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

CHORUS:
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Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filet gumbo,
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cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amie..o.
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Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay..o,
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Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou.

#2.
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Thibodeaux, fontaineaux, the place is buzzin'.
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kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen.
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Dress in style go hog wild me oh my oh.
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Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou.

CHORUS:

#3.
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Settle down far from town get me a pirogue.
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and I'll catch all the fish in the bayou,
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swap my gun to buy Yvonne what she need..o.
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Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou.