Goodbye, 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
 
  
  Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filgumbo
 
 'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
 
 Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo
 
 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 filXumbo
 
 'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
 
 Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo
 
 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 filXumbo
 
 'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
 
 Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo
 
 Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou