^CBack about eighteen hundred and some A Louisiana couple had a ^G7red-headed ^Cson No name suited him, Jim, Jack or Joe So they just called him ^G7Billy Bay^Cou CHORUS: ^FBilly Billy Bayou ^Cwatch where you go If you're ^G7walkin' on quicksand, ^Cwalk slow ^FBilly Billy Bayou ^Cwatch what you say A ^G7pretty girl'll get you ^Cone of these days A ^G7pretty girl'll get you ^Cone of these days Billy was a boy kinda big for his size Had red hair, freckles and big blue eyes Thirteen years from the day he was born Billy fought the battle of the Little Big Horn CHORUS... One fine day Billy cried "HO HO" I can lick the feathers off of Gee-ron-imo He started off, the chief got mad This nearly ended our Louisiana lad CHORUS... One day in eighteen seventy-eight A pretty girl walked through Bill's front gate He didn't know whether to stand there or run He wound up married cuz he didn't either one CHORUS...