jambalaya
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Tom : C
C G
Good-bye Joe, he gotta go, me - oh, my - oh.
G7 C
He gotta go pull the pirogue down the bayou.
G
Here's Yvonne sweetest one, me - oh, my - oh.
G7 C
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
C G
Feeble doe, fountain oh, the place is buzzin'
G7 C
Kin folk come to see Yvonne by the dozen.
G
Dressed in style, they go hog wild, me - oh, my - oh
G7 C
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
(Chorus)
C G
Jumbay -la crawfish pie filet gumbo,
G7 C
For tonite I'm gonna see my me-cher a me - oh
G
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gay-oh
G7 C
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
C G
Settle down far from town get him in a pirogue,
G7 C
And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou.
G
Swap his mun to by Yvonne what she need-oh,
G7 C
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou.
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