Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh   Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou   My Julie, sweetest me, me oh my oh   Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou      Now, jambalaya, craw fish pie, fillet gumbo   'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cherie amio   Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o   Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou      Pick it man, I'll see what I got      Get on with it, come on Jerry, go      [Non English terms] swing man      Ooh, Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin'   Well, the kinfolk come to see my Julie by the dozen, well   Dressed in style and go hog wild and be gay-o   Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou, yeah      Jambalaya, craw fish pie, fillet gumbo   'Cause tonight I'm gonna see a ooh, I'm gonna see my cherie amio   Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o   Son of a gun, son of a gun we gonna have big fun on the bayou   Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou   Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou