Listen to Jambalaya (On the Bayou) by Carpenters

Jambalaya (On the Bayou)

Carpenters

Pop

200,098

Apple Music Note

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

The Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (Live in 1974) • TopPop

Watch The Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (Live in 1974) • TopPop on YouTube

Featured In

Listen to Now & Then (Reissue) by Carpenters

ALBUMNow & Then (Reissue)Carpenters

Listen to The Carpenters Essentials featuring Carpenters

PLAYLISTThe Carpenters EssentialsApple Music Pop

Listen to Carpenters: Deep Cuts featuring Carpenters

PLAYLISTCarpenters: Deep CutsApple Music Pop

Listen to YourMOOD: Influences featuring Carpenters

PLAYLISTYourMOOD: InfluencesThai Music

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Carpenters

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Hank Williams

Songwriter

Carpenters

Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Carpenters

Producer

Ray Gerhardt

Engineer

Roger Young

Assistant Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

A goodbye Joe, you gotta go, me oh my, oh

He gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou

His Yvonne the sweetest one, me oh my, oh

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

[Verse 2]

Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin'

And kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen

Dressed in style, they go hog-wild, my oh my, oh

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

[Verse 3]

Jambalaya, crawfish pie and fillet gumbo

For tonight, I'ma gonna see my ma cher a-mio

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

[Verse 4]

Settle down far from town, get him a pirogue

And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou

Swap his mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

[Verse 5]

Jambalaya, crawfish pie and fillet gumbo

For tonight, I'ma gonna see my ma cher a-mio

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

[Verse 6]

Jambalaya, crawfish pie and fillet gumbo

For tonight, I'ma gonna see my ma cher a-mio

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

[Verse 7]

Jambalaya, crawfish pie and fillet gumbo

For tonight, I'ma gonna see my ma cher a-mio

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

[Verse 8]

Jambalaya, crawfish pie and fillet gumbo

For tonight, I'ma gonna see my ma cher a-mio

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

Written by: Hank Williams

Shazam Footer

Select language:

Company

Legal

Chrome Web Store

Galaxy Store

Follow Us

© Copyright 2025 Apple Inc. and its affiliates | Supplier Responsibility