Jambalaya, crawfish pie, filé gumbo
You know tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
The guitar will play, we all will be gay, mami oh my yo
We're gonna have fun down here on the bayou

Goodbye Joe, me got to go, me oh my oh
Me got to go, pole the pirogue down the bayou

Oh, Gate!
[Violin solo: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown]

Jambalaya, crawfish pie, filé gumbo
I said tonight I'm gonna go see my ma cher amio
So goodbye Joe, me got to go, me oh my oh
Me got to go, pole the pirogue down the bayou

Having fun drinking rum, me oh my oh
Little bit of stew will fit for me and fit you too
Cause any little girl that's dressed in blue and waving her hair
She's been around a long, long time, looka there

Do you see her, Gate!
[Violin solo: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown]

Jambalaya, crawfish pie, filé gumbo
I said tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
Goodbye Joe, me got to go, me oh my oh
Me got to go...