Song lyrics to Walking my baby back home, (1930) by Roy Turk (lyrics) and Fred E. Ahlert (music).
A major hit version of Walking My Baby Back Home was recorded by Nat King Cole, on September 4, 1951, and again in February 1952 by Johnnie Ray, It was the title song from the 1953 film Walking My Baby Back Home.
Walking my baby back home
Gee but its great after staying out late
Walking my baby back home
Arm in arm over meadow and farm
Walking my baby back home
We go along harmonizing a song
Or I’m reciting a poem
The hours go by and they gave me the eye
Walking my baby back home
And we stop for a while, she gives me a smile
And cuddles her cheek to my chest
And we start in to pet and that’s when I get
Her powder all over my vest
And just when I try to straighten my tie
She wants to borrow my comb
One kiss and then we continue again
Walking my baby back home
We stop for a while, she gives me a smile
And cuddles her cheek to my chest
We start in to pet and that’s when I get
Her powder all over my vest
And just when I try to straighten my tie
She wants to borrow my comb
One kiss and then we got to do it again
Walking my baby back home
Notable performances
- Nat King Cole
- Johnnie Ray
- Donald O’Connor (in the movie Walkin’ My Baby Back Home)
- Paul Anka
- Louis Armstrong
- Chubby Checker & Bobby Rydell
- Maurice Chevalier
- Natalie Cole
- Bing Crosby
- Sammy Davis Jr. The Nat King Cole Songbook
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Judy Garland
- Dean Martin
- Willie Nelson
- James Taylor
Media performances
- The musical Walking My Baby Back Home
- The Columbo episode, “Forgotten Lady“