Good-bye, Joe, me gotta go, me-oh my-oh,
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou.
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me-oh my-oh,
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Refrain:
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo,
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher a mi-o;
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh,
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, go hog wild, me-oh my-oh,
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
refrain
Settle down far from town, bet me a pirogue,
And I'll catch all the fish in the bayou;
Trade my mon to buy Yvonne what she need-oh,
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
refrain