[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filé gumbo

'Cause tonight, I'm gonna see my ma chère amie, oh

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay, oh

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the Bayou

[Verse 2]

The Thibodeauxs, the Fontenots, 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

[Chorus]

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filé gumbo

'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma chère amie, oh

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay, oh

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

[Chorus]

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filé gumbo

'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma chère amie, oh

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay, oh

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

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

[Verse 3]

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-oh

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