Jim Reeves - Billy bayou

^DBack about eighteen hundred and some A Louisiana couple had a ^Ared-headed ^Dson ^DNo name suited him, Jim, Jack or Joe They just called him ^ABilly Ba^Dyou

^GBilly, Billy Bayou, ^Dwatch where you go If you're ^Awalkin' on quicksand, ^Dwalk slow ^GBilly, Billy Bayou, ^Dwatch what you say A ^Apretty girl'll get you o^Dne of these days

^DBilly was a boy, kinda big for his size Red hair and freckles and ^Abig blue ^Deyes ^DThirteen years from the day he was born Billy fought the battle of the ^Alittle big ^Dhorn

^GBilly, Billy Bayou, ^Dwatch where you go If you're ^Awalkin' on quicksand, ^Dwalk slow ^GBilly, Billy Bayou, ^Dwatch what you say A ^Apretty girl'll get you ^Done of these days

^DOne sad day Billy cried ho ho I can lick the feathers off of ^Agee-ron-^Dimo ^DHe started off, the chief got mad This nearly ended our ^ALouisiana ^Dlad

^GBilly, Billy Bayou, ^Dwatch where you go If you're ^Awalkin' on quicksand, ^Dwalk slow ^GBilly, Billy Bayou, ^Dwatch what you say A ^Apretty girl'll get you o^Dne of these days

^DOne day in eighteen seventy-eight A pretty girl walked through ^ABill's front ^Dgate ^DHe didn't know whether to stand there, or run He wound up married 'cause he ^Adidn't either ^Done

^GBilly, Billy Bayou, ^Dwatch where you go If you're ^Awalkin' on quicksand, ^Dwalk slow ^GBilly, Billy Bayou, ^Dwatch what you say A ^Apretty girl'll get you o^Dne of these days A ^Apretty girl'll get you o^Dne of these days