Goodbye Joe, he gotta go, me oh my oh
He 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 fillet gumbo
´Cause tonight I´m gonna see my ma cher a mi-o
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun, we´ll have big fun on the bayou

Thibadaux, Fountaineaux the place is buzzin´
Kin-folk come, to see Yvonne, by the dozen
Dressed in style, they 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 fillet gumbo
´Cause tonight I´m gonna see my ma cher a mi-o
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
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 on the bayou
Swap his 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 fillet gumbo
´Cause tonight I´m gonna see my ma cher a mi-o
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun, we´ll have big fun on the bayou