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