CG
Good-bye Joe, he gotta go, me - oh, my - oh.
G7C
He gotta go pull the pirogue down the bayou.
G
Here's Yvonne sweetest one, me - oh, my - oh.
G7C
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
CG
Feeble doe, fountain oh, the place is buzzin'
G7C
Kin folk come to see Yvonne by the dozen.
G
Dressed in style, they go hog wild, me - oh, my - oh
G7C
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
(Chorus)
CG
Jumbay -la crawfish pie filet gumbo,
G7C
For tonite I'm gonna see my me-cher a me - oh
G
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gay-oh
G7C
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
CG
Settle down far from town get him in a pirogue,
G7C
And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou.
G
Swap his mun to by Yvonne what she need-oh,
G7C
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou.
(Chorus)
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.