Call of the wild (intro)

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Bayou, bayou, bayou, bayou.

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1. Now, here's a little tale about a flock of geese,

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lookin' for a home and lookin' for a peace,

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but before they're safely in the southern sand

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they gotta watch out for that critter called man.

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There's a goose and a gander and a goslin' child,

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headin' on south at the call of the wild.

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Honk and holler as we go, gonna see the Gulf of Mexico.

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Way up high, don't fly low, the long toms will get you from the old bayou.

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2. Well, the wind from the north it chills you to the bone,

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and the call of the wild is callin' me : come home !

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I'll lead my band of geese a marry trip,

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we'll navigate that mighty Mississipp'.

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Honk and holler as we go, gonna see the Gulf of Mexico.

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Way up high, don't fly low, the long toms will get you from the old bayou.

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3. Bayou.

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Bayou. Bayou.

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Bayou.

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Bayou.

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Honk and holler as we go, gonna see the Gulf of Mexico.

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Way up high, don't fly low, the long toms will get you from the old bayou.

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+ Bayou.

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4. My pappy led this band of twenty-three,

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and the second in command included me.

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He made one fatal slip and he flew too low,

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the long toms got him from the old bayou.

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Honk and holler as we go, gonna see the Gulf of Mexico.

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Way up high, don't fly low, the long toms will get you from the old bayou.

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bayou, bayou, bayou ....

(orig. = capo 1st) (Johnny Cash)