Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino (born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, Lou… Read Full Bio ↴Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino (born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana, died October 24, 2017), was a classic R&B and rock and roll singer, songwriter and pianist. He was the best-selling African-American singer of the 1950s and early 1960s whose congenial, non threatening personality allowed him to succeed despite a period of deep-seated racial segregation. Domino is also a pianist with an individualistic bluesy style showing stride and boogie-woogie influences.

In 1986, he was among the first batch to get inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. "Ain't That A Shame" and "Blueberry Hill" were named part of The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll. In 2004, "Blueberry Hill" was named #81 and "Ain't That A Shame" was named #431 on Rolling Stone's Top 500 Songs Of All Time. In 2004, he was named #25 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time.

In the wake of Domino's rescue from his 9th ward home during 2005's Hurricane Katrina, the Tipitina's Foundation organized a tribute album to the elder artist featuring Robert Plant, Norah Jones, Paul McCartney and numerous other acts that owe a creative debt to this seminal rock n roll pianist.

Along the Navajo Trail
Fats Domino Lyrics

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Every day along about evenin'
When the sunlight's beginning to fade
I ride through the slumbering shadows
Along the Navajo trail

When it's night and the crickets are calling
And the coyotes are making a wail
I dream by my smouldering fire

Along the Navajo trail

I Love to ride and listen to the music
When the wind is strummin' a sagebrush guitar
When over yonder hill the moon is climbing
It always finds me wishin' on a star

Well what do you know it's morning already
There's a dawning so silver and pale

It's time to climb into my saddle
Along the Navajo trail

Overall Meaning

Fats Domino's "Along the Navajo Trail" is a song about riding through the night in the desert. Every day around evening when the light of day is beginning to fade, the singer rides through the shadows on a trail in Navajo. He rides in the company of the slumbering shadows. When night comes, he stops and dreams by his smouldering fire along the trail. He loves to ride through the wind as it strums the sagebrush guitar, listening to the music it creates. Regardless of the hour or minute, he always finds himself under the stars, all the while making a wish.

Line by Line Meaning

Every day along about evenin'
Each day in the evening hours

When the sunlight's beginning to fade
At the time when the sun is setting

I ride through the slumbering shadows
I move through the shadows cast by the setting sun

Along the Navajo trail
On a path used by the Navajo people

When it's night and the crickets are calling
During the time of night when crickets make noise

And the coyotes are making a wail
When coyotes are howling

I dream by my smouldering fire
I sit and dream by the fire that is slowly dying

Along the Navajo trail
On the path used by the Navajo people

I Love to ride and listen to the music
I enjoy riding while listening to the sounds of nature

When the wind is strummin' a sagebrush guitar
When the wind makes the sound of a guitar while blowing through the sagebrush

When over yonder hill the moon is climbing
When the moon is rising over a distant hill

It always finds me wishin' on a star
It reminds me to make a wish on a star

Well what do you know it's morning already
Surprisingly, it is already morning

There's a dawning so silver and pale
The dawn is light grey in color

It's time to climb into my saddle
It is time for me to get on my horse

Along the Navajo trail
On the path used by the Navajo people

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Written by: DICK CHARLES, EDDIE DE LANGE, LARRY MARKS

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