Goodbye Joe, he gotta go, me oh my oh   He gotta go-pole the pirogue down the bayou   His Yvonne the sweetest one, me oh my oh   Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou      Thibodaux, fontaineaux the place is buzzin'   A kin-folk come to see Yvonne by the dozen   Dress in style the 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   For tonight, I'm a-gonna see my, my Cher a mi-oh   Pick guitar, fill fruit far and be gay-oh   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 mon to buy Yvonne what she need-oh   Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou      Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo   For tonight, I'm a-gonna see my, my Cher a mi-oh   Pick guitar, fill fruit far and be gay-oh   Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou      Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo   For tonight, I'm a-gonna see my, my Cher a mi-oh   Pick guitar, fill fruit far and be gay-oh   Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou      Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo   For tonight, I'm a-gonna see my, my Cher a mi-oh   Pick guitar, fill fruit far and be gay-oh   Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou      Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo   For tonight, I'm a-gonna see my, my Cher a mi-oh   Pick guitar, fill fruit far and be gay-oh   Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou