Biografia:
John Gale Horton (30 de abril de 1925 - 5 de novembro de 1960), conhecido profissionalmente como Johnny Horton, foi um cantor americano de música country que foi o mais famoso para seu semi-folk, a chamada música "Saga", que lançou a balada "histórico "mania da década de 1950 e 1960. Com eles, tinha vários hits crossover maior, mais notavelmente em 1959 com "The Battle of New Orleans", que ganhou o Grammy 1960 de Melhor Country & Western gravação.
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Outras músicas:
- Whispering Pines
- All For The Love Of A Girl
- All Grown Up
- All Grownup
- Alley Girl Ways
- Ballad Of The Green Berets
- Battle Of Bull Run
- Bawlin Baby
- Betty Lorraine
- Big Wheels Rolling
- Church By The Side Of The Road
- Comanche
- Counterfeit Love
- Done Roving
- Dont Use My Heart For A Stepping Stone
- Empty Bed Blues
- First Train Heading South
- Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
- Honky Tonk Man
- I Love You Baby
- Im A One Woman Man
- Im Coming Home
- Its A Long Rocky Road
- Jim Bridger
- Mean Mean Mean Son Of A Gun
- Miss Marcy
- North To Alaska
- Ole Slew Foot
- Schottische In Texas
- Sink The Bismarck
- Sleepy0Eyed John
- Take Me Like I Am
- The Battle Of Bull Run
- The Battle Of New Orleans
- The Mansion You Stole
- The Sinking Of The Reuben James
- The Woman I Need
- They Shined Up Rudolphs Nose
- When Its Springtime In Alaska Its 40 Below Acoustic
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Sleepy-eyed John:Johnny Horton.
#54 on BB Hot 100 and #9 Country
on COLUMBIA Records in 1960.
INTRO: F C F
#1.
F
Well, way down yonder on Candy Creek,
C
I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat.
F
I tune my fiddle and I rub my bow..
C F
play a little tune wherever I go.
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F C F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F C F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#2.
F
Well, sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose.
C
The goose she clucked but she couldn't get loose.
F
Said, John to the goose, "If you don't be still,
C F
we'll miss our supper down in Candyville."
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F C F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F C F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#3.
F
Well, Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg.
C
The little leg was nothing but a little wooden peg.
F
With one shoe off and one shoe on..he could do the
C F
double-shuffle til the cows come home.
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F C F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F C F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#4.
F
Now, I took 20 dollars for to build a fence.
C
I took my money and I ain't worked since.
F
I sold my buggy and I sold my plow.
F C F
I wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now.
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F C F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F C F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#5.
F
Over the hickory and down the pine..
C
the racoon left and the old hound whined.
F
John said, 'Sick 'em', and the racoon left.
F C F
They crossed Green River in a minute and a half.
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F C F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F C F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
OUTRO:
F C F..F C F (x2)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#54 on BB Hot 100 and #9 Country
on COLUMBIA Records in 1960.
INTRO: F C F
#1.
F
Well, way down yonder on Candy Creek,
C
I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat.
F
I tune my fiddle and I rub my bow..
C F
play a little tune wherever I go.
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F C F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F C F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#2.
F
Well, sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose.
C
The goose she clucked but she couldn't get loose.
F
Said, John to the goose, "If you don't be still,
C F
we'll miss our supper down in Candyville."
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F C F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F C F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#3.
F
Well, Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg.
C
The little leg was nothing but a little wooden peg.
F
With one shoe off and one shoe on..he could do the
C F
double-shuffle til the cows come home.
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F C F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F C F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#4.
F
Now, I took 20 dollars for to build a fence.
C
I took my money and I ain't worked since.
F
I sold my buggy and I sold my plow.
F C F
I wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now.
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F C F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F C F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#5.
F
Over the hickory and down the pine..
C
the racoon left and the old hound whined.
F
John said, 'Sick 'em', and the racoon left.
F C F
They crossed Green River in a minute and a half.
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F C F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F C F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
OUTRO:
F C F..F C F (x2)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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