Got The Bull By The Horns Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Horton
Got The Bull By The Horns
Recorded by Johnny Horton
Written by Amos Boyd and Billy Jones
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I love the brunets the red heads and blonde haired girls
Yeah I done it since I don't know when
Used to go down the line and I love 'em all been start out over again
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Start out over
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I got the bull by the horns on a downhill drag
Think it's better than it ever have been
Yeah I missed a lotta lovin' in my lifetime
But I'm never gonna do it again I'm
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never gonna do it
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Well as a boy in school guess I done pretty well
All the girls all around me then
But I acted shy and I let 'em get away
But I'm never gonna do it again
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never gonna do it
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I've been a rompin' and a stompin' all over this town
Tryin' to find the places you've been
Cause I missed your huggin' at last go-round
So I think that's goin' round again
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yeah let's go-roun
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Got The Bull By The Horns?
- The song Got The Bull By The Horns was sang by Johnny Horton.
Who is Johnny Horton?
- John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 - November 5, 1960) was an American country music, honky tonk and rockabilly singer and musician, during the 1950s and early 1960s, best known for his saga songs that became international hits beginning with the 1959 single "The Battle of New Orleans", which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and in 2001 ranked No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century". His first No. 1 country song was in 1959, "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)".
Horton's music usually encompassed folk ballads based on American historic themes and legend. He had two successes in 1960 with both "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska," the latter utilized over the opening credits to the John Wayne film of the same name. Horton died in November 1960 at the peak of his fame in a traffic collision, less than two years after his breakthrough. Horton is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
