G                                   D7     
Goodbye, Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh  
                                      G  
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou  
                                   D7   
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh  
                                        G  
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou  


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       G                                D7  
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo     
       D                                G    
Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio  
G                                  D7  
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o  
         D                              G  
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou 


Thibodeaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin'  
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen  
We dress in style and go hog wild, me oh my oh  
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou       
  
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Settle down, far from town, get him a pirogue  
And he catch all the fish on the bayou  
Swap his mom to buy Yvonne what she need-o  
Son of a gun, we'll have bog fun on the bayou  

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