Goodbye Joe, I got to go, me oh, my oh 
I got to go, pull the pirogue down the bayou 
My Yvonne, she's the sweetest one, me oh, my oh 
Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou 
Said, jambalaya, craw fish pie, fillet gumbo 
'Coz tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio 
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh 
Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou 
Well, Thibodaux and the Fountainbleaux, the place was 
buzzin' 
Kin folk come to see Yvonne by the dozen 
Dressed in style, go hog wild, me oh, my oh 
Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou 
Jambalaya, craw fish pie, fillet gumbo 
'Coz tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio 
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh 
Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou 
Goodbye Joe, I got to go, me oh, my oh 
I got to move far from town, get myself a pirogue 
I won't take a whole of my friends out on the bayou 
Padle away to see my old friend, Woodrow 
Well, Jambalaya, craw fish pie, fillet gumbo 
'Coz tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio 
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh 
Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou 
I said, son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the 
bayou 
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou