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Girl Next Door Went A'walking

Rating:
3.8 / 5

Words & Music: Bill Rise Thomas Wayne

The girl next door went a'walking
She found the boy she likes
She wanted to get married
Settle down for life

The girl next door went a'walking
She knew it wasn't right
She came home at half past ten
Late every night

The girl next door went a'walking
She found the boy she likes
She wanted to get married
Settle down for life

She didn't know love was so grand
She never took love second hand
But to my surprise
She thought that love was paradise

The girl next door went a'walking
She found the boy she likes
She wanted to get married
Settle down for life

The girl next door went a'walking
She knew it wasn't right
She came home at half past ten
Late every night

The girl next door went a'walking
She found the boy she likes
She wanted to get married
Settle down for life

She didn't know love was so grand
She never took love second hand
But to my surprise
She thought that love was paradise

The girl next door went a'walking
She found the boy she likes
She wanted to get married
Settle down for life

Now the two are married
Settled down for life
She walks by hand in hand
Late every night

The girl next door went a'walking
She found the boy she likes
She wanted to get married
Settle down for life
Settle down for life
Settle down for life
Settle down for life

Recordingdate: 1960/04/03, first released on: Elvis Is Back (album)

Musicians

Musicians who contributed to the first recording of Girl Next Door Went A'walking:

(guitar)
(guitar)
(guitar)
(bass)
(drums)
(drums)
(piano)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(sax)

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Marty_TCE wrote on January 09, 2009
Very, very catchy. Great fun.
JLpResLey wrote on January 21, 2010
I like it a lot. Fine performance from the fantastic album Elvis is back, which I think was Elvis´ greatest album
old shep wrote on January 21, 2010
Not an album I play very often but an excellent release. This is a good track.
JerryNodak wrote on January 21, 2010
Never have liked this one. A waste of album space. Surely they could have found something better.
dgirl wrote on January 21, 2010
One of the weaker songs on that great LP but thousands of times better than most of the soundtrack songs that followed in the decade.
derekd wrote on January 21, 2010
Great recording, even better album, 12 fab songs. Back in 1960 it was a gem, and this track fitted into the album giving it a taste of various trends from Elvis. Not just rock 'n roll or ballets but a great mixture. 1960 and Elvis was still in command of what he wanted to record and still riding high in all the pop charts.
shoesuedeblues wrote on January 21, 2010
The Elvis is Back album was a bit of a mixture of good and mediocre material. I would place this song into the mediocre section along with Fever another song I never play.
Deano1 wrote on January 21, 2010
One of the lesser tracks from one of Elvis' best LP's "Elvis Is Back". Just because it is a lesser track on this LP doesn't mean it isn't still a very good track, it would be one of the better tracks if it was on a lesser LP such as "Pot Luck"(not that it was a bad LP, just not the quality of EIB). This album had it all, rock and roll, blues, ballads and pop and this one falls in the pop category with a bit of rock and roll. Fun, energetic song from an album I haven't tired of since the first day I heard it.
sitdown revamped wrote on January 21, 2010
Wasn't particualrly my type of song. I always played: Reconsider Baby and the sentimental I Will Be Home Again. But musicwise Elvis at his hand right on the plow back then. All to soon he would sing to dogs and dolls and dominiques...;-)
Marty_TCE wrote on January 21, 2010
I think this song is underated - it is fun and Elvis is in absolutely superb voice. Wipes the floor with a lot of the material that was not far off the horizon.
Ton Bruins wrote on January 21, 2010
This song is nothing...! I mean nothing...very bad...
sanQ wrote on January 21, 2010
I have always loved this song. The lyrics aren't the greatest of all time, but the singing and the music are top notch. Elvis sounds amazing here. It's amazing to me that there are some Elvis fans who don't like this. Elvis Is Back is one of the best albums ever, my favorite! I, for one, loved it the first time I heard it. This is the first record I ever owned. My Dad bought for me from a garage sale when I was about 3 years old. This track to me is sweet as nectar!
Steve V wrote on January 22, 2010
Maybe not a top notch song on an LP filled with them, but this is one damn fine tune. So well done, the band cooks, Elvis is perfect, and the production is flawless. Beats any uptempo tune on Pot Luck except Suspicion.
GEORGE (GK) wrote on March 14, 2010
Smooth amazing vocals by Elvis. Great harmony. Great Music arrangement. Love this song ! The "Elvis is back" album, is without a doubt, one of Elvis' best albums. Vocally he was on top of his game. And, the same could be said, for his "best album" (in my opinion) titled,"From Elvis in Memphis", which later became a better collection, when RCA, put all the Memphis studio songs on the CDs"Suspicious Minds-The Memphis Anthology" and "The Memphis Record"
Deke Rivers 6 wrote on March 14, 2010
A good song from a very good LP.One of his all too few better LPs. Good cover as well I am old enough to be able to have an mono open gate LP..later to obtain a stereo version.
Monster wrote on March 15, 2010
I think if Elvis had recorded this song at any other session after 1960 it would have sounded like a slightly stronger than usual soundtrack tune. It's not great but the King's voice never sounded better than during the Elvis is Back sessions that helps nudge this tune above being mediocre.
burninglove92 wrote on May 19, 2010
i think it's a great catchy song from the album, i enjoy listening to this quite often. perfect song for elvis is back album. great suff
JerryNodak wrote on May 19, 2010
I'd rather listen to "Night Rider" from the Pot Luck LP 1,000 times before I listen to "Girl Walking" once.
Gorse wrote on December 14, 2012
Not one of the stronger songs from these sessions but well sung by Elvis and a more than passable number. Promises a lot in the initial stages of the song but never quite delivers its full potential, and not one I include on my playlists.
sugartummy wrote on March 07, 2013
A fun pop track. Can listen to it day in, day out. Like many other Elvis tracks of course.
shawnrw wrote on December 12, 2013
Great song, should have been a single release. The "Elvis Is Back" album had so many great songs, one of my favorite albums of all-time and this song is a standout.
Cruiser621 wrote on February 02, 2017
Not one of his better tracks on the "Elvis Is Back!" album; if memory serves me correct, I think the only reason he recorded this boring drivel was because of Scotty Moore's insistence aka a favor. Boring comes to mind. Can't win 'em all.
bk wrote on February 02, 2017
Its a truly amazing track. Elvis sings it perfectly. It's one of those songs that with one listening u don't like it, after few times its ok. Then after few more you realize how great and catchy this song can be with a little time.
Stevekimb1 wrote on May 08, 2018
A great song from one of the best original albums "Elvis Is Back".
atomic powered poste wrote on October 20, 2018
The song isn't exactly great, but is rescued by our man (who was in great voice in 1960), the band and the cristal clear and warm sound. In the context of the fabulous eib lp it works, but it's forgettable as a standalone. 3 stars.
Milky White Way wrote on February 20, 2022
It’s beautifully sung and pleasant but just seems to go nowhere and feels too long as a result. I don’t dislike it though. 3 stars
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