Del Reeves Billy Bayou Lyrics

Billy Bayou Lyrics

Back about eighteen hundred and some



A Louisiana couple had a red headed son



No name soothed him Jim Jack or Joe



So they just called him Billy Bayou







Billy Billy Bayou watch where you go



You're walkin' on quick sand and walk slow



Billy Billy Bayou watch what you say



A pretty girl'll get you one of these days



[ guitar ]



Billy was a boy kinda big for a size



Red hair and freckles and big blue eyes



Thirteen years from the day he was born



Billy fought the battle of the Little Big Horn







Billy Billy Bayou...



[ guitar ]



One sad day Billy cried hoho



I can whip the feathers of Geronimo



He smarted off and the chief got mad



This nearly ended our Louisiana lad







Billy Billy Bayou...



[ guitar ]



One day in 1878



A pretty girl walked through Billy's front gate



He didn't know whether to stand there and run



He would up married cause he did neighter one







Billy Billy Bayou...



A pretty girl'll get you one of these days



A pretty girl'll get you one of these days