Jambalaya   (Blue Ribbon 279 )   Earl West

OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK - ENDING



Circle left
*Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou

Walk around your corner lady, see saw your own
Now the men star right go once around tonight
Pass your partner by, corner go allemande
Come back one, swing this girl and promenade the land
**Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm a-gonna see my Cher-amio


FIGURE (twice for heads, twice for sides)



1 & 3 square thru in the middle & get 4 hands you go
Meet the corner lady there a dosado
Swing thru 2 by 2, boys run to the right
Tag the line all the way through and cloverleaf
Ladies square thru in the middle & get 3 hands around you go
Swing this boy and promenade on home
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou


TAG



Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou

ALTERNATE LYRICS



*Thibeaudeauz, Fontaineauz, the place is buzzin'
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen

**Dress in style and go hog wild, me oh my oh
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou


*Settle down far from town, get me a pirogue
And I'll catch all the fish in the bayou

**Swap my mon' to buy Yvonne what she need-o
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou