C                                                         G7
Goodbye, Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh.

                                                                     C
Me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the  bayou.

                                                               G7
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh.

                                                                 C
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.

 C                                                                G7
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé* gumbo

                                                                          C
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher a mio.

                                                  G7
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo,

                                                                 C
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.

                                                               G7
Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin',

                                                           C
kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen.

                                                                 G7
Dress in style and go hog wild, me oh my oh.

                                                                 C
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie …….

C                                                          G7
Settle down far from town, get me a pirogue

                                                  C
and I'll catch all the fish in the bayou.

                                                                  G7
Swap my mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o.

                                                                 C
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie ……..