Hey baby won't you stop what you're doin' Go on home put your red dress on Tell you mama I said not to worry I'll have you home before the break of dawn Sonnier's got his squeeze box pumping Thibadeaux's got his fiddle out Meet me over by the side of the river There's big doins down at Boudreaux's house
CHORUS: Take my bateaux down to the bayou Pole on over to the fais do do Don't be late Don't keep me waitin' Everybody's gonna go
I wanna be there when the band starts playin' Zydeco music makes me wanna dance Sun's goin' down and a full moon's shinin' Mighty fine night for the big romance I've got a question, I just might pop it I know something that you don't know I got a ring of gold in my pocket Tonight's the night and you can't say no