Now when I was just a little boy standin` to my Daddy`s knee
my Poppa saidsondon`t let the man get youdo what he done to me
`cause he`ll get you`cause he`ll get you nownow.
I can remember the fourth of Julyrunnin` through the backwood bare.
And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin`chasin` down a hoodoo there
chasin` down a hoodoo there.
Born on the bayou
born on the bayou
born on the bayou.
Wish I was back on the bayou rollin` with some Cajun Queen.
Wishin` I were a freight train, oh, just a-chooglin` on down to New Orleans.
Born on the bayou
born on the bayou
born on the bayou.
I can remember the fourth of July, runnin` through the backwood bare.
And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin`, chasin` down a hoodoo there,
chasin` down a hoodoo there.
Born on the bayou
born on the bayou
born on the bayou