"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" is a song written by Peter Callander and Geoff Stephens and performed by Wayne Newton. The song appeared on Newton's 1972 album, Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast.

"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" reached number 3 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, and number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song spent one week at number 1 on the Cashbox chart on August 5, 1972, and spent three weeks at number 1 in Australia. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA in July 1972

The song was ranked number 10 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1972.[5] The song also was ranked number 7 on the Kent Music Report's 25 songs of 1972.

The song was produced by Wes Farrell and arranged by Mike Melvoin

Daniel Boone released the original version of the song as his debut single in 1971. It reached #1 in New Zealand and South Africa, and #17 on the UK Singles Chart. It was featured on his 1971 album, Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast

Ronnie Dove recorded the song for his 1973 country album on MCA Records.

nl:Herman van Keeken made a Dutch version of this song in 1971, called "Pappie loop toch niet zo snel", which became a hit in the Netherlands and Flanders