Way down yonder in the bayou country in dear old Louisianne   That's where lives my Cajun baby, the fairest one in the land   Her teeth're white and pearly hair black as coal   Wouldn't trade my Cajun baby for the world's gold   Way down yonder in the bayou country in dear old Louisianne      My heart's been sad and lonely since the day I left her side   But today I got her letter said she'd be my Cajun bride   Gonna go and wed my Cajun baby and live by the old bayou   Eat a lotsa shrimp and crawfish ride around in my old pirogue      Way down yonder in the bayou country in dear old Louisianne   That's where lives my Cajun baby, the fairest one in the land   Her teeth're white and pearly hair black as coal   Wouldn't trade my Cajun baby for the world's gold   Way down yonder in the bayou country in dear old Louisianne      Before the sun goes down this evening, I'll be on my way   To see my Cajun baby and there I'm gonna stay   On a Saturday night we go dancin' and listen to the fiddle-o   Lord I got me a Cajun baby just a livin' and a lovin' by the old bayou      Way down yonder in the bayou country in dear old Louisianne   That's where lives my Cajun baby, the fairest one in the land   Her teeth're white and pearly hair black as coal   Wouldn't trade my Cajun baby for the world's gold   Way down yonder in the bayou country in dear old Louisianne