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Walkin' My Baby Back Home
Words and Music by Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert, Harry Rihman - 1930
Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1952, played for 12 weeks.
Verse:----------- ------------------ ------------------ ------------------
F7          Bb7 Eb F7        Bb7 Eb       Eb7
Ab         Abm Eb         C7 Bbm      D7 Gm
Cdim      F7 Bb         G7 C7        F7 Bb7
Chorus:--------- ------------------ ------------------ ------------------
Eb - - F7
Bb7 - - Eb       Bb7
Eb - - F7
Bb7 - - Eb
Gm C7 Cm D7
Gm C7 F9 Bb7
Eb - - F7
Bb7 - - Eb   (Bb7 to chorus)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
This song is in the key of Eb, but the verse starts on an F7 chord.
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Verse:
I've an agreeable baby,  Likes ev'ry thing that I do.
Dances most ev'ry night,  Movies are her delight,  I sorta go for them too.
But when movies and dances are done,  That's when I have real fun;
 
Chorus:
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 reciting 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 thats 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.
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Sing-Along on "Walkin' My Baby" with Jim and the WineLand Banjo Band (click here forYouTube video)

Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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