Lyrics to
Slide On Over

This version of Slide On Over was released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1975.

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Momma’s got her long dress on
See how that little girl walks
Now we got it rollin’, how’re we gonna get it stopped
Momma’s got something
Daddy needs more than a lot
Now we got it rolling, how’re we gonna get it stopped
Momma put your long dress on
I’d like to take that little girl to town
Now that we have rolled it, how’re we gonna hold it down
Gonna slide on over to that pretty little love that I’ve found
Now we’ve got it rolling, how’re we gonna hold it down
Now momma’s got her long dress on
Listen to that little girl talk
Now we got it rolling, how’re we gonna get it stopped
Gonna slide on over to that funny little love that I’ve got
Now we got it rolling, how’re we gonna get it stopped
Cause my momma’s got something, daddy needs more than a lot
Now we got it rolling, how we gonna get it stopped

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About Lyrics and Slide On Over by Gordon Lightfoot

The lyrics for Slide On Over are defined as the words making up the song released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1975. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Slide On Over have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Gordon Lightfoot and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Slide On Over by Gordon Lightfoot if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Slide On Over" means the words set to the music of Slide On Over, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Gordon Lightfoot. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Slide On Over and the lyrics to Slide On Over are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Gordon Lightfoot who came here looking just for the lyrics to Slide On Over, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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