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