Young doctor in a straight backed chair

Talking about me like I'm not there

Tell my momma that I just can't stop

Say my elevator don't go to the top

Oh doctor but I got a plan

If I make it to Louisian'

'Cause I know a Creole boy who makes it easy

As an une et deux et trois

I'm goin' down to the cool bayou

Change my name to Thibodaux

And when they play that Fais dodo

Dance all night if you dance real slow

Drop a line in the Ponchartrain

Swim with the crawdad and the crane

When they find me out in the rain

Be sure and tell them Thibodaux's my name

Well a poor man wants what a rich man's got

But all I want is a crawfish pot

A bucket of bait and a folding chair

And the kind of loving that you get down there

Mon cheri won't you come my way

Where the fiddle and accordion play

And we'll write a Cajun song

That gets them moving with a une et deux et trois

I'm goin' down to the cool bayou

Change my name to Thibodaux

And when they play that Fais dodo

Dance all night if you dance real slow

Drop a line in the Ponchartrain

Swim with the crawdad and the crane

When they find me out in the rain

Be sure and tell them Thibodaux's my name

I'm going down to the cool bayou

Change my name to Thibodaux

And when they play that Fais dodo

Dance all night if you dance real slow

Drop a line in the Ponchartrain

Swim with the crawdad and the crane

When they find me out in the rain

Be sure and tell them Thibodaux's my name