| Good-bye, Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh | |
| He gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou | |
| His Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh | |
| Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou | |
| Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo | |
| Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio | |
| Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o | |
| Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou. | |
| Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin' | |
| Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen | |
| Dress in style and go hog wild, me oh my oh | |
| Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou. | |
| Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo | |
| Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio | |
| Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o | |
| Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou | |
| Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo | |
| Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio | |
| Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o | |
| Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou | |
| Settle down far from town get me a pirogue | |
| And I'll catch all the fish in the bayou | |
| Swap my mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o | |
| Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou | |
| Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo | |
| Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio | |
| Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o | |
| Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou | |
| Settle down far from town get me a pirogue | |
| And I'll catch all the fish in the bayou | |
| Swap my mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o | |
| Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou |