Good-bye joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh   Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou   Oh my john, 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 filet gumbo   'cause tonight i'm gonna meet ma cher amio   PIck guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo   Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou      Thibodaux, fontaineaux, the place is buzzin'   KInfolk come to see my john by the dozen   Dress in style go hog wild me oh my oh   Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou      (Chorus)      Settle down far from town get me a pirogue   And i'll catch all my fish in the bayou   Swap my mon to buy my john what he need-o   Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou      (Chorus)