What did he say? Misunderstood lyrics.

Hey Eddaytona,

Here are the real lyrics of Louie Louie, as written and copyrighted by Richard Berry (Limax Music), and performed by the Kingsmen (note: this is NOT the Iggy Pop version):

Louie Louie, me gotta go.
Louie Louie, me gotta go.
A fine little girl, she wait for me.
Me catch the ship across the sea.
I sailed the ship all alone.
I never think I'll make it home.

Louie Louie, me gotta go ...

Three nights and days we sailed the sea.
Me think of girl constantly.
On the ship, I dream she there.
I smell the rose in her hair.

Louie Louie, me gotta go.

Me see Jamaican moon above.
It won't be long me see me love.
Me take her in my arms and then
I tell her I never leave again.

Louie Louie, me gotta go."

Dweller - where in Gallows Pole are you referring to? I'm guessing the last verse, the closest line of which is "She warmed my blood from cold". Unfortunately, I don't think there is a definitive version of the lyrics (Plant sang it differently on different occasions), but here's the gist of the last verse:

"Yes you got a fine sister,
She warmed my blood from cold.
She/we warmed/brought my blood to boiling hot,
To keep you from the gallows pole.
Your brother brought me silver,
Your sister warmed my soul,
But now I laugh and pull so hard,
And see you swinging on the gallows pole...

Dweller, I double checked it yesterday, and you can tell your friend he's definitely wrong. It kind of threw me that his proposed lyric had "she" in it, because "she" doesn't appear in the last minute or so of the song. The "she" is, in fact, "see", as in "see-saw" - the motion made by someone who is hanging by the neck (as is the subject of the song at the time). Here's the lyrics of the two lines at issue:

"See-saw, Margaret Daw, gotta swing
See-saw, knock on my door, I, I gotta swing, ah-ha-ha"

Some claim that "Margaret" is in fact "Marjorie", but either way, nothing about "she" or "ugly".