Talk Gobbler Talk Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Horton
Talk Gobbler Talk
Recorded by Johnny Horton
written by
Johnny Horton & Fred Horton
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When the moon comes over old Smokey
I hear the lonesome hound dogs
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awaiting
I know it's time to grab my hat and coat
For old Gobbler's hit the
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trail
It's up through the hollow and down through the draw
The pine trees began to
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sing
They ring out the music cause an old fox chase
They know this night will
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bring
Talk Gobbler talk talk Gobbler
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talk
That music echo's through my ears talk Gobbler
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I yell go Gobbler go boy
As I hit the ground on the
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run
That old fox hound is picking them up
I know a rain dance just
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begun
I hear old Gobbler as he crosses the creek
Down through the meadow and over the
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He's rolling now boy hot on the trail
Picking up steam like a fireball
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Talk Gobbler talk talk Gobbler
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That music echo's through my ears talk Gobbler
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I hear old Gobbler as he talks to me
Saying here he is now boy up a
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I run through the spot and lo and behold
There sits old Gobbler still rearing to
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go
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That music echo's through my ears talk Gobbler
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Talk Gobbler Talk?
- The song Talk Gobbler Talk 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.
