Goodbye Joe, he gotta go, me oh my oh  He gotta go -- pole the pirogue down the bayou  His Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh  Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou  Thibadaux, Fountaineaux the place is buzzin'  Kin-folk come, to see Yvonne, by the dozen  Dressed in style, they 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 fillet gumbo  'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher a mi-o  Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o  Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou  Settle down far from town get him a pirogue  And he'll catch all the fish on the bayou  Swap his mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o  Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou  Jambalaya......repeat the 4 lines upto .. on the bayou