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...
