Goodbye Joe, I got to go, me oh, my oh I got to go, pull the pirogue down the bayou My Yvonne, she's the sweetest one, me oh, my oh Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou Said, jambalaya, craw fish pie, fillet gumbo 'Coz tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou Well, Thibodaux and the Fountainbleaux, the place was buzzin' Kin folk come to see Yvonne by the dozen Dressed in style, go hog wild, me oh, my oh Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou Jambalaya, craw fish pie, fillet gumbo 'Coz tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou Goodbye Joe, I got to go, me oh, my oh I got to move far from town, get myself a pirogue I won't take a whole of my friends out on the bayou Padle away to see my old friend, Woodrow Well, Jambalaya, craw fish pie, fillet gumbo 'Coz tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou I said, son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou