Now, when I just was a little boy Standin' to my daddy's knee My poppa said, "Son, don't let the man get youAnd do what he done to me"' Cause I get your law Did you run down now Well I can remember the fourth of JulyRunnin' through the backwood bare And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin' Chasin' down a hoodoo there Chasin' down a hoodoo there Born on the BayouBorn on the BayouBorn on the Bayou[Incomprehensible] Well wish I was back on the BayouRollin' with some Cajun Queen Wishin' I was a fast freight train Just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans Born on the BayouBorn on the BayouBorn on the Bayou[Incomprehensible]