Songwriter : Jimmy C. Newman

i m a goin me to a place i know down on the bayou
Dance all night at the fails do-do down on the bayou
Dance by the light of a Cajun moon, down on the bayou
Swing and sway to a Cajun tune down on the bayou.

There’s a Cajun band from dusk till dawn,
playing all those Cajun songs
big Mamou and Jolie Blond
down on the bayou
Life’s too short c’mon lets have some fun
a good time there for everyone
the kind that’ll keep you feeling young
down on the bayou.

The Boudreaux’s and the Thibodeaux’s, down on the bayou
They’re a’ comin’ in on a big pirogue, down on the bayou
the pass-word is a Cajun call down on the bayou
A big Ayyy-Eeee will say it all, down on the bayou.

There’s a Cajun band from dusk till dawn,
playing all those Cajun songs
big Mamou and Jolie Blond
down on the bayou
Life’s too short c’mon lets have some fun
a good time there for everyone
the kind that’ll keep you feeling young
down on the bayou.