Goodbye Joe, he gotta go, me oh my ohHe gotta go — pole the pirogue down the bayouMy Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my ohSon of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayouRefrain:Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo’Cause tonight I’m gonna see my ma cher a mi-oPick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oSon of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayouThibadaux, Fountaineaux the place is buzzin’Kin-folk come, to see Yvonne, by the dozenDressed in style, they go hog wild, me oh my ohSon of a gun we’ll have big fun on the bayouJambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo’Cause tonight I’m gonna see my ma cher a mi-oPick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oSon of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayouSettle down far from town get him a pirogueAnd he’ll catch all the fish on the bayouSwap his mon to buy Yvonne what she need-oSon of a gun we’ll have big fun on the bayouJambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo’Cause tonight I’m gonna see my ma cher a mi-oPick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oSon of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou