[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

Now, when I was just a little boy

Standin' to my daddy's knee

My papa said, "Son, don't let the man get you

An' do what he done to me"

Because he'll get you

Because he'll get you now-now

[Verse 2]

An' I can remember the fourth o' July

Runnin' through the backwood bare

An' I can still hear my ol' hound dog barkin'

Chasin' down a hoodoo there

Chasin' down a hoodoo there

[Hook]

Born on the Bayou

Born on the Bayou

Born on the Bayou, oh, oh

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

Wish I was back on the Bayou

Rollin' with some Cajun queen

Wishin' I were a fast freight train

I'm just a chooglin' on down to New Orlean’

[Hook]

Born on the Bayou

Born on the Bayou, mm, mm, mm

Born on the Bayou

Do it, do it, do it, do it

Oh, Lord

[Guitar Solo]

Oh, get back, boy

[Verse 2]

An' I can remember the fourth o' July

Runnin' through the backwood bare

An' I can still hear my ol' hound dog barkin'

Chasin' down a hoodoo there

Chasin' down a hoodoo there

[Hook]

Born on the Bayou

Born on the Bayou, oh, oh

Born on the Bayou

[Outro]

All right! Do, do, do, do

Mmm, oh