Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me-oh-my-oh

Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou

My Yvonne, sweetest one, me-oh-my-oh

Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou



Well Jambalaya, crawfish pie, fillet gumbo

'Cause tonight I'm a-gonna see my machez amio

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh

Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou



Thibodeaux, Fontainbleau, the place is a-buzzin'

Kinfolk come see Yvonne by the dozen

They dress in style, they go hog wild, me-oh-my-oh

Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou



Well Jambalaya, crawfish pie, fillet gumbo

'Cause tonight I'm a-gonna see my machez amio

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh

Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou



Well Jambalaya, crawfish pie, fillet gumbo

'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh

Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou