Got the fever for the bayou, Muddy Waters take me home Got the fever for the bayou, Muddy Waters take me home I get high up on the mountains, but I know where I belong Down the Mississippi river, to the Gulf of Mexico Down the Mississippi river, to the Gulf of Mexico A Where I find my Cajun babe, and I dance a zydeco Wants to take me to the Mardi Gras, just south of New Orleans Take me down to the Mardi Gras, in south of New Orleans A to the Louisiana Bayou, that's a Cajun man's dream Got the fever for the bayou, Muddy Waters take me home Got the fever for the bayou, Muddy Waters take me home I get high up on the mountains, but I know where I belong --- .