9hf3kc1x

2y↑2

20 лет только рок и тут случайно радио выдал мне эту песню, проооосто тащусь

@svetlanacanani669

1y↑6

@Sleepwalker
У меня тоже после Кухни😊

@pulseburst

3y↑11

This song is amazing, I thought people like madonna were supposed to be raunchy or the more recent rihanna or nicki minaj, but can you imagine when this came out?! Surprised i've never heard it its so cool

@jonhsonbezerra3426

3y↑2

Uma viagem a tudo de bom na minha infância.

@MrJefferson9195

5y↑24

Depois de muita luta,muitas pesquisas, muitas noites , consegui encontrar essa música o/

@luanacalazans4254

/2 🤣🤣🤣

@romariogabriel6338

4y↑6

Renata Fan quando aparece o Alisson 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@cinderelo69

4y↑2

Pra quê tanto sofrimento? Era só usar o shazam kk

@PedroHenrique-hu5wd

4y↑1

@John eu pesquisei no google "Música que no começo tem uma batida de carro" ai achei HAHAHAHAHAHA

@lilacnoir8776

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, me ensina tigrão 🐅😄😊

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@TimothyForbesXXI

1y↑2

This should probably be played on WCNY on their show Ciao Italiana!!! Incredible song that was a foretelling of what was to come, and an enjoyable one at that!!!

@cheriegoodwin6819

2y↑4

I Remember hearing this song for the first time in the 60s ..love it...

@carlosoliveira8812

2y↑2

Aqui no Brasil ouvia muito fez parte de um LP proibido na década de 70 super erótica

@altonalvares9113

3y↑55

Me and my wife too couldn't stop giggling, after listening to this, found it in one of the episode's from "call the midwife" Netflix

@cynthiastewart5374

2y↑12

FINALLY someone who heard it on " Call the midwife" on Netflix too
I was beginning to think I was the only one

@conquesotador

2y↑2

@Cynthia Stewart love this song because of that show.

@devanmoran

2y↑2

thank you call the midwife (:

@esmematthews6984

36w

I heard it on Call the Midwife too!😃

@arithenugget5569

27w

Same! I have no clue what “To the lake” is but call the midwife used it so perfectly, we all couldn’t stop laughing. How those actors kept a straight face I’ll never know

@mariainesfenner3810

Linda de mais

@ariadneferreira-leituras1301

3y↑4

I love this song 💓🌹

@yorleytrujilloofernandez865

Excelente temazo

@martinmller7410

1y↑1

Oh yes.. The good times are really gone.. What a voice.

@mariadefatimaferreiradesou42

1y↑2

Amo essa música

@nostalgia41

uma pena que essa cantora morreu recentemente

@Dare2DreamBig

Oh my God I’m just into the 4th episode up to the lake and through those 4 episodes this song keeps coming on and it was like I had to find out what it was because I absolutely ❤ it.

@patriciagaldino5750

2y↑1

Assistindo the Lake na Netflix, vim procurar o tema romântico da série 👍♥️

@sumitdhyani2057

4y↑4

Amazing song.

@mehmetdurmaz8772

3y↑1

bayiliyorum bu kadinin sesine gecmise goturuyor resmen

@elodiedb9957

J'adore cette chanson 💖 Je l'ai découverte grâce au début du film (et grâce à Shazam) "les fantasmes" des frères Foenkinos.

@SuperWAZZZZZZUP

2y↑1

I hope they continue to play this song in series 2 of ‘To The Lake’!

@MarianIliephotography

3y↑5

I can't stop singing "teach me tiger....ohohohohoh"😂😂🤩

@diegoarmata5573

2y↑1

La sensualidad también se puede escuchar y esta canción tiene mucha pero mucha sensualidad 🙌🏻

@terricupp7501

2y↑3

Just heard this song on "Call the Midwife" Love it ❤

@woodchuckcider1

3y↑8

This is my new ringtone.

@marcinjazdzewski4380

10y↑9

this song is amazing.

@Hooda18th007

4y↑12

To the Lake brought me here, I don’t understand how a song this amazing go missing for so many years!! Love this song!!

@Gifted.LIl.Thang884

3y↑1

She making me wana write erotic sensual naughty poetry uggghhh

@Gifted.LIl.Thang884

3y↑1

Like seducing the mental, being naughty to the visual and leave the hunger dripping

@Hooda18th007

3y↑1

@Gifted Lil Thang 884 Absolutely

@Gifted.LIl.Thang884

3y↑1

@Aziz Rivera she does something to the mind.. it's like painting words in stupendous musical arts... making love to all senses..

@sidneysilva01

Excelente pra uma noite de amor

@JayJay-nc7pr

5y↑11

And people say only 60s could be sexy!! This is a classic 50s song that’s very sexy

@michealoceallaigh4716

3y↑11

Along with "fever", this is a song that requires a rare talent to do it justice, (I wonder how many people were conceived whilst this song was playing in the background)

@1972coc

Dhá nóiméad a Mhichíl? ☺

@tugceparlar4157

i fell in love with this song 🎉❤

@ruthbarretobarretoandrade2192

Música linda ,Hoje 14/11/2021

@alialqahtani7933

Excellent soundtrack and best movie 🎥

@jill.....

3y↑1

@rebeccalouiserendon2368

41w

I couldn't help myself, it's my new inside joke 😂

@MrChaney4

9y↑50

I have loved this song since I first heard it. In Germany. In the Army. Bought it from a street vendor. Beautiful lady and a, I think, one beautiful and sexy song.

@backwardinary

When I was a kid in the 80’s, my cousin used to listen to this song when I was not around, he used to say I was too young for that, even not being from an English speaking country, neither of us could understand a word back then. 😂

@yassirsiddiqi2047

This song always hits me hard after #tothelake

@marior6295

4y↑12

If there was a Netflix's and chill soundtrack this song would be part of that collection.

@cupcake0212

4y↑7

I heard this song on a show called “Call the midwife” on Netflix and I just broke out into a fit of laughter when I heard this song and now I have to watch To the Lake because everyone is talking about it 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@natalyag.1896

5y↑12

Ах, как чувственно ..

@Tiqerboy

9y↑18

I just heard this on the radio. God, there's a lot of tigerrific music out there I don't know about, LOL.

@priscillaassuncao3230

4y↑1

Bbb18 gleice e Wagner, essa música é muito linda 🇧🇷❤️

@AlicGlml

Qué gran canción. ❤️ Hacía youtube para buscarla jajaja el lago qué

@jasonhays5052

3y↑3

Thank goodness for the internet, I heard this song on Call the Midwife on Netflix and it made me giggle. Found it right away on YouTube.

@olivermanuel2642

Llegue aqui por la serie hacia el lago buena rola!! ❤

@dts4957

3y↑1

ОГОНЬ!!!!!

@banksiasong

5y↑31

Wow, songs were so sexy in the sixties. Love this.

@iulianakuznetcova9445

5y↑1

Not only in the 60-s😉

@bigblockjalopy

3y↑1

1959

@OSKOSYSForClients

31w

Can you recommend some more?

@meralbedeloglu1497

4y↑8

Şarkı sadece beni bambaşka yerlere götürmüş olamaz :)

@sinthemix5188

Tek değilsin:)

@ferdiyilmaz1456

Yalnız değilsin

@ylst8874

39w

❤ beautiful

@jeannedamonte4463

1y↑1

Me with my boyfriend on telephone line: "Hi, tiger" 😅
In other hand, I love 50's and 60's song. Nostalgic.

@LillianaFanStrangerThings

i love music 80s and now era.

@Zemepatis

Super song, learned about it from Tv series 👌

@antoniamariasilva4789

Amo

@IracemaMendes-tf2bg

5y↑3

Coloca ela traduzida com voz por favor obrigado

@ulisesmavridis

Rest in Peace April Stevens. Your passing really hurts

@jermster17

3y↑3

I can't think of romance without thinking of this song.

@redv2815

46w

😊rozbiiesz się do utworu

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