{"id":559,"date":"2021-05-10T04:10:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T04:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=559"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:08:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:08:53","slug":"jambalaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/jambalaya\/","title":{"rendered":"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[ A E7 ] Goodbye, Joe, he gotta go, me oh my oh – – –\u00a0 <\/span>He gotta go, pole the pirogue down the Bayou – – –\u00a0 <\/span>His Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh – – –\u00a0 <\/span>Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the Bayou.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

{ CHORUS } [ A E7 ] Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fil\u00e9 gumbo – – – <\/span>For tonight I’m a gonna see my ma cher ami-o – – – <\/span>Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o – – – <\/span>Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the Bayou<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[ A E7 ] Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin’ – – – <\/span>Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen – – – <\/span>Dressed in style they go hog wild, me oh my oh – – – <\/span>Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the Bayou<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

{ CHORUS } [ A E7 ]<\/span>
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[ A E7 ] Settle down far from town, get him a pirogue – – – <\/span>And he’ll catch all the fish in the Bayou – – – <\/span>Swap his mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o – – – <\/span>Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the Bayou<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

{ CHORUS } [ A E7 ]
\nSon of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the Bayou<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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JAMBALAYA 1952 |
\nGOODBYE JOE, ME GOTTA GO,
\nME- OH- MY- OH.
\nME GOTTA GO, POLE THE PIROGUE
\nDOWN THE BAYOU.
\nMY YVONNE, THE SWEETEST ONE,
\nME- OH- MY- OH.
\nSON OF A GUN, WE\u2019LL HAVE BIG FUN
\nON THE BAYOU.
\nJAMBALAYA AND A CRAWFISH PIE
\nAND FILLET GUMBO,
\n\u2018CAUSE TONIGHT I\u2019M GONNA SEE
\nMY MA-CHER- AMIO.
\nPICK GUITAR, FILL FRUIT JAR
\nAND BE GAY- O.
\nSON OF A GUN, WE\u2019LL HAVE BIG FUN
\nON THE BAYOU.
\nTHIBODAUX, FONTAINEAUX,
\nTHE PLACE IS BUZZIN\u2019.
\nKINFOLK COME TO SEE YVONNE
\nBY THE DOZEN.
\nDRESS IN STYLE AND GO WILD
\nME- OH- MY- OH.
\nSON OF A GUN, WE\u2019LL HAVE BIG FUN
\nON THE BAYOU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  [ A E7 ] Goodbye, Joe, he gotta go, me oh my oh – – –\u00a0 He gotta go, pole the pirogue down the Bayou – – –\u00a0 His Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh – – –\u00a0 Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on … CLICK TO VIEW SONGJambalaya (On the Bayou)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,133,126,13,116,117,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-chords","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-uke-juke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}