Elvis 1955 Baby Lets Play House HQ Lyrics

Baby Let s Play House is a song written by Arthur Gunter and recorded by him in 1954 on the Excello Records label and covered by Elvis Presley the following year on Sun Records. A line from the song ( I d rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man ) was borrowed by John Lennon for his Beatles song Run for Your Life, released on Rubber Soul in 1965. Elvis Presley version Elvis version differs greatly from the original: Elvis started the song with the chorus, where Gunter began with the first verse, and he replaced Gunter s line You may get religion with the words You may have a Pink Cadillac, referring to his custompainted 55 Cadillac auto that had also been serving as the band s transportation at the time. Baby Let s Play House was on the fourth issue of a Presley record by Sun, and became the first song recorded by Elvis to appear on a national chart when it made, 5 on the Billboard Country Singles chart