Walkin My Baby Back Home

<br>-artist: nat king cole<br><br>-peak billboard position #8 in 1952<br><br>-words and music by roy turk and fred ahlert in 1930<br><br>-charted in 1931 by nick lucas (#8), ted weems (also #8), the charleston<br><br>-chasers (#15), and lee morse (#18).<br><br>-also charted in 1952 by johnnie ray at # 4<br><br>-title song from the 1953 film starring donald oconnor, janet leigh, buddy<br><br>-hackett, and scatman crothers<br><br><br><br><br><br>Gee, its great after bein out late<br><br>Walkin my baby back home<br><br>Arm in arm over meadow and farm<br><br>Walkin my baby back home<br><br><br><br>We go long harmonizing a song<br><br>Or Im recitin a poem<br><br>Owls go by and they give me the eye<br><br>Walkin my baby back home<br><br><br><br>We stop for a while, she gives me a smile<br><br>And snuggles her head on my chest<br><br>We start in to pet and thats when I get<br><br>Her talcum all over my vest<br><br><br><br>After I kinda straighten my tie<br><br>She has to borrow my comb<br><br>Once kiss then I continue again<br><br>Walkin my baby back home<br><br><br><br>&lt;instrumental interlude&gt;<br><br><br><br>Shes fraid of the dark so I have to park<br><br>Outside of her door till its light<br><br>She says if I try to kiss her shell cry<br><br>I dry her tears all through the night<br><br><br><br>Hand in hand to a barbecue stand<br><br>Right from her doorway we roam<br><br>Eats and then its a pleasure again<br><br>Walkin my baby<br><br>Talkin my baby<br><br>Lovin my baby<br><br>I dont mean maybe<br><br>Walkin my baby back home