A "West Indies" type riff. Keep a regular, rhythmic, up-beat tempo. THIS IS FOR FUN!

Good-bye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh! Me gotta go pole the Pirogue on the Bayou

My Yvonne, sweetest one, me oh my oh! Son-of-a-gun we'll have big fun on the Bayou.

Jambalay a Crawfish pie and fillet Gumbo, 'cause to-night I'm gonna see ma Cher amio

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o; Son-of-a-gun we'll have big fun on the Bayou

Thibodaux, Fontaineaux - the place is buzzin'. Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen!

Dress in style 'n go hogwild, me oh my oh! Son-of-a-gun we'll have big fun on the Bayou

Settle down, far from town, get me Pirogue, and I'll catch all the fish in the Bayou

Swap my mon, buy Yvonne what she need-o; son-of-a-gun we'll have big fun on the Bayou

to end.