| Well, goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh
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| Me gotta go to pole the pirogue down the bayou
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| My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh
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| I am a son of a gun, we gonna have big fun on the bayou
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| Yeah, jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
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| 'Cause tonight, I’m gonna see my ma cher amio
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| You pick guitar, you fill fruit jar and be gay-o
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| 'Cause I am a son of a gun, we gonna have big fun on the bayou
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| Well, Thibadaux, well, Fontainequx, the place is buzzin'
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| And Kinfolks come to see Yvonne by the dozen
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| You dress in style, you go hog wild and be gay-o
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| 'Cause I am a son of a gun, we gonna have big fun on the bayou
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| Yeah, jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
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| 'Cause tonight, I’m gonna see my ma cher amio
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| You pick guitar, you fill fruit jar and be gay-o
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| 'Cause I am a son of a gun, we gonna have big fun on the bayou
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| Yeah, jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
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| 'Cause tonight, I’m gonna see my ma cher amio
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| You pick guitar, you fill fruit jar and be gay-o
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| 'Cause I am a son of a gun, we gonna have big fun on the bayou
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| Said, I am a son of a gun, we gonna have big fun on the bayou
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| I am a son of a gun, we gonna have big fun on the bayou |