Carpenters Songs - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) Lyrics

Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Now & Then
Released: 1973

Jambalaya (On The Bayou) Lyrics

Goodbye, Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh.
Me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the bayou.
My Yvonne, sweetest one, me oh my oh.
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou.

[Chorus]
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio.
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo,
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou.

Thibodeaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin',
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen.
Dress in style, go hog wild, and be gayo.
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou.

[Chorus]
Oh, guitar!

[Chorus]
Oh, Lord!
Hang tight, ooh Lord!
Ah, take it out.
He's comin', ah!

Writer/s: LIPPENCOTT, JEFFREY / WILLIAMS, MARK THOMAS / SYMONDS, PHILLIP MARK /
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

Hank Williams originally recorded this in 1952. His version was a #1 Country hit and also went to #20 on the US pop charts. Although the Carpenters didn't release it as a single in the US, their version did go on to become a huge hit in Japan, England, Mexico, Holland, Germany and many other countries around the world.

Other artists to record this include Jo Stafford, Fats Domino, and The Blue Ridge Rangers. Brenda Lee also performed the song, making her US television debut on Ozark Jamboree in 1955 when she performed this song at age 11. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)