Now when I was just a little boy standing to my Daddy's knee my Poppa said son don't let the man get you do what he done to me Cause he'll get you Cause he'll get you now That I can remember the fourth of July Running through the backwood bare And I can still hear my old hound dog barking chasing down a hoodoo there chasing down a hoodoo there Born on the bayou born on the bayou born on the bayou Wish I was back on the bayou rolling with some Cajun Queen Wishing I were a fast freight train oh just a jubling on down to New Orleans Born on the bayou born on the bayou born on the bayou Do do do do That I can remember the fourth of July Running through the backwood bare And I can still hear my old hound dog barking chasing down a hoodoo there chasing down a hoodoo there Born on the bayou born on the bayou born on the bayou