C G 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 [Estribillo] C G7 Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo C Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio G7 Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o C Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou C G7 Thibodeaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin' C Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen G7 We dress in style and go hog wild, me oh my oh C Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou [Estribillo] C G7 Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo C Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio G7 Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o C Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou C G Settle down far from town get him in a pirogue G7 C And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou G Swap his mun to by Yvonne what she need-oh G7 C Son of a gun we'll gonna big fun on the bayou