Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh Well son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou Jambalaya, crawfish pie and-a file gumbo Because tonight I’m gonna see my machez amio Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh Son of a gun, well have big fun on the bayou