Billy Billy Bayou Song Lyrics and Chords by Jim Reeves
Billy Billy Bayou
recorded by Jim Reeves
written by Roger Miller
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Back about eighteen hundred and some
A Louisiana couple had a
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red headed
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son
No name suited him Jim Jack or Joe
They just called him
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Billy
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Bayou
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Billy Billy Bayou
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watch where you go
You're
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walking on quick sand
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and walk slow
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Billy Billy Bayou
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watch what you say
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A pretty girl'll get you
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one of these days
Billy was a boy kinda big for his size
Red hair and freckles and
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big blue
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eyes
Thirteen years from the day he was born
Bill fought the battles of
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the Little Big
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Horn
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One sad day Billy cried ho-ho
I can whip the feathers of
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Geroni
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mo
He smarted off the chief got mad
This nearly ended our
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Louisiana
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lad
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One day in eighteen seventy eight
A pretty girl walked through
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Bill's front
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gate
He didn't know whether to stand there and run
He wound up married cause he
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did neither
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Billy Billy Bayou?
- The song Billy Billy Bayou was sang by Jim Reeves.
Who is Jim Reeves?
- James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923 - July 31, 1964) was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter. With records charting from the 1950s to the 1980s, he became well known as a practitioner of the Nashville sound. Known as "Gentleman Jim", his songs continued to chart for years after his death. Reeves died in the crash of his private airplane. He is a member of both the Country Music and Texas Country Music Halls of Fame.
