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Now when I was just a little boy
Standin' 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.
I can remember the fourth of July
Runnin' through the backwood bare.
And I can still hear my old 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
Break
Wish I was back on the bayou
Rollin' with some Cajun Queen.
Wishin' I were a fast freight train, oh,
Just a-jublin' on down to New Orleans.
Born on the bayou... born on the bayou ... born on the bayou.
Break
I can remember the fourth of July
Runnin' through the backwood bare.
And I can still hear my old 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.