When I was just a little boy Standing to my daddy's knee My papa said, son, don't let the man get you And do what he done to me 'Cause he'll get ya 'Cause he'll get ya, now Well, I can remember the Fourth of July Runnin' through the backwood bare And I can still see my ol' 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 Rolling with some cajun queen Wishin' I was a fast freight train A-just a-chooglin' on down to New Orleans Born on the bayou Born on the bayou Born on the bayou Do, do, yeah Well, I can remember the Fourth of July Runnin' through the backwood bare And I can still see my ol' 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 Hey, yeah, yeah