Goodbye Joe we gotta go me oh my oh
We gotta go pole the pirogue down the Bayou
My Yvonne the sweetest one me oh my oh
Yes son of a gun we'll have big fun on the Bayou

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher ami-o
A pick guitar fil fruit jar and be gay-o
Yes son of a gun we'll have big fun on the Bayou

Thibodaux Fontaineaux the place is buzzin
The kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen
Dressed in style they go hog wild me oh my oh

Yes son of a gun we'll have big fun on the Bayou

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher ami-o
A pick guitar fil fruit jar and be gay-o
Yes son of a gun we'll have big fun on the Bayou

Settle down far from town get him a pirogue
And he'll catch all the fish in the Bayou
Swap his mom to buy Yvonne what she need-o
Yes son of a gun we'll have big fun on the Bayou
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher ami-o
A pick guitar fil fruit jar and be gay-o
Yes son of a gun we'll have big fun on the Bayou