Christmas On The Bayou

(album: Through The Many Winters: A Christmas Album - 2005)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ay, now, uh

Well, down in Ponchatoula, part of Louisiana
Most folks will never see
There's a pretty little town
With a lawn and the gators
Always be home to me
Come ye east, Saint Nicholas, dark side of winter
Laissez les bons temps rouler
Well, it's Christmas on the bayou
We're gonna party
Till Mardi Gras all the way
Down to rue your grandma
They parade so pretty
But it's Christmas on the bayou
Long before Mardi Gras

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
No, no

Back here on the bayou
Come late December
We know it ain't gonna snow
Well, the night's getting cool, we stoke up the fire
Stir up the fish gumbo
Yeah, yeah, Big Easy
They can't wait till Fat Tuesday
But it's Christmas on the bayou
Long before Mardi Gras
Long before Mardi Gras

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Cha, yeah

Down there, not much winter but the days grow short
And all the nights get long
Ain't no better reason for friends to gather
Than to dance to a Cajun song
So hey, Papa Boudreaux
Get down your fiddle
We're gonna dance and sing
All the way to Mardi Gras
Yeah, yeah, Big Easy
When they wait on Fat Tuesday
'Cause it's Christmas on the bayou
Long before Mardi Gras
Long before Mardi Gras
Long before Mardi Gras

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Passer un bon temps
Laissez les bons temps rouler
Ah, we're gonna party
We're gonna party
Ah, Christmas on the bayou
Long before Mardi Gras