Way down yonder in the bayou
Country in dear old Louisianne
That's where live's my cajun baby the
Fairest one in the land
Her teeth're white and pearly
Hair black as coal
Wouldn't trade my cajun baby
For the world's gold
Way down yonder in the bayou
Country in dear old Louisianne

My heart's been sad and lonely since
The day I left her side
But today I got her letter said
She'd be my cajun bride
Gonna go and wed my cajun baby
And ive by the old bayou
Eat a lotsa shrimp and crawfish ride
Around in my old pirogue way down yonder

Before the sun goes down this evening
I'll be on my way to see my cajun baby and
There I'm gonna stay
On a Saturday night we go dancin'
And listen to the fiddle-o
Lord I got me a cajun baby just a
Livin' and a lovin' by the old bayou
Way down yonder