C                               G      
Good-bye Joe, He gott ago,  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   
Thibo deau,  Fontain bleau,  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 
C                                   G   
Jumbalaya crawfish  pie  filet  gumbo 
                            G7        C   
For tonight I'm gonna seem y 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 gethim in a pirogue,   
                        G7           C   
And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou.   
                                    G   
Swap his mun to by Yvonne whats He need oh,   
                          G7           C   
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou.   
C                                   G   
Jumbalaya crawfish  pie  filet  gumbo 
                            G7        C   
For tonight I'm gonna seem y me-cher a me oh   
C                                   G   
Jumbalaya crawfish  pie  filet  gumbo 
                            G7        C   
For tonight I'm gonna seem y me-cher a me oh