JAMBALAYA ON THE BAYOU As recorded by the Carpenters From the 1973 Album NOW THEN Intro G Verse 1 G D Good-bye Joe he gotta go me oh my oh G He gotta go-pole the pirogue down the bayou D His Yvonne the sweetest one me oh my oh G Son of a gun well have big fun on the bayou Verse 2 G D Thibodaux Fontaineaux the place is buzzin G A kinfolk come to see.

Pirogue down the bayou. Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be. He gotta go-pole the pirogue down the bayou His Yvonne the sweetest one me oh my oh Son of a gun well have big fun on the bayou. Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gayo Son of a gun well have big fun on the bayou.

Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou. In his 1952 classic song Jambalaya Hank Williams refers to the pirogue in the line me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou. A7 Bring your Ma fill fruit jar and be gay-o D7 Son of a gun were having fun on the bayou.

Yeah We gotta go take the pirogue down to bayou. Thibodaux fontaineaux the place is buzzin A kin-folk come to see Yvonne by the dozen Dress in style the go hog wild me oh my oh Son of a gun well have big fun on the bayou. Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo For tonight Im a-gonna see my my Cher.

Well come on Joe and now we gotta go oh down the bayou. Son of a gun well have big fun on the. Son of a gun well have big fun on the bayou.

Johnny Horton an avid Louisiana fisherman who celebrated Cajun customs and culture also mentions pirogues in his 1956 song I Got a Hole in My Pirogue Doug Kershaws 1961 hit Louisiana Man includes the line he jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou. Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou My Yvonne the sweetest one me oh my oh Son of a gun well have big fun on the bayou Jambalaya a-crawfish pie and-a file gumbo Cause tonight Im gonna see my ma cher amio Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-oh Son of a gun well have big fun on the bayou. Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou My Yvonne the sweetest one me oh my oh Son of a gun well have big fun on the bayou Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo Cause tonight Im gonna see my ma cher amio Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o Son of a gun well have big fun on the bayou Thibodaux Fontaineaux the place is buzzin Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen Dress in.

Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the. Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo Cause tonight Im gonna see my ma cher amio. Jambalaya On The Bayou Lyrics.