Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh, my oh   Me 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 a-fillet gumbo   'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio   Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh   Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou      Thibodeaux to Fontainbleau, the place is buzzin'   Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen   Dress in style, and 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 a fillet gumbo   'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio   Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh   Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou      Jambalaya, and a-crawfish pie and a-fillet gumbo   'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio   Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh   Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou