Don't Go Near The Water Song Lyrics and Chords by Sammy Kershaw
Don't Go Near The Water
Recorded by Sammy Kershaw
Written by Chapin Hartford and Jim Foster
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Your momma used to worry bout that big muddy river
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Honey do you remember you let the
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screen door slam
When you stepped off the front porch
Hear your momma callin' don't be late
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I could hear you daddy holler
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Son she's my only
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daughter
You'd stick your
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nose in the honey suckle
Down by the gate
I can
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still hear your momma callin'
Don't go near the
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water
We
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fell right
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in way
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over our
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heads
But we
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didn't go
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near the
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water
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love as
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deep so
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young and
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sweet
And the
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nights got hotter and hotter
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sure enough
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gettin' our
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feet wet
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momma
But we
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didn't go
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near the
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water
You hear the rockin' chair squeakin'
As you sneak up the back stairs
Momma waitin' like a grizzly bear
But you
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had to get the honey
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suckle out of your
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hair
But in the
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morrnin' light we looked her right in the eyes
And it
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wasn't a lie we didn't go near the
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water
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She should have worried bout me
Cause we were
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sure enough
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gettin' our
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feet wet
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momma
But we
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didn't go
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near the
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water
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near the water
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Didn't go
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near the
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water
FAQ
Who sang the the song Don't Go Near The Water?
- The song Don't Go Near The Water was sang by Sammy Kershaw.
Who is Sammy Kershaw?
- Samuel Paul Kershaw (born February 24, 1958) is an American country music artist. He has released 16 studio albums, with three RIAA platinum certifications and two gold certifications among them. More than 25 singles have entered Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including his only number one hit "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" and 10 more Top 10 hits: "Cadillac Style", "Anywhere but Here", "Haunted Heart", "Queen of My Double-Wide Trailer", "I Can't Reach Her Anymore", "National Working Woman's Holiday", "Third Rate Romance", "Meant to Be", "Vidalia", and "Love of My Life".
Kershaw tried to enter politics, running as a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor of Louisiana in 2007 and 2010. In 2007 he finished third in the jungle primary, but Democrat Mitch Landrieu won strongly in the general election. In 2010 he carried more parishes than any other candidate, but placed third. He endorsed Republican Jay Dardenne, Secretary of State, for the position, who won the general election.
Kershaw has been married five times, most recently to country music star Lorrie Morgan.
