[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filé gumbo
'Cause tonight, I'm gonna see my ma chère amie, oh
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay, oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the Bayou

[Verse 2]
The Thibodeauxs, the Fontenots, 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

[Chorus]
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filé gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma chère amie, oh
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay, oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

[Chorus]
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filé gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma chère amie, oh
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay, oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
[Verse 3]
Settle down, far from town, get me a pirogue
And I'll catch all the fish in the bayou
Swap my mon, to buy Yvonne what she need-oh
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou