Jambalaya Jimmy C. NewmanMusic & Lyrics : H. Williams Notes: Also performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival

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.

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé*

gumbo

'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma chère amie-oh.

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh,

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 and go hog wild, me-oh-my-oh.

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filé gumbo

'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma chère amie-oh.

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh,

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.

Settle down far from town, get me a pirogue and I'll catch all the fish in the bayou.

Swap my mon' to buy Yvonne what she need-oh.

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filé gumbo

'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma chère amie-oh.

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh,

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.

* Note by Jim Shilliday : The word filé (with an acute accent on the e, pronounced feelay) is a spice used to flavor the soup...