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Jambalaya Lyrics
Well, goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my-oh,
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou.
My Yvonne, my sweetest one, me oh my-oh,
Well, son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Well, jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filé gumbo,
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my cher amie-oh.
I'm gonna pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh,
Well, son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Thibodeax, Fontaineau, the place is buzzin',
Kinfolks come to see Yvonne by the dozen.
Get dressed in style, go hog wild, me oh my-oh,
Well, son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Well, jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filé gumbo,
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my cher amie-oh.
I'm gonna pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh,
Well, son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Gonna settle down far from town, get me a pirogue,
Gonna catch all the fish in the bayou,
Gonna spend my money, get Yvonne what she need-oh,
Well, son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Well, jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filé gumbo,
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my cher amie-oh.
Gonna pick guitar, yes, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh,
Well, son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou.
My Yvonne, my sweetest one, me oh my-oh,
Well, son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my cher amie-oh.
I'm gonna pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh,
Well, son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Kinfolks come to see Yvonne by the dozen.
Get dressed in style, go hog wild, me oh my-oh,
Well, son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my cher amie-oh.
I'm gonna pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh,
Well, son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Gonna catch all the fish in the bayou,
Gonna spend my money, get Yvonne what she need-oh,
Well, son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my cher amie-oh.
Gonna pick guitar, yes, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh,
Well, son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
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This is just a good-timin' song with a Cajun flavor. I believe it was written by Hank Williams, but nobody can uncork a song like Little Miss Dynamite, and she blows the roof off this one. Her robust vocals, plus the peppy instrumentation, make for a great party song.
Note that she does use a Cajun pronunciation of the French--she sings "shire" for "chere," "Tibeedoh" for "Thibodeaux," etc. You just can't beat a combination like that. This is the first song I ever heard Brenda sing, and to me it's still the best. She's got a headknockin' voice!