I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU
(Billy Reid)

Eddie Fisher - 1953
Frank Sinatra - 1953
Ray Anthony & His Orch. (vocal: Bob Eberly) - 1953
Sam Cooke - 1960
Eddy Arnold - 1965

Also recorded by: 

Gary Miller; Dorothy Squires; Slim Whitman.



I'm walking behind you, on your wedding day 
And I'll hear you promise, to love and obey 
Though you may forget me, you're still on my mind 
Look over your shoulder, I'm walking behind 

Maybe I'll kiss again, with a love that's new 
But I shall wish again, I were kissing you 
'Cause I'll always love you, wherever you go 
And though we are parted, I want you to know 
That if things go wrong dear, and fate is unkind 
Look over your shoulder, I'm walking behind 

If things should go wrong dear, and fate is unkind 
Look over your shoulder, I'm walking behind 


*****


I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU
(Billy Reid - Additional lyrics by Homer & Jethro)

Homer & Jethro - 1953



I'm walkin' behind y'all on your Weddin' Day
I can't walk beside you, your feet's in the way
But I'll foller you, dear, all over the place
Please don't look around, dear, I can't stand your face

Maybe I'll kiss again with some other queen
But I would just as soon be kissin' Jimmy Dean

I'm walkin' behind y'all and not by your side
From here you look like you're two axe handles wide
But if things go wrong, dear, here's what I will do
Just like a tamatah, I'll ketch-up with you

This is instrumental
(Mandolin & Guitar Break)

Then I'll kiss you again, right behind your ear
Please tell me how your lips got a-way up here

And you look so funny, I'll laugh quite a bit
When you threw the axe, dear, I thought I would split
I'm walkin' behind y'all, so don't shed a tear
You go on ahead and I'll bring up the rear



(Transcribed from a live performance on the
"Jimmy Dean Show" by Mel Priddle - June 2006)


*****

as rec by Dorothy Squires  1953


I'm walking behind you on your wedding day,
And I'll hear you promise to love and obey.
Though you may forget me, you're still on my mind,
Look over your shoulder, I'm walking behind.

Maybe I'll kiss again, with a love that's new,
But I shall wish again I was kissing you 
'Cause I'll always love you, wherever you roam, 
We could have been happy, like Darby and Joan.
So if things go wrong dear, and fate is unkind,
Look over your shoulder, I'm walking behind.

Maybe I'll kiss again, with a love that's new,
But I shall wish again I was kissing you 
'Cause I'll always love you, wherever you roam, 
We could have been happy, like Darby and Joan.
So if things go wrong dear, and fate is unkind,
Look over your shoulder, I'm walking behind.



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2011)