| D | |
| Way down yonder in the Bay-ou country |
| A | D | |
| In | dear old | Louisan' |
| *D/F# | |
| That's where lives my Ca- | jun Baby |
| E | A | |
| The | fairest one in the | land |
| D | |
| Her | teeth are white and pearly |
| Hair black as coal |
| G | |
| I | wouldn't trade my Cajun Baby |
| D | |
| For the world's gold |
| Way down yonder in the Bay-ou country |
| A | D | |
| In | dear old | Louisan' |
| D | |
| My hearts been sad and lonely |
| G | D | |
| Sinc the | day I left her | side |
| *D/F# | |
| But today I got | this letter |
| E | A | |
| Said she'd | be my Cajun | bride |
| D | |
| Gonna | go and wed my Cajun Baby |
| G | D | |
| And | live by the old | Bayou |
| Eat a lots of shrimp and crawfish |
| A | D | |
| Ride a- | round in my old | piroque. |
| CHORUS |
| Before the sun goes down this eve-nin' |
| 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 |
| Lawd! I got me a Cajun Baby |
| Just livin' and lovin' by the old Bay-ou. |
| CHORUS |
| *004232=D/F# note added |
| SOURCE: |
| HANK WILLIAMS, JR./SONGS MY FATHER LEFT ME |
| MGM Records SE-4621 |