Shadows Of The Old Bayou Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Horton
Shadows Of The Old Bayou
Written and recorded by Johnny Horton
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Strolling in the evening when the moon's hanging low
Just walking talking baby cause I
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miss you so
With
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twilight kisses this evening
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dew
I miss you
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baby in the shadows of the old
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bayou
My thoughts keep a-haunting the memories of you
Can't eat sleep don't know w
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hat I'm to do
My
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heart keeps a-calling calling for
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you
I need you
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baby in the shadows of the old
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bayou
Now when
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shadows fall on the
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bayou
And
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whippoorwills call through the
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night
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perfume of the sweet
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magnolia
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When I'm holding you oh s
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tight
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I'm just a-dreaming and a-scheming just a-planning my dear
Just thinking wishing darling you
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were
here
For my
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heart it misses it misses sweet
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you
I am so
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lonesome in the shadows of the old
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bayou
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Shadows Of The Old Bayou?
- The song Shadows Of The Old Bayou 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.
