Left pretty Jo
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I was born on the bayou thirty miles out of Lafayette
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My daddy was a Cajun man and he taught me how to plow
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I remember mama's breakfast goosh-goosh in the caye
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Steams're upon the banje I wish I had me some now
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I'm a Cajun born I'm a Cajun bread
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And when I die I'll be Cajun dead
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If I die in Alaska if I die in Ohio
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My soul will find its way back to the bayou
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Went to church every Sunday had a French talkin' preacher man
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We kids joked about the preacher man cause we thought he wore a dress
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After church we had a party Cajun music on the phonograph
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Harry Short singing Jole Blon made a singer out of me
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I'm a Cajun born I'm a Cajun bread
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And when I die I'll be Cajun dead
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If I die in Alaska if I die in Ohio
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My soul will find its way back to the bayou
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When I get enough to marry get myself a Cajun lady
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Some sort like my mama cause I ain't no other kind
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And wherever fortune takes me with the breaks or makes me
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Memory won't forsake me got Louisiana on my mind
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I'm a Cajun born I'm a Cajun bread
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And when I die I'll be Cajun dead
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If I die in Alaska if I die in Ohio
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My soul will find its way back to the bayou