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Barefoot Ballad

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(Fuller & Morris)

Information:
Elvis sang Barefoot Ballad in his 1964 movie Kissin’ Cousins. The song, which was written by Dolores Fuller and Lee Morris, was recorded by Elvis in October 1963 at RCA’s Nashville Studios.

Lyrics:

1. I want a barefoot ballad, yes, a barefoot ballad

Won't you play for me a down home country song

'Cause when I kick my shoes off and I kick my blues off

With a barefoot ballad you just can't go wrong

Give me a honk-tonk fiddle with a guitar in the middle of a melody

Humming like a fountain swinging out on Smokey mountain

Barefoot ballad yes a barefoot ballad

Won't you play for me a down home country song

'Cause when I kick my shoes off and I kick my blues off

With a barefoot ballad you just can't go wrong

2. Now the big toe's connected to the two toe

And the two toe's connected to the three toe

And the three toe's connected to the four toe

And the four toe's connected to the five toe

And the five toe and away we go

1. 2. (repeat)

I wanna barefoot ballad, yes, a barefoot ballad

Won't you play for me a barefoot ballad song

Where it was released:

First released on the album Kissin' Cousins »

LPs/CDs:

- Kissin' Cousins (1964) »

– Kissin' Cousins (1981) »

- Double Features: Kissin' Cousins / Clambake / Stay Away Joe (1994)

– Kissin' Cousins (2017) - FTD »

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