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Sweet Chile Song Lyrics and Chords by Sheb Wooley
Sweet Chile
Written and Recorded by Sheb Wooley
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Down by the levee where
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Lived a Louisiana farmer by the
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name of Papa
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Dabro
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Papa had a daughter with a beautiful smile
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Everybody called her Sweet Chile
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Sweet Chile
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Sweet
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Sweet Chile's going on seventeen
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Sweet Chile's gonna be a teenage queen
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Sweet Chile
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Sweet
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She's much sweeter than sugar cane
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Sweet Chile's putting on curves and things
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Chile into
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town
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graduation
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gown
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This fellow said everybody look at this
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The way that Sweet Chile fills that dress
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Sweet Chile living on the bayou
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Sweet Chile living on the bayou
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Sweet Chile's going on seventeen
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Sweet Chile's gonna be a teenage queen
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Sweet Chile living on the bayou
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Sweet Chile living on the bayou
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She's much sweeter than cherry pie
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Sweet Chile's getting to be courting size
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the sugar cane
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grows
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brand new
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clothes
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She's got curves that just won't stop
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She's bigger at the little and bottom at the top
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the riverboats
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go
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dance to rock-n-
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roll
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Sweet Chile's rocking till the break of day
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I never saw anybody wiggle that way
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Sweet Chile?
- The song Sweet Chile was sang by Sheb Wooley.
Who is Sheb Wooley?
- Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 - September 16, 2003) was an American actor and singer. He recorded a series of novelty songs including the 1958 novelty song "The Purple People Eater" and under the name Ben Colder the #6 country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2". He portrayed Cletus Summers, the principal of Hickory High School & assistant coach in the 1986 film Hoosiers Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller in the film High Noon Travis Cobb in The Outlaw Josey Wales, and also had a co-starring role as scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide. Wooley is also credited as the voice actor who produced the Wilhelm scream sound effect.