Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me-o-my-o We've gotta go, pole the pirogue down the bayou My Yvonne, sweetest one, me-oh-my-oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou Jambalaya and a crawfish pie, fil'e gumbo 'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gay-o Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou (instrumental & sax) Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, place is buzzin' Kinfolks come to see Yvonne by the dozen Dress in style, go hog wild, and be gay-o Son of a gun, we gonna have big fun on the bayou Jambalaya an' a crawfish pie, fil'e gumbo 'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o Son of a gun, we gonna have a big fun on the bayou. ~