Good-bye, Joe, he gotta go, me oh my oh
He gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou.
His Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my 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
Dressed in style they go hog wild, me oh my oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.

(Chorus)