Walkin' My Baby Back Home

Album: The Extraordinary (1952)
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  • Gee, it's great after bein' out late
    Walkin' my baby back home
    Arm in arm over meadow and farm
    Walkin' my baby back home

    We go 'long harmonizing a song
    Or I'm recitin' a poem
    Owls go by and they give me the eye
    Walkin' my baby back home

    We stop for a while, she gives me a smile
    And snuggles her head on my chest
    We start in to pet and that's when I get
    Her talcum all over my vest

    After I kinda straighten my tie
    She has to borrow my comb
    Once kiss then I continue again
    Walkin' my baby back home

    She's afraid of the dark so I have to park
    Outside of her door till it's light
    She says if I try to kiss her she'll cry
    I dry her tears all through the night

    Hand in hand to a barbecue stand
    Right from her doorway we roam
    Eats and then it's a pleasure again
    Walkin' my baby
    Talkin' my baby
    Lovin' my baby
    I don't mean maybe
    Walkin' my baby back home Writer/s: Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk
    Publisher: Bluewater Music Corp., Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 29th 1961, James Darren performed "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" on the CBS-TV program 'The Ed Sullivan Show"...
    This covered version by Mr. Darren didn't make Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; but between 1959 and 1977 he had ten Top 100 records, two made the Top 10, "Goodbye Cruel World" {#3 in 1961} and "Her Royal Majesty" {#6 in 1962}...
    He just missed having a third Top 10 record when "Conscience" peaked at #11 in 1962...
    Mr. Darren, born James William Ercolani, will celebrate his 80th birthday this coming June 8th {2016}.
  • Annabelle from Eugene, OrThis is a good song to listen to when you're feeling down in the dumps. I mean, nothing's better than to kick back in a comfy chair by the fireside on a soft moonlit summer evening, or even just lay back in your warm soft covers after a hard day at work, and relax to the smooth and soothing voice, and the softly strummed acoustic guitar that is James Taylor's. This song, especially the way James sings it, could be included as part of a collection of smooth jazz music. And it can even be considered suitable for a collection of baby lullaby music.
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