EA
[Verse 1]
AE
Goodbye, Joe, me gotta go, me, oh, my oh.
EA
Me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the bayou.
AE
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me, oh, my, oh.
EA
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
[Chorus]
AE
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filet gumbo.
EA
For tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amie-o.
AE
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo.
EA
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
[Verse 2]
AE
Thibodeaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin'.
EA
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen.
AE
Dress in style and go hog wild, me, oh, my, oh.
EA
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
[Chorus]
AE
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filet gumbo.
EA
For tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amie-o.
AE
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo.
EA
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
[Interlude]
EA
[Verse 3]
AE
Settle down far from town, get me a pirogue.
EA
And I'll catch all the fish in the bayou.
AE
Send my mom to get Yvonne what she need-o.
EA
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
[Chorus]
AE
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filet gumbo.
EA
For tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amie-o.
AE
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo.
EADA
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayooooooou.