A good bad joe, he gotta go, me oh my oh He gotta go, pull the pirogue down the bayou His yivon, the sweetest one, me oh my oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou A feeble joke, a fountain, oh, the place is buzzing A kinfolk come to see yivon by the dozen Dressed in style, they go all wild, me oh my oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou Jambalaya, crawfish pie, and billy gumbo For tonight down, we're gonna see Mama Cher, me oh Pick guitar, fill food jar, and be gay oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou Settle down, far from town, get him a pirogue And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou Swap his mind to buy yivon what she need oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou Jambalaya, crawfish pie, and billy gumbo For tonight down, we're gonna see Mama Cher, me oh Pick guitar, fill food jar, and be gay oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou Jambalaya, crawfish pie, and billy gumbo For tonight down, we're gonna see Mama Cher, me oh Pick guitar, fill food jar, and be gay oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou Jambalaya, crawfish pie, and billy gumbo For tonight down, we're gonna see Mama Cher, me oh Pick guitar, fill food jar, and be gay oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou Jambalaya, crawfish pie, and billy gumbo For tonight down, we're gonna see Mama Cher, me oh Pick guitar, fill food jar, and be gay oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou