Billy Bill Bayou
Jim ReevesVersion1
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Back about eighteen hundred and some
A Louisiana couple had a red-headed son
No name suited him, Jim, Jack or Joe
So they just called him Billy Bayou
Billy Billy Bayou watch where you go
If you're walkin' on quicksand, walk slow
Billy Billy Bayou watch what you say
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
Billy was a boy kinda big for his size
Had red hair, freckles and big blue eyes
Thirteen years from the day he was born
Billy fought the battle of the Little Big Horn
Repeat CHORUS
One fine day Billy cried "HO HO"
I can lick the feathers off of Gee-ron-imo
He started off, the chief got mad
This nearly ended our Louisiana lad
Repeat CHORUS
One day in eighteen seventy-eight
A pretty girl walked through Bill's front gate
He didn't know whether to stand there or run
He wound up married cuz he didn't either one
Repeat CHORUS
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Readable chord sheet for Billy Bill Bayou by Jim Reeves
[C]Back about eighteen hundred and some A Louisiana couple had a [G7]red-headed [C]son No name suited him, Jim, Jack or Joe So they just called him [G7]Billy Bay[C]ou [F]Billy Billy Bayou [C]watch where you go If you're [G7]walkin' on quicksand, [C]walk slow [F]Billy Billy Bayou [C]watch what you say A [G7]pretty girl'll get you [C]one of these days A [G7]pretty girl'll get you [C]one of these days Billy was a boy kinda big for his size Had red hair, freckles and big blue eyes Thirteen years from the day he was born Billy fought the battle of the Little Big Horn Repeat CHORUS One fine day Billy cried "HO HO" I can lick the feathers off of Gee-ron-imo He started off, the chief got mad This nearly ended our Louisiana lad Repeat CHORUS One day in eighteen seventy-eight A pretty girl walked through Bill's front gate He didn't know whether to stand there or run He wound up married cuz he didn't either one Repeat CHORUS