Key: G
Introduction:
G D
Good-bye Joe, me gotta go, me - oh, my - oh
D7 G
Me gotta go pull the pirogue down the bayou
D
My Yvonne, sweetest one, me - oh, my - oh
D7
Son of a gun, we'll gonna big fun on the bayou
G D
Thibodaux, Fountaineaux, the place is buzzin'
D7 G
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen
D
Dress in style, go hog wild, me - oh, my - oh
D7 G
Son of a gun, we'll gonna big fun on the bayou
G D
Jumbalaya crawfish pie filet gumbo
D7 G
For tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher ami - oh
D
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay - oh
D7 G
Son of a gun, we'll gonna big fun on the bayou
G D
Settle down far from town get him in a pirogue
D7 G
And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou
D
Swap his mun to by Yvonne what she need-oh
D7 G
Son of a gun we'll gonna big fun on the bayou