Well I went out a fishin' to make a little more   To take to Catelina so we could have some fun   On the way back, I knocked a hole in my bow   I got a hole in my pirogue, I can't go see my gal      The purtiest sight that you ever have seen   Is a moonlight night down in New Orleans   I'm up the river, just around the bend   I got a hole in my pirogue, I just cain't hold it in      Well Catelina's waitin' with tears in her eyes   Munchin' and a crunchin' on a crawfish pie   I smell a feeling floatin' through the air   I got a hole in my pirogue, I can't go see my Cher      The purtiest sight that you ever have seen   Is a moonlight night down in New Orleans   I'm up the river, just around the bend   I got a hole in my pirogue, I just cain't hold it in      Yeah I'm here on the bayou, sittin' all alone   With a busted bottom and I cain't pole it home   Catelina's waitin' lonesome as can be   I got a hole in my pirogue, I cain't go see my she      The purtiest sight that you ever have seen   Is a moonlight night down in New Orleans   I'm up the river, just around the bend   I got a hole in my pirogue, I just cain't hold it in