Rhythm In My Baby's Walk Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Horton
Rhythm In My Baby's Walk
Written and recorded by Johnny Horton
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I've traveled across this country been in every town
I looked through those catalogs until I
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finally
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girl with a study eye the kind that really talks
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haven't time to make a rhyme of the rhythm that's in my baby's
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I've been from California back through Tennessee
I've searched on nooks and corners you
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suit me to a tee
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way you carry your little head the little slang you talk
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haven't time to make a rhyme of the rhythm that's in my baby's
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walk
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twinkle in your pretty eyes
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thrills me through and through
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I had to take a second look to
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see if it was
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true
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roaming days are over I know I'll settle down
In some secluded rendezvous away out
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way from town
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love-light tells the answer her eyes began to talk
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haven't time to make a rhyme of the rhythm that's in my baby's
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Repeat #2,3,4
FAQ
Who sang the the song Rhythm In My Baby's Walk?
- The song Rhythm In My Baby's Walk 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.
