C                               G    
Good-bye Joe, he gotta go,  me  oh,   my oh. 
                      G7              C 
He gotta go pull the pirogue down the bayou. 
                             G 
Here's Yvonne sweetest one, me  oh,  my  oh. 
                       G7          C 
Son of a gun,  we'll have big fun on the bayou. 
  
 
C                                        G 
Feeble doe,  fountain  oh,  the place is buzzin' 
                      G7             C 
Kin folk come to see Yvonne  by  the dozen. 
                                                  G  
Dressed in style,  they go hog wild,  me  oh, my   oh 
                            G7           C 
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou. 


[Refrão]
C                                   G 
Jumbay la   crawfish  pie  filet  gumbo, 
                            G7        C 
For tonite I'm gonna see my me-cher a me-oh 
                                    G 
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gay-oh 
                            G7           C 
Son of a gun,  we'll have big fun on the bayou. 
  
 
C                                       G 
Settle down far from town get him in a pirogue, 
                        G7           C 
And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou. 
                                    G 
Swap his mun  to by Yvonne what she need-oh, 
                          G7           C 
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou. 
  
 
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