Song Lyrics

Thank you very much Norm Bale and good evening everybody
This is our third in a new series, Saturday series of programmes
And we haven't even begun to tap the tremendous source of talent
On the Louisiana Hayride
Now you take Johnny Horton, the singing fisherman
Here's a guy that's just loaded with talent
But we just can't get him away from the ol' fishin' hole
He just barely makes it in every Saturday night
Here he is, right now!

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 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 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 filé gumbo
Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o
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 cher amio
Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou

Well, you see what I mean haha
You can get the fisherman away from the lake
But you can't keep him from thinkin' about it, can you huh

Hank Williams, Sr.

The duration of Jambalaya (On the Bayou) is 2:49 minutes and seconds.