Tono: G
Introducción: G D C G D C G D
G D C G
Hurry up my Joséphine, the hour?s getting late,
D C G D
We gonna miss the 5 o?clock ferry and we gonna have to wait.
G D C G
Down in Catahoula, they be having a Fais-Do-Do.
D C G D
?Cause I been saving up all my sugar cane money just so that we could go.
D G C G
?Cause when I hear the fiddle playing an old time Cajun song,
D G C D
Moonlight on the bayou, gonna keep dancing all night long.
G C D G
Dansé, hey, we gonna dance the night away,
G C D G
Dansé collé, collé Dansé.
G C D
Tonight is a night for romance,
C G
Can I have the pleasure, the pleasure of this dance.
G D C G
Ever since I turned seventeen and got my old man?s Chevrolet,
D C G D
I been going every Saturday night to the old Bon Ton Roulet.
G D C G
You know I love my dancing, I got a nice style don?t you know.
D C G D
I just want to hold you tight and waltz you across the floor.
D G C G
?Cause when I hear the fiddle playing an old time Cajun song,
D G C D
Moonlight on the bayou, gonna keep dancing all night long.
G C D G
Dansé, hey, we gonna dance the night away,
G C D G
Dansé collé, collé Dansé.
G C D
Tonight is a night for romance,
C G
Can I have the pleasure, the pleasure of this dance.